Santa Marina Salina: Sea, Trails and Culture

Santa Marina Salina reveals its local character in Piazza Santa Marina and along the main corso: Together, they form a pedestrian zone opposite the tourist port, with shops, bars and restaurants, as well as promenades offering sea views. If you choose Santa Marina Salina as the destination for a holiday apartment, you can plan your holiday around local life, trails, the sea and culture.

Holiday Apartment in Santa Marina Salina: Port, Trails and Local Areas

Santa Marina has one of Salina’s two commercial ports, as well as a tourist port. A footpath connects the centre of Santa Marina with the Lingua district. Liberty Lines offers hydrofoil services to Santa Marina Salina and enables online booking. This combination provides practical points of reference when assessing the location of accommodation according to your planned activities.

Hiking Trails on Fossa delle Felci

Santa Marina Salina lies on the slopes of Fossa delle Felci. The large crater is mainly covered with ferns, shaping the landscape around the town.

A hiking trail from Serro dell'Acqua leads through olive groves and fruit trees to the Saracen Caves. The trail to Monte Fossa delle Felci begins at Via Belvedere and leads via Serro Favoloro and Serro Cicirilla to a trail junction at an altitude of 400 metres.

At Monte Fossa delle Felci, a steep trail leads to the 930-metre-high summit, from which the panorama extends in all directions. This makes it possible to consider the route to the caves and the climb to the summit as different focal points of a day of hiking.

Culture Between Church and Caves

The Church of Santa Marina dates from the 18th century and has two bell towers. The Santa Marina Salina museum circuit reconstructs the daily life of the Aeolian population at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in its rooms.

The Saracen Caves consist of several interconnected rooms. Cross-shaped carvings and numerous votive symbols are still visible there today. Together with the route through olive groves and fruit trees, they make for an excursion that combines landscape and culture in one destination.

Beaches and Wine in the Local Landscape

The beach of Santa Marina Salina is the first beach accessible from the port and lies close to the town centre. Medium-sized, rounded pebbles cover the beach; a concrete platform equipped with ladders makes access to the water easier.

Barone Beach begins at the edge of the town in the direction of Malfa and merges into Cimitero Beach. In Lingua, a district of Santa Marina Salina, you will find the Hauner winery, which welcomes wine lovers by prior reservation. This means that different reasons for an excursion are available both by the sea and in the district.

More Destinations for Your Planning

You can also include Alicudi Porto, Messina, San Giorgio, Spadafora, San Cono, Tripi, Alcara Li Fusi and Faro Superiore in your travel plans.

For the overarching travel overview: Messina.