Karting Club Messina

Just outside central Messina, the Karting Club Messina sits in the city's outer ring in north-eastern Sicily. The site is easily reached from central Messina and the A20 motorway. It is used by Messina locals for outings with friends, by residents of the Strait area in transit between Sicily and Calabria, and by holiday-makers staying in the Aeolian Islands or on the Ionian Messina coast.

On the outdoor track, drivers can lap on a rhythmic layout suited to a range of skill levels, in the open setting typical of the north-eastern Sicilian coast. Several engine sizes are available, from beginner karts for kids to punchier versions for regulars used to timed sessions. Conditions follow the Sicilian Mediterranean climate: drier and faster in summer, sometimes windy on scirocco days. The site welcomes family taster sessions, kids' birthday parties, stag and hen groups and corporate events from the Messina area.

Messina is thirty minutes from Taormina, one hour from the Milazzo ferry to the Aeolian Islands and an hour and a half from Catania. The region offers plenty more to see: the Strait of Messina and the ferries to Calabria, Messina's Cathedral and its astronomical clock (the largest in the world), Taormina and the Greek Theatre with views over Etna, Castelmola and its hilltop village, the Aeolian Islands (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Vulcano, Stromboli, Lipari) accessible by hydrofoil, or a side trip to Etna or Catania. Karting in Messina is a solid option for Strait travellers and Ionian coast Sicilian residents.