Your 2,5 -hour walking tour starts from the Catalani Church, an example of Arab-Norman style. Then you will continue to the City Hall, the biggest palace ever rebuilt after the earthquake of 1908. The Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, located in Antonello Square, is the second one in Southern Italy.
An highlight of the tour is the Cathedral Square, with its the beautiful bell tower which was built between 1930 and 1933. The tour will end at the Museum of the Sicilian Puppet Theater, an exhibition of the priceless collection of Gargano Family.
Posted By : Jussara_H
Don't waste your time in Messina doing this city tour. The only thing we saw worth of visiting was the cathedral. You will be better off going to visit Mount Etna, or the countryside.
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Posted On : 2024-07-02 14:47:26 
Posted By : P7134SCloris
Very nicely done tour by Chiara. She was so knowledgeable and really great personality. I would highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 08:31:24 
Posted By : Jenna_M
Chiara was very informative and told us a lot of details that we never would have known if we ventured on our own. She timed the tour perfectly for us to catch the 12:00pm once-daily show at Piazza Duomo. We had a great cannoli or Italian ice included from a local bakery per ticket. Great tour!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 07:39:43
Posted By : 233johng
Good tour of core area, ending at the noon clock tower performance. Perfect short duration if you have a 8-9 hour cruise ship stop.
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Posted On : 2024-06-27 12:45:02
Posted By : Toni_S
Our group went into Messina City tour with high expectations. We found this particular tour did not turn out to be as we had hoped.
This created a larger group of people. The guide did not make sure all of the people were caught up with her before moving on due to the fact we were crowded together on the sidewalk. The tour had 18 people although it stated no more than 16 in the details of the tour description.
The tour guide was speaking in 2 different languages with a small number of people that were added late. The tour description only listed one language for the tour. The issue was with every item being explained in 2 languages, it took much longer to get through information. It was easy to lose track of who was being talked to at any given time and therefore was often confusing. Unfortunately, this add on group monopolized the guides time with a different language that the remaining 13 could not understand.
The city tour left us with little viewing of the city. We did not get more than 3 blocks away from the cruise ship. We did not see very much of this vast area. 2 fountains, 2 churches (others in the background), puppet museum, and a sweet treat.
Overall, we were disappointed.
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Posted On : 2024-06-24 03:37:43
Posted By : jen
We did not know what to do when the cruise shipped docked at Messina. So I booked a walking tour, what a great choice. Our tour guide was knowledgable, friendly and gave us a really nice flavor of the city. And the best part when we were done my family and I headed off for lunch and our tour guide ended up joining us and we had the best time. I would totally do this again given the opportunity.
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Posted On : 2024-06-22 10:25:46
Posted By : Lawrence_H
Shocked 😮 that an English tour suddenly turned into an English and Italian speaking tour.
On a cruise and everyday went on walking tours with Guru Walk. Great knowledgeable tours. This 2.5 hour tour was limited because of the wasted time in communicating in 2 languages.
Simply don’t waste your money.
Viator normally your tours have been good, but this was a huge disappointment since we had Guru Walk experience.
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Posted On : 2024-06-21 14:26:13
Posted By : Escape04338529873
Our group went into Messina City tour with high expectations. We found this particular tour did not turn out to be as we had hoped. This created a larger group of people. The guide did not make sure all of the people were caught up with her before moving on due to the fact we were crowded together on the sidewalk. The tour had 18 people although it stated no more than 16 in the details of the tour description.
The tour guide was speaking in 2 different languages with a small number of people that were added late. The tour description only listed one language for the tour. The issue was with every item being explained in 2 languages, it took much longer to get through information. It was easy to lose track of who was being talked to at any given time and therefore was often confusing. Unfortunately, this add on group monopolized the guides time with a different language that the remaining 13 could not understand.
The city tour left us with little viewing of the city. We did not get more than 3 blocks away from the cruise ship. We did not see very much of this vast area. 2 fountains, 2 churches (others in the background), puppet museum, and a sweet treat.
Overall, we were disappointed.
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Posted On : 2024-06-20 11:01:34
Posted By : Paul W
From the Cruise port, simply walk into the town and take a left turn after 100 yards. Continue along the road for two minutes until the road opens in to a square. Here you will find the Messina Duomo Cathedral, be certain to be in the square in front of the Messina Duomo Cathedral at noon.
Prepare yourself for an engrossing twelve minutes amongst a throng of people just like yourself who have come to see the famous mechanical and astronomical clock in the church’s bell tower. This clock, designed by Ungerer of Strasbourg, France, is the largest and most complex clock of its kind in the world.
Also worth a trip for €15.00 per person is the tourist train. This will take you around the City and lasts for one hour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-19 11:14:15
Posted By : julandjohn
Church bell tower at noon. Guide later recommended a nice lunch choice and we climbed up inside the bell tower.
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 15:33:28
