Godfather Tour in Messina

When we booked this trip we discussed what to do in ports.  Bernie was interested in the Godfather tour.  He has watched the movies numerous times.  Me, I had never seen them.  But we booked the ship's tour here.

A week before coming we watched both the first and second Godfather movie.... queue the music.  

First let me apologize with references here, I am not an expert on the movie franchise so I am sure I will get something wrong.

Our first stop was Savoca.  Two towns were used in the movie.  Savoca is the home of the bar Vettelli and the church.

We got lemon granita and biscotti.  We went over and had two glasses of wine just to say we have been to the bar Vitelli.  It is definitely a tourist trap.  12.50 E per glass!   

We were guided thru the town to a few spots.  Including the church that Michael and Appolonia got married at.

We even met the woman who played Applonia's mother.  She is still alive and lives in the town.  Out of respect I didn't take a picture as sje was in her window and feeling under the weather.

We then drove to the next town where a few more sites were filmed.  Especially from the 2nd and 3rd movie.

The path where little Michael was hid under the donkey and sent to the US.  

It was a very Good tour.  The guide was very knowledgeable and we learned not only the movie sites but also about Sicily

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