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Torregrotta sits on the route: 5 minutes from Spadafora, 39km from Gole dell'Alcantara.
Torregrotta is in Sicily, Italy, with about 7,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Spadafora, about 4 km away.
Torregrotta (IPA: [tɔrre'grɔtta]; Turri in Sicilian) is an Italian town of 7,297 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Messina in Sicily.
The town, located 44 meters above sea level in the Niceto valley, lies between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the first Peloritani hills.
Initially built in medieval times as a hamlet ofRead more
the fief of Santa Maria della Scala, after a period of abandonment, it was rebuilt starting in 1526. At the beginning of the 19th century it became a sub-municipality of Roccavaldina, from which it obtained administrative autonomy in 1923. The 16th-century center expanded mainly from the second half of the 19th century onward.
A center historically linked to agriculture, the place of origin of the sbergia, it has lost its traditional agricultural role in favor of the tertiary sector. The clay extraction and processing industry had a certain boost in the 20th century, but almost completely ceased to exist in the 2000s. Medium and small artisan businesses predominate.
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Within an hour or so of Torregrotta: Chianalea di Scilla (33 km), Taormina (39 km), Teatro Antico di Taormina (39 km), Gole dell'Alcantara (39 km).
The nearest famous roads are Targa Florio Circuit (Madonie).
Torregrotta is in Sicily, Italy, about 4 km from Spadafora.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Fishermen's quarter of Scilla where houses rise straight out of the Strait of Messina, earning it the name 'little Venice of the South'. Swordfish boats with their towering lookout masts still land catches beneath Ruffo Castle.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A glamorous hilltop town in Sicily with an ancient Greek theater offering jaw-dropping views of Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea.
39 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
A Greek-Roman theatre framing Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea, Sicily's most spectacular ancient stage.
39 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Basalt gorge near Etna where the cold Alcantara river cuts between 25-m walls of prismatic lava columns, like a Giant's Causeway turned canyon. Wade the icy river from the Motta Camastra entrance or view it from the free stairway.
39 km · about 45 min drive
beach
The site of the first Greek colony in Sicily, now a beach resort at the foot of Taormina with views of Mount Etna.
42 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Europe's tallest and most active volcano, rising 3,357 meters above eastern Sicily with frequent dramatic eruptions.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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