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The province of Messina indulges Sicily in a permanent touristic flux. About 180 km east of Palermo and approximately 35 km southwest of Messina there lays the commune named Sant’Alessio Siculo. A highly desirable holiday destination, the town successively attracts a great deal of tourists especially during summer. Its proximity to the Ionian Sea makes up the core of the attraction.

The village can be easily reached from the other cities surrounding it. Important sites of Sicily are not that far away, as Sant’Alessio Sicuro is located 251 km from Agrigento, 185 km from Caltanissetta, 59 km from Catania, 156 km from Enna, 37 km from Messina, 163 km from Ragusa, 117 km from Siracusa and 395 km from Trapani. These numbers come in handy when trying to make up a practical schedule for a summer weekend.

As other Sicilian areas, the village has an economy based on agriculture and fish products. Citrus fruit, grain, vegetables, grapes, almonds, olives, anchovies, sardines, swordfish, squids, they all are important parts of the local agricultural subsidies.

Its name is a compound due to the existence of two other communes that carry the same one. Prior to 1948, the commune was reined by De Angelicas, Romano Colonnas, Furnaros, and Paternò Castellos. After 1948, the village gained the ability to enjoy independence, at least administratively.

The legacy of the past has a well-preserved uniqueness which justifies the yearly touristic flux. The ancient house “delle decime”, the Quartiere di Mezzo which gathers 1600 houses and a portal of 1770, Nino Ucchino’s sculpture named Alaluna create an environment that instigates to discovery. Although the city is interspersed with traces of gone ages, there is a certain jewel that receives all attention. Castello di Sant’Alessio Siculo was brought to existence by Alessio I Comneno (1048- 1118) who was an important Byzantine figure mostly correlated to the battles against the Normans and the Turks. The castle’s past was created by multiple dominations such as Arab and Norman (during this period the edifice received major modifications). Also, Charles V (1500- 1558) was sheltered inside the castle. Subsequently, quarrels between the French and the Spanish contributed to the transformation into the local provision storehouse.

In present, the castle displays structures, elements, adornments that partially succeed in recreating the breath of times of long ago. Outside the castle, another world awaits. The Ionian Sea continuously invites travelers into its clear-blue water.
There is no way one can refuse such an intense expedition that joints testimonials of the past and present natural beauty.