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Sicilian street food tour: eat local in Messina

  • Private Tour on request
  • From 3 hours
  • Jan 1' - Dec 31'

Description

Be ready to live a multisensory experience in the city center of Messina with an exclusive Sicilian street food tasting. Accompanied by your food expert tour guide, while visiting the best attractions of the city center, like the Cathedral and the Church of Catalans, you will enjoy the flavors, the smells and the delicacies of the typical Sicilian food and sweets: arancini, focaccia, cannoli, granite are the best products you will have the opportunity to taste in the best local street food restaurants (like rosticceria and focacceria), pastry shops and bars. Food has always represented friendship, sharing and lifestyle: when you come to Sicily, forget the diet and enjoy a delicious relationship with the territory!

What about a Sicilian street food tasting accompanied by a local craft beer? Any Sicilian satisfactory meal or snack cannot ignore to be served with excellent local beer, such as the Birra dello Stretto. Let your senses decide and savor an authentic food experience!

Price sheet
Adult - Shared group - max 35 people
55,00 € pp
Adult - Small group - max 16 people
80,00€ pp
Private tour - min 4 people
100,00€ pp
Groups - min 10 people
44,00€ pp

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Booking instructions
  • Step 1: Find the calendar and choose the date

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  • Step 2: Choose the departure time

Departure times are set according to the arrival and departure time of cruise ships based on the calendars that we know in advance. Return on time is 100% guaranted, and we wait for our guests to arrive if the ship is late disembarking.

  • Step 3: Choose your group size

At the check-out, you can see and decide what you want to pay according to the group size you choose.

  • Step 4: Fill the fields with the required info

At the check-out you will be asked to fill a form with basic info: name, mobile phone number, e-mail, name of the ship ecc. If a discount code is available, this is the moment to use it.

*Please, be sure to share with us a correct phone number because we will use it to share important reminiders and notes for your trip in advance.

  • Step 5: Finalize the payment to book

You have the option to pay with a deposit of 40% if the total due amount is more than 500€. We will later charge your card for the balance within 15 days to the tour departure.

Highlights

Activities

Interests

Sicilian arancini Sicilian Street food tour
Messina, a perfect combination of food and art

How to find a perfect combination of food and art? Taste the unique flavors by walking in the city center visiting the art attractions.

Sicilian cannolo
Sicilian street food tasting, Walking tour

Discover the best highlights of the city center of Messina – the Cathedral, the Bell Tower, the Church of Catalans, Palazzo Zanca and Piazza Antonello – and taste the typical street food products.

Granita drink with cream
Food, Culture, Architecture

During this experience, Messina turns into a destination to eat. Culture is not only made up of art and history: among other things, culture involves food. Experience with us the local delights.

Itinerary

1

Discovering the historical city center

Messina
2

Tasting Sicilian street food and sweets

An experience for the senses

Meeting you at our tour agency, located a few steps from Cathedral Square in Messina, we will walk in the historical city center to visit the best art attractions like Via Primo Settembre, Quattro Fontane, the Church of Catalans, Palazzo Zanca, Piazza Antonello and Piazza Duomo where we experience the works of art and the magnificent mosaics of the Cathedral. At noon exactly we will attend the bell tower show with the mechanism in function.

Meanwhile you enjoy the beautiful attractions of the city center, led by a professional tour guide, you will experience the tasting of delicious products, pausing at the best places to eat local street food and sweets. Arancino, focaccia, cannoli, granite... what a goodness!

General Informations

things you need to know

Tour Language

Italian, English, Spanish, French, Romanian

What's Included

  • Professional tour guide
  • Tasting of food and drinks
  • Walking tour
  • Live commentary 
  • Discover Messina Travel Assistance
  • Liability Insurance
  • Taxes

Not included

  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Transportation
  • Private expenses
  • Anything not expressly specified under the heading INCLUSIONS

Starting location

Our Sicily experiences will be only assured for the accommodation located in North Eastern Sicily.

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What they say about us

  • Allan and Tara
    Couple traveller

     

    Our Messina street food tour was fantastic. The tour was quick, which was perfect for our group and fit nicely into our port day schedule. The food was absolutely delicious, and we loved trying authentic Sicilian specialties.

    Our guide, Roberto, was informative, engaging, and clearly passionate about Sicilian culture and cuisine. He shared great insights along the way that made the experience even more enjoyable.

    Overall, it was a wonderful way to get a quick glimpse into Sicilian culture while enjoying incredible local food. Highly recommend if you’re visiting Messina for a short stop!

    March 12, 2026

  • Kari C

    Really appreciated this tour, as a way to see around the city, get to know some foods and some culture/history. Roberto was super friendly and knowledgeable and did a great job.

    We started with a savory option (arancino, calzone, etc) which was DELICIOUS and had a beverage as well (local beer). Each person got a whole item, which was very generous. We also stopped for a gelato/cannoli, then for a granita. I realllly appreciate there were vegetarian and even vegan options at every stop!

    Three hours went pretty quickly and the walk was all flat. The group was under 15, which was perfect.

    In previous tours elsewhere, I’ve typically seen shared plates or smaller portions and more stops. I think this tour would really benefit from that. There are so many options, stopping more briefly at each spot and having just a few bites, and more savory options (maybe wine options!) would really up-level this tour.

     

     December 2, 2025

  • Vanessa W

    We booked the Discover Messina Walking Food Tour while docked in Sicily, and it was hands-down one of the best excursions of our trip. Our guide, Roberto, was incredible—funny, knowledgeable, and full of local insight. He made every stop engaging and memorable.

    The food was absolutely five-star—authentic Sicilian flavors, fresh ingredients, and generous tastings at every stop. The tour lasted about 2.5 to 3 hours, which was the perfect amount of time to explore, eat, and enjoy without feeling rushed.

    Highly recommend Discover Messina and especially Roberto if you want a mix of history, culture, and amazing food. A must-do in Sicily!

     

     October 13, 2025

  • Matthe251
    Family Traveller
    Delicious food in Messina.

    Our guide Roberto was knowledgeable and friendly. The temperature in Sicily that day was in the high 90’s F (over 30 degrees C) and he managed to find shady, cool spots for our tour. The food spots and food were incredible.

     

     

    August 7, 2024

  • 251alexa
    Couple Traveller

    Roberto our tour guide was outstanding! Fun personality with lots of knowledge and even got to know us on a personal level! Taught us some Italian words and we taught him our American lingo! Hit everything we wanted to do including historical monuments, even from the delay of other group members who had struggle walking. A great outstanding tour! Thank you Roberto!

     

    July 20, 2024

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