Located 120 kilometres east of Palermo and 80 kilometres west of Messina, San Marco d'Alunzio is home to 2,083 residents. Known in Sicilian as Sammarcu, the settlement dates back to antiquity, when it was recorded in Ancient Greek as Alontion and later under the Latin name Aluntium.
Situated near Sicily's northern coast within the Parco dei Nebrodi, it holds membership in the association of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The municipal territory borders six neighboring areas, including Frazzanò, Longi, Capri Leone, and Militello Rosmarino.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Saint Mark and Saint Nicholas, patrons of a town with a packed calendar of feasts all year round, Saturday 31 July
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 75 km away
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📅 Every year, on 31 July
San Marco d'Alunzio celebrates the patron saints Mark and Nicholas on 31 July; two days later comes the feast of Saint Basil, with a back-and-forth procession of basil torches, and on 15 August the Palio dell'Assunta with a medieval costume parade.
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 San Marco d'Alunzio, but an easy day trip away.
