Locauto's Messina office, in Via Croce Rossa 15, is located 2 km from the marina and 1 km from the Central Station. Online smart check-in is available during opening hours.
You can park your vehicle in the parking lots that are located in front of our office.
After filling up the tank of your rental car, return it to Locauto in Messina at the appointed time and date.
As many Sicilian towns and cities, Messina is a hymn to multiculturality, a triumph of different styles that deeply beguiles visitors. Many among its prettiest churches, including the Cathedral and the Church of Santissima Annunziata Dei Catalani, have for instance an Arabic or ancient Roman origin, but are layered with later elements belonging to different cultures. You will also find here, mainly due to the earthquake that nearly swept away the entire city in 1908, many new edifices such as Cristo Re memorial monument, dedicated to the dead of WW2, rising just 200 feet above the sea level, or Vittorio Emanuele III Gallery.
Once you’ve had enough of architecture, you can set out for less crowded, yet splendid places by renting a car in Messina: Medieval hamlets, extensive rural areas, heavenly beaches and lush woods are just a few miles away from this Ionian city. Where to start? Perhaps Capo Peloro, at the easternmost extreme of the island, easy to reach by car in less than half an hour: this is where the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas meet, and it seems like the mainland is at an arm’s distance. This can make a good starting point to discover the natural assets and historical richness of Messina – but more about this in the next paragraph!
Getting to Messina by train and willing to continue your Sicilian tour in a way that can grant you maximum flexibility, making it easy to get to other cities and the most remote corners of the island as well? Then hiring a car in Messina, Sicily is what you need: our rental office is easy to reach with public transport from the central railway station, which is just 2 km away. Locauto gives you a great range of vehicles and mileage formulas to choose from: you can check the available options at Locauto Messina right now by filling in the search engine on this page with the dates of your journey.
A car rental in Messina will enable you to make the best out of your trip, topping off your city escape with some outdoor experiences. The province of Messina is indeed rich in historical and natural assets: one example is the hamlet of Montalbano Elicona (43 miles away from Messina), whose castle, embedded in the Nebrodi mountains, overlooks a network of steep Medieval alleys; the countryside around it is dotted with tholos, the ancient dwellings of shepherds. If you prefer hiking, the nearby Malabotta natural reserve will offer you plenty of trails featured by subtropical greenery.
Other hamlets worth visiting in the province of Messina are for instance Roccavaldina (43 miles away from the city), which comprises a Medieval castle overlooking the Gulf of Milazzo, Castelmola (9 mi), with its splendid view over the city of Taormina below, Tindari (37 mi), easy to reach from Messina also through a beautiful hiking trail and encompassing a Greek archeological area. For sea lovers there is also plenty of awesome beaches in the province of Messina – Capo D’Orlando, Capo Alì, Isola Bella are just some of the locals’ favorites.
Thinking about crossing the Strait of Messina by car so as to include Calabria region in your journey as well? Or maybe wondering how to venture westward without having to travel all the way back to Messina again? No worries: Locauto allows you to drop off your rental car at any of our offices in Sicily or elsewhere in Italy – you just need to select that office when booking your car.
Our Messina car rental office is close to the railway station. If you’re getting here by car from Catania, take the Messina Centro exit, continue onto SS E45 for 1 mile, then onto Via Camaro/Viale Europa/E35 for 0.3 miles, turn slightly right and take via Catania; turn left again into Via Antonio Salandra (0.3 miles) and right into Via Croce Rossa. Alternatively, you can reach us by streetcar from the railway station.
Locauto Rent is a 100% Italian company, active in the rent-a-car market since late 70s. Our rental locations network covers the main Italian airports, the biggest railway stations and the major cities. We provide a full range of rental services: short, medium and long term, van rental service and a truly innovative digital full self-service car rental. Our fleet is of the highest level and is among the youngest in the market in terms of average age. We are commonly known for convenient, flexible and transparent pricing solutions and we are recognized for our service, human and technologically evolved at once.
One of the most evocative places in town, it has a Romanesque/Gothic style, although the façade dates back to the XVI century. It offers the best view over Messina and the Strait.
Opened in 1638, Messina’s botanical garden is a happy green island, the perfect place to enjoy some shade and see exotic plants. The access is always free of charge.
Get lost in the narrow alleys of this Medieval hamlet, relish its simple, yet savory cuisine rich in cheese and cold cuts, and enjoy a guided tour of the castle.
Nobel Prize Salvatore Quasimodo’s birthplace hangs onto a cliff over the sea. If you love white sand beaches and Medieval hamlets, you can’t miss Tindari.
