Galati Mamertino, Italy (Sicily): What to See, Eat & Stay

Famed locally as one of the "quattru paisi di li funci"—the four mushroom towns of the Nebrodi region—Galati Mamertino sits 810 meters above sea level. The surrounding slopes, covered in beech and oak forests, produce wild mushrooms alongside long-standing hazelnut and olive groves.

With a population of 2,794, the settlement retains a distinct medieval plan shaped like an eagle flying north. Daily life centers on Piazza San Giacomo and the neighboring main church, roughly 70 kilometers west of Messina.

The Galati Mamertino guide

What to eat here 3

Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese

Where to stay

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saint James and the Feast of the Three Saints, with processions from three different churches, Monday 23 August

Getting there

Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 68 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Galati Mamertino 1

Patron saint festival In 313 days

Saint James and the Feast of the Three Saints, with processions from three different churches

📅 Every year, from 23 to 26 August (Feast of the Three Saints: Saint James, Most Holy Crucifix and Saint Roch)

Galati Mamertino celebrates Saint James from 23 to 26 August, together with the Most Holy Crucifix and Saint Roch, in the Feast of the Three Saints: one of the town's most important celebrations, with processions from three churches in different districts of the historic centre.

🍝 The flavours of Galati Mamertino

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Street food PAT

Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna

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.

Pitone messinese fried half-moon pastry filled with escarole, tuma cheese and anchovies

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.