With a population of 892, Santa Marina Salina is one of the main towns on the Aeolian island of Salina. Situated within the Metropolitan City of Messina, this coastal settlement serves as an entry point to the island.
Located 70 kilometres northwest of Messina and 140 kilometres northeast of Palermo, the municipality borders only two other local jurisdictions: Leni and Malfa.
Villaggio di Portella
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Saint Marina, the patroness brought to the Aeolian Islands by colonists fleeing Venice, Saturday 17 July
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 88 km away
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📅 Every year, on 17 July
Santa Marina Salina celebrates Saint Marina on 17 July: her cult, and the town's very name, spread on the island from the 16th century, probably brought by colonists of Venetian origin, since the saint is co-patroness of Venice.
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 Santa Marina Salina, but an easy day trip away.
