Thirteen subdivisions make up the territory of Piraino, a municipality of 3,964 residents located 60 kilometres west of Messina and 130 kilometres east of Palermo. The settlement maintains its original medieval street layout across the historic center.
A notable concentration of religious buildings characterizes the town's urban structure. The municipal boundary meets Brolo, Gioiosa Marea, and Sant'Angelo di Brolo, encompassing coastal hamlets such as Gliaca and Calanovella.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Saint Joseph, patron of a town between two watchtowers, Tuesday 30 March
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 70 km away
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📅 Every year, on the first Tuesday after Easter
Piraino celebrates Saint Joseph on the first Tuesday after Easter; the town, dominated by the Saracen Tower and the Tower of the Ciavole, also venerates the Most Holy Ecce Homo, carried in procession on Good Friday and celebrated on the second Sunday of October.
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.
Read more →Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Outside Piraino, but an easy day trip away.
