WHAT SEE
Piazza Duomo
The Jolly Charme Suite is situated at 550 m. from ‘Piazza Duomo’ where the bell tower offers, every day at noon, a unique and spectacular show: the biggest and most complex mechanical and astronomical clock in the world.
CULTURE
Mu.Me.
At 2 km away you will find the ‘Mu.Me.’, the regional museum of Messina where you can admire works of art from Antonello di Messina, Caravaggio, Gagini, Montorsoli.
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SHOWS
Vittorio Emanuele Theatre
Facing the hotel, you will find the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre, the cultural heart of the city, which hosts every year theatre companies of international fame.
CULTURE
SS Annunziata del Catalani
At 500 mt. you will find one of Messina’s most interesting churches, the Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani, the only monument that survived the terrible 1908 earthquake.
CULTURE
Sacrario di Cristo Re
Visible from the hotel, the Cristo Re Memorial houses the remains of 1288 souls fallen during the second world war, of which 161 remain unknown, most of them were killed during the defence of Sicily, it also houses 110 souls that fell during the first world war. Upon the octagonal tower is placed a 2.80 metres of diameter bell that weighs 130 quintals which makes it the third biggest bell of Italy.
it was a stronghold, that the Grand Count Ruggero got restored, there are documents attesting that Richard the Lionheart spent some time there.