Positioned just 15 kilometers from Taormina along the Ionian coast, this town of 9,240 residents was known as Marina di Savoca until 1854. That year, it received its current name in honor of Teresa of Austria. Today, it serves as the capital of the San Basilio vicariate in the province of Messina.
The municipal boundaries reflect a complex administrative history. Between 1929 and 1948, the town absorbed and later released neighboring Savoca and Casalvecchio Siculo. When the borders were finalized, Santa Teresa retained an inland exclave comprising the hamlets of Misserio and Fautarì, leaving the municipality with a fragmented map.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness with the oldest local tradition, Friday 16 July
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 29 km away
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📅 Every year, on 16 July
Santa Teresa di Riva celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 16 July: it is the town's oldest local tradition, dating back to the 18th century, with the Madonna's statue carried in procession through the town's streets.
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 Teresa di Riva, but an easy day trip away.
