Santa Lucia del Mela

Santa Lucia del Mela is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170km east of Palermo and about 25km west of Messina. It is one of the largest comunes in the province of Messina. Santa Lucia del Mela borders the following municipalities: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Casalvecchio Siculo, Castroreale, Fiumedinisi, Furci Siculo, Gualtieri Sicaminò, Mandanici, Merì, Pace del Mela, Pagliara, San Filippo del Mela, San Pier Niceto.GeographyThe territory of the municipality of Saint Lucia del Mela, one of the largest in the province, has a rich variety of landscapes. From the highest peaks of Peloritani, it offers the vision of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian. The wild and unspoilt have a rich variety of flora, ancient oaks, native forests. Climbing up the apple and its clear water perennial, you get to the giant prehistoric fern, that grows by at least 60 million years. The fauna is very diverse: there are dormice, blackbirds, crows, hawks, porcupines, wild cats, hedgehogs, martens, hares. In places: Postoleone where work is underway for years in forests, is found a welcoming refuge for forest and a picturesque lake, a destination for hikers and campers, with permission, many also from the ion rush. Interesting mountain trails on foot or horseback to the source of Apple or Timogna Rocca can be organized using the guide prepared by Nicola Friend knowledge of the mountain territory. The town is just 7km from the motorway Milazzo. It is only 35km from Messina, and just 12km from Milazzo and Barcelona P.G.