Norman Francigena from Palermo to Messina

Downloadable guide · 6 October 2026. This file opens offline. External links require a connection.

Route registered in the Ministry of Tourism catalog. Length and variants should be checked with the route authority.

Route information

Start

Not verified in the available sources

Finish

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Total distance

390 km

Total ascent

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Total descent

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Distances and elevation data depend on the route variant. D+ and D− are total ascent and descent in metres, not slope percentages. Estimates and missing data are indicated in the source.

Places to see along the route

• Modern art gallery "Empedocle Restivo" · Source

  Via Sant'Anna 21 90133 Palermo · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Su,PH 08:30-18:30

• Museum Ambientalistico Madonita · Source

  Piazza Castello 7 98028 Polizzi Generosa · Contact reported by the source: +39 0921649184 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Civico Antonio Collisani · Source

  Corso Paolo Agliata 100 90027 Petralia Sottana

• Museum della fotografia di Robert Capa · Source

  Via Conte Ruggero 1 94018 Troina

• Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti · Source
• Ruderi del Castle · Source
• MEC Museum · Source

  Corso Vittorio Emanuele 452 90134 Palermo · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 09:00-12:00, 17:00-20:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 091 9891901 · Website reported by the source

• Castle di Montalbano · Source
• Museum d'Art Contemporanea della Sicilia · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Sa 09:00-18:30; Su 09:00-13:00

• Torre del Duca di Salaparuta · Source
• Museum Archeologico Paolo Vagliasindi · Source
• No Mafia Memorial · Source
• Museum di Mineralogia · Source
• Castle Svevo · Source
• Castle Federico Secondo · Source

  Via Castello 98065 Montalbano Elicona · Contact reported by the source: +39 0941 679012 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Archeologico · Source
• Museum civico della memoria nel presente · Source

  Corso Umberto I 90026 Petralia Soprana

• Necropoli di San Placido · Source
• Museum Diocesano di Palermo (MUdiPA) · Source

  Via Matteo Bonello 2 90100 Palermo · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 09:30-18:00; Su 10:00-18:00 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Civico · Source

  Via Conte Ruggero 98 94018 Troina

• Museum del Giocattolo Antico · Source
• Museum della Conoscenza delle Tradizioni dei Nebrodi · Source

  Via Vincenzo Bellini 79 98033 Cesarò

• Museum Civico Don Giuseppe Guarnieri · Source
• Palazzo medievale · Source
• Museum Ambientale dell'Abete Nebrodensis · Source
• Castle di Sperlinga · Source
• Museum Etno-Antropologico Giovanna Bellomo · Source

  Via Salvatore Messina 2 90020 Montemaggiore Belsito

• Centro Polifunzionale Giovanni Paolo Secondo · Source

  Via Salvatore Messina 2 90020 Montemaggiore Belsito

• Museum di Palazzo Mirto · Source
• Centro Polifunzionale Giovanni Paolo Secondo · Source

  Via Salvatore Messina 2 90020 Montemaggiore Belsito

• Castle di Bauso · Source
• Palatine Chapel · Source

  90134 · Contact reported by the source: +39 091 705 4879 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Tesoro del Duomo di Messina · Source

  Piazza Duomo 98122 Messina

• Sito archeologico Contrada Edera · Source
• Castle di Novara di Sicilia · Source
• Palermo Cathedral · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Su 09:00-17:30 · Website reported by the source

• Museum dell'Osservatorio Astronomico · Source
• Museum Civico di Scienze Naturali Angelo Priolo · Source
• Castle di Sclafani · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Castle dei Nelson · Source
• Palazzo dei Normanni · Source

  Piazza del Parlamento 1 · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 08:15-17:45; Su 08:15-13:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 091 626 2833 · Website reported by the source

• Castle di Gangi · Source
• Palazzo Livoti · Source
• Museum di Zoologia Doderlein · Source

  Via Archirafi 16 · Contact reported by the source: +39 091 23891819

• Caccamo Castle · Source
• Scavi Archeologici di Epoca Romana · Source
• Museum di Storia della Medicina “Dott. Ottavio Badessa” · Source

  Via Rovere 1 98049 Villafranca Tirrena · Contact reported by the source: +39 090 331 0311;+39 393 368 7036 · Website reported by the source

• Necropoli di Solunto · Source
• Museum di Scultura all'Aperto · Source
• MACSS Museum Art Contemporanea Sotto Sale · Source

  Via del Salgemma 90026 Petralia Soprana · Opening times reported by the source: Sa 09:00-14:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39366 3878751

• Archivio Storico Comunale · Source

  Via Maqueda 157 Palermo

• Galleria Regionale · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Sa 09:00-18:30; Su,PH 09:00-13:00; Mo off

• MUSEO DELLE ATTIVITA’ CONTADINE · Source

  98040 Gualtieri Sicaminò

• Museum Archeologico · Source

  Corso Giuseppe Fedele Vitale 54 90024 Gangi · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 09:00-13:00,15:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0921689907

• Castle di Solanto · Source
• Museum Etnoantropologico · Source

  Corso Giuseppe Fedele Vitale 54 90024 Gangi · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 09:00-13:00,15:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0921689907

• Museum delle Armi · Source

  Corso Giuseppe Fedele Vitale 54 90024 Gangi · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 09:00-13:00,15:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0921689907

• Museum delle maioliche "Stanze al genio" · Source

  Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 11 90133 Palermo · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Fr 16:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-12:00; Su 10:30-11:30 · Website reported by the source

• Pinacoteca Gianbecchina · Source

  Corso Giuseppe Fedele Vitale 54 90024 Gangi · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 09:00-13:00,15:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0921689907

• Torre Granato · Source

Tracks and updates

Source GPS tracks · ZIP

The operator reports restructuring the stages towards Randazzo and revising tracks and descriptions. The current order has 22 days and differs from the older ministerial archive. Obtain the updated version before publishing a complete sequence with distances and elevation figures; the old 21 GPX files are not shown as current.

Verified information for this route

Changes affect the section towards Randazzo: check tracks and accommodation availability with the operator.

Source · www.viefrancigenedisicilia.it

Current stages, notice and operator contacts

Vie Francigene di Sicilia: credential and accommodation

Data del controllo: 2026-10-04

Recorded stages

Not verified in the available sources

Coverage and sources

Available stages may include branches: they do not necessarily constitute a single sequence. Credential, water, accommodations and local services must be confirmed with the manager.

Source · www.ministeroturismo.gov.it

Source · www.viefrancigenedisicilia.it

Luggage and practical services

Pilgrim credential

The credential records your stamps and journey. It does not reserve a bed or guarantee free accommodation. Check the current rules with the route operator or the Pilgrim Office before departure.

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