Sicilian Street Food Tour: Eat Local in Messina

Embark on a Sicilian street food tour in Messina and indulge in the flavors, smells, and delicacies of local cuisine. Explore the city’s attractions while savoring arancini, cannoli, and more. Don’t forget to pair your meal with excellent local drinks!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Annunziata dei Catalani Church - The church, located in the historical center of the city of Messina, was built in byzantine times, probably on the remains of a pre-existing pagan temple.
What's Included
  • Live commentary
  • Taxes included
  • Tasting of local cuisine
  • Guided walking tour
  • Liability insurance covered
  • Travel assistance by Discover Messina
  • Expert tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Private transportation
  • Private expenses
  • Anything not expressly specified under the heading INCLUSIONS
Additional Information

Prepare for an immersive gastronomic journey in the heart of Messina as you savour a unique Sicilian street food degustation. Your culinary expert guide will accompany you through the city’s top sights including the Cathedral and the Church of Catalans as you relish the taste, aroma, and local delicacies like arancini, focaccia, cannoli, and granite,…

Location
Annunziata dei Catalani Church
Piazza dei Catalani, Via Garibaldi,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Brooklyn
Jun 21, 2025
Amazing day in Messina - We had a wonderful time on our street food tour. Roberto was an amazing guide who was knowledgeable and humorous! We tried a traditional breakfast, breads with toppings, lunch, and ended the tour with cannolis (which you can never go wrong with!) In addition to learning about the foods and customs, we learned so much about the city and got to see beautiful churches. We are so glad we did this tour and would highly recommend it to anyone in Messina— especially if Roberto is your guide!
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Lee_c
Jun 21, 2025
Roberto is a great guide... - Roberto is a great guide and happy to answer any questions about Messina. Tour included a stop for breakfast, lunch and dessert. It made for great and filling day!
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Global48348876924
Jun 21, 2025
Awesome street food experience - The street food experience with Roberto was fantastic. We not only got the delicious food but also commentary on the sights. From granitas and brioche to Vanessa's arroncinos and foccacia were delicious. And cannoli to finish. Roberto was very informative and it shows that he loves his city and food. Highly recommend this tour experience. For cruise people, excellent choice and theg start from the port.
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Mohanh694
Jun 18, 2025
Seeing Messina highlights with street foods. - Our tour guide was Roberto. He gave us an excellent tour starting with a breakfast of granita and brioche. Then it was a sampling of Sicilian specialties like honey, olive oil and other. In between Roberto showed us some important monuments of Messina, like the duomo and the astronomical clock. The tour ended with a lunch of Arriancino and a beverage.
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Zdravko_l
Jun 17, 2025
Sicilian steet food tour - Excellent food and tour guide Good balance of food and history of Messina would recommend to anyone visiting messina
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Bethanyp756
Jun 14, 2025
Great day off boat - The food and places we visited were wonderful. The guide was informative and friendly. The weather was perfect. I would recommend
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Lareinaw
Jun 9, 2025
Tasty treats, great tour - would recommend - We enjoyed our tour guide Roberto. He picked us up outside of the port, right near the ship. Communication prior was excellent, I felt totally prepared on where to go and how to find them. They operate through Discover Messina Sicily. The port is very close to the shopping/restaurants in Messina. We started our tour by viewing the noon bell tower show and exploring the chruch there. There were 3 places we stopped for food. At the first se each got to select one option from Aranchino, fried calzone, regular calzone or foccocia and also were able to select a beverage from beer, soda, iced tea and a funky lemon salty drink. There were 4 of us (2 adults, 16yr old and 12 yr old) We asked Robert for the top 4 food options that show cased the food options and everything we tried was delicious. The owner of the first bakery was so sweet and engaging. We walked around the downtown area of Messina and Roberto gave us background history, we stopped by the oldest church in Messina, and then the Gallery. He brought us to a few other notable locations for the city. The second stop was for a canole, which was DELICIOUS. We got to choose from regular, pistacio or chocolate and if that wasn't your vibe you could try gelato instead. Then we circled back to this same locaiton for the 3rd food stop to try their traditional Granita. There were several flavors like lemon, strawberry, pistachio, almond but I picked coffee with whipped cream as that was their recommended traditional option. We ejoyed the port of Messina, very pretty, quaint and we found the locals to be very friendly. I'd definitely recommend this tour to clients.
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Nickwi6093at
May 31, 2025
Must try in Messina! - What a great way to see Messina and taste some local eats! My wife and I went on this tour when our cruise stopped in Messina. They were so kind meeting us at the port and then taking us through town. In addition to trying some amazing food we also got to see some of the local architecture including the towns famous astronomical clock which we got see perform its show at noon. It was a wonderful tour and we want to thank our tour guide Roberto for being so kind and giving us a wonderful tour of the city and sharing his love for food with us!
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Kathryn_f
May 29, 2025
Come hungry! - Don't eat before you go! Lots of food. Yummy. Coupled with the local lore was great! Our tour guide, Roberto was fun and informative
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Jan_d
May 26, 2025
Highly Recommend! - What a wonderful experience! We loved everything about it and our guide was knowledgeable and friendly!
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From $75
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).