MESSINA & TINDARI
TOUR: 8
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PRIVATE TOURS OF MESSINA & TINDARI, DAY TRIPS, SHORE EXCURSIONS FROM MESSINA
 Includes: private
transportation with English speaking driver/guide,
taxes, parking, toll.
Departure Points of Private Tours: Taormina, Messina,
Catania. Other Departure
Points Available.
Let Well Arranged Travel take you on a private guided tour of Sicily to Messina and Tindari (Tyndaris). Messina has suffered both devastating earthquakes
and World War II bombings. Yet it not only
still survives, but boasts some of the most
beautiful and important architecture and museums. The Museo
Regionale houses treasures by such artistic
greats as Antonello da Messina and Caravaggio. We’ll
also see Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani in Piazza
Catalani, a stellar example of the richly
decorated and eclectic 12th century Norman
architecture. Outside the beautiful Fontana
d'Orione is the finest fountain of its
kind from 16th-century Sicily, while the fountain
of Nettuno (Neptune), dating from
the same period, celebrates Messina's foundation
as a major world port.
The most important monument in Messina, however,
is the Cathedral, erected during the 12th-century
Norman reign. Most of the present cathedral
was actually reconstructed after earthquake
damage, though a few segments of the original
walls remain. If possible, you
will be in place at noon to enjoy a very
special movement of its astrological clock.
Our next destination is Tindaris, a Bronze
Age settlement from about 1500 BC. The most
important Greek city in this vicinity, Tindaris
suffered from a landslide at the end of the
First Century AD and an earthquake in 365 AD. Most
of what the visitor sees today was constructed
during the Roman period.
You will tour the amphitheatre, built in the
4th century BC, with its ruins of simple temples
and the so-called basilica, a fine example
of Greco-Roman architecture. You will
also see an important Christian sanctuary that
sits high above the city, with a black Madonna
statue that draws visitors from near and far.
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