Exactly 72 distinct hamlets make up the municipality of Tortorici, a settlement of 6,732 residents inside the borders of the Nebrodi Regional Park. The local landscape is so heavily defined by agricultural groves that the town earned the nickname 'City of the Hazelnut.'
Historical craftsmanship also left a lasting mark here, granting the area alternative titles like the 'City of Bells' and the 'Valley of Ingenuity.' Positioned about 70 kilometers west of Messina, it provides a straightforward base for venturing into Sicily's dense inland forests and bordering towns like Bronte.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Saint Sebastian, the patron of a feast that lasts the whole month of January, Wednesday 20 January
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 66 km away
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📅 Every year, on 20 January, with celebrations already starting on 1 January
Tortorici celebrates Saint Sebastian on 20 January, but the celebrations in his honour already begin on the first of January; devotees fulfilling a vow go «bare» to the saint, dressed in white as a sign of penance.
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 Tortorici, but an easy day trip away.
