The city of Messina itself is not by the sea, and yet it is called "Island" by its people, and its inhabitants are called Islanders. Since the days of the ancient Pausanias, this strange story has been going on that called today's Messina "Lake". However much the landscape may have changed over the centuries, the basic argument was and remains the same: all around a plain and in the middle the settlement, like a land island in the plain. Thus the "Lake" became "Island" during the Frankish rule, when the city grew, and the name has remained until today. Make a stop in the beautiful square of Messina, browse the shops of the Pedestrian Street and be sure to visit the museum jewel of the City, the engraving museum of Takis Katsoulidis, which since 2002 hosts more than 200 engravings and paintings that the Messinian Artist gave to his birthplace .
Three Routes open after Messina: to the North and Ancient Messina, to the West and Polylimnio, and to the coastal front and the South with a compass of the Messinian Gulf and the seaside settlements.
The route of the North is a real journey through time. With the focus on Ancient Messina, an entire ancient city that has emerged today thanks to the tireless efforts of the archaeologist Petros Themelis, and at a distance of just a few kilometers, castles, monasteries, temples, bridges that stand the test of time emerge.
