Located in the Valle d'Agrò district, Casalvecchio Siculo — known natively in Sicilian as Casalvecchiu Sìculu — has a population of 907. The municipality belongs to the union of towns across the Ionian Peloritani valleys in northeastern Sicily.
Positioned 35 kilometres southwest of Messina and roughly 170 kilometres east of Palermo, the settlement forms part of the Metropolitan City of Messina, set between the Ionian coast and the Peloritani mountain region.
chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo d'Agrò
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
24 places to stay · top rated: Villa Chiara Taormina 9.6 · Hotel Nizza 9.5
Next up: Feast of Saint Onuphrius, Saturday 12 June
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 32 km away
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📅 Every year, on 12 June
On 12 June Casalvecchio Siculo celebrates Saint Onuphrius in the church dedicated to him. In the hamlet of Misitano the feast comes instead on the last Sunday of July, with festivals of local produce.
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
Read more →A thin sheet of dough folded into a half-moon and fried, with escarole, tuma cheese, anchovies and black pepper inside: Messina’s street food, to eat hot straight from the rosticceria.
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Outside Casalvecchio Siculo, but an easy day trip away.
