Capo Peloro Attractions

The coast road going north passes fishing villages with poetic names such as Paradiso, Contemplazione, Pace and Grotta, followed by Ganzirri with a salt lake in which mussels are farmed; finally the cape itself is Punta del Faro reached with the old lighthouse (Faro, 12km/7.5mi) standing alongside the enormous tower built for the strait cable. The mainland is here only 3km/2mi distant (view). The decision in December 1985 by the parliament in Rome to build a bridge between Calabria and Messina has gone no further than the drawing-board stage.

It is possible to continue westwards through Acquarone to Spartà where a side-road turns off left and takes an attractive mountainous route through Castane di Furie back to Messina (18km/11mi).