Santo Stefano di Camastra Attractions
Communications
SS 113 Messina-Cefalù; rail station.
Location
Once a fishing village and situated on a rocky outcrop on the north coast of Sicily, this is one of the most important centers producing decorative china. Visitors are able to participate, free of charge, in courses held in the Scuola d'Arte per la Ceramica, but it is essential to book well in advance.
The Museo della Ceramica in the Palazzo Sergio displays local products.
Bathing beaches
The town has a small bathing beach. There are further beaches to the east near Canneto and Marina di Caroniaía.
SS 113 Messina-Cefalù; rail station.
Location
Once a fishing village and situated on a rocky outcrop on the north coast of Sicily, this is one of the most important centers producing decorative china. Visitors are able to participate, free of charge, in courses held in the Scuola d'Arte per la Ceramica, but it is essential to book well in advance.
The Museo della Ceramica in the Palazzo Sergio displays local products.
Bathing beaches
The town has a small bathing beach. There are further beaches to the east near Canneto and Marina di Caroniaía.
Castel di Tusa - Fiume d'Arte, Italy
(Near Santo Stefano di Camastra)
Castel di Tusa, 8km/5 mi west on the SS 113, is a small seaside resort belonging to the municipality of Tusa, 10km/6.25 mi south in the mountains. In 1991 a private individual founded the open air museum of national arts known as the "Fiume d'Arte", or River Bed of the Arts. A number of well-known artists produced sculptures for it, including Pietro Consagra, Tano Festa, Italo Lanfredini, Hidetoschi Nagasawa, Antonio di Palma, Paolo Schiavocampo, Pietro Dorazio and Graziano Marini.
Halaesa
Turning southwards off the SS 113 on to the road to Tusa the archeological excavations of the ancient town of Halaesa come into sight 3km/2mi from the coast. Founded in 403 B.C., the town enjoyed its heyday under the Romans; in the ninth century it was destroyed by the Saracens.
There are remains of the ancient town wall with square towers and of the agora (public square) with the foundations of a Greek temple.
There are remains of the ancient town wall with square towers and of the agora (public square) with the foundations of a Greek temple.
Mistretta, Italy
(Near Santo Stefano di Camastra)
Mistretta, 16km/10mi to the south, with a population of 10,000, lies 950m/3,118ft up in the Nebrodic mountains and is popular as a summer resort and base for mountain walks.
The Chiesa Madre has a Gothic door dating from 1403. There are also ruins of a Norman castle.
The Chiesa Madre has a Gothic door dating from 1403. There are also ruins of a Norman castle.
