Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti

Un event's audience that warms the winter with colours, scents and enveloping flavours: the Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti it is the event that invites tourists to reach Sicily even in the month of December, because here on the island, it is not only summer that can offer unforgettable atmospheres.

If you love i genuine flavours, come and find out what happens when zero km products, traditional recipes and imagination meet in San Piero Patti.

Tasting of typical products, culture, traditional music and vintage car parades, entertainment for the little ones and many stands where you can also discover local craft products: this is what awaits you, in the delightful Christmas setting of the Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti!

The history of the Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti

The Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti was born in 2010, when the Municipality started a project for the revaluation of the hazelnut farming sector, privileging the hazelnut production in the area, but also all the activities linked to it, such as roasting the fruit and the production of special hazelnut flours, biscuits and sweets. To raise awareness of this delicious product, and of the whole world that is the basis of the production process, the Hazelnut Festival was born in San Piero Patti, which every year invites visitors to discover the Sicilian town in the winter.

La gastronomic event is organized by the Municipality of San Piero Patti with the patronage of the Sicilian Region and the collaboration of the Insieme Per la Città Association.

When the Hazelnut Festival takes place in San Piero Patti

The Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti usually took place in December but for a few years it has been moved to the town's summer events. To find out the official date of the festival, we recommend that you check the Municipality's website from year to year.

Where the Hazelnut Festival takes place in San Piero Patti

San Piero Patti is located in the Metropolitan City of Messina, between Gioiosa Marea and Tindari, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. At the bars and clubs of the town, you can taste the numerous culinary specialities, especially confectionery, made with hazelnuts. In the centre, local farms also bring the tastiest flavors of the area with their stands.

What to do during the Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti

A real gastronomic tour will take you to discover all the places in San Piero Patti: bars, restaurants, pastry shops, farmhouses, but also butchers, pizzerias and groceries await you in the town, to offer you a special gift: the flavour. of hazelnut, expressed in the most varied and imaginative recipes. An undoubtedly unforgettable experience, both for the aromas and flavors that you will enjoy, and for the wonderful atmosphere of the Sicilian evenings, among alleys and buildings, perfumes and music, lights and lots of jovial company, that of the locals.
An alternative winter, that of Sicily in San Piero Patti, where you can organize your next holiday on the island.

Also discover the beauties of Old Town, such as Church of Maria Assunta , San Vito Fountain, Convento del Carmine and Castle, without forgetting the tour of the minor churches found in the village, such as the Church of San Pancrazio, to visit also inside.

From San Piero Patti you can easily reach Tindari, just 9,4 km away, where you can visit the Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Tindari and enjoy the splendid panorama of the coast. In the coldest season, the climate of Sicily still allows you to walk peacefully in its most beautiful villages and towns, such as near the port of Milazzo, just 40 km from the town: an alternative way to explore the northern coast of Sicily, which perhaps will allow you to find your dream beach, to reach in the summer...

How to get to the Hazelnut Festival in San Piero Patti

San Piero Patti, in the Metropolitan City of Messina, can be reached either by car, both on the train.

From the San Piero Patti train station you will be in the center with a short bus or shuttle journey of around 10 km; if you arrive by car, the A20 Messina-Buonfornello exit for Patti is 10 km from the centre.