Step through the "door of Sicily" and explore Messina's magnificent historic highlights. This bustling town has a complex history with roots in Greek mythology. You'll begin your four-hour narrated tour city orientation drive passing major sights & venues of city. You'll motor along northern coast to reach Cape Peloro. Continue through villages of Ganzirri & Faro & small salt water lakes used for growing mussels. After a short stop for photos return to Messina, stopping at Cristo Re to take in the breath-taking city views before heading to the Piazza del Duomo. Once at the Piazza, be sure to see Montorsoli's 16th century and stroll over to the Fontana di Orione in the, toss in a coin and make a wish. Then there's the Cathedral itself. It's façade features three 16th-century entry doors and a 180-foot high bell tower that holds the world's largest astronomical clock. Inside, you can see the spectacular church treasury filled with the centuries worth of the gifts donated as tokens of faith by kings and peasants alike. Among the many spectacular art pieces is a superb golden mantle in honor of the Madonna.