Montalbano Elicona is a picturesque town whose old town is centered around the mighty Aragonese castle. Due to its location on the top of the hill, it is a great viewpoint over a large part of Sicily, including the famous Mount Etna.
The town is one of the most beautiful in Sicily. It occupies the top and the highest parts of the slopes of a 900-meter hill. Medieval houses stand one above the other, attached to a rocky slope. Montalbano Elicona's biggest attraction towers above the lower houses, the Aragonese Castle built at the beginning of the 13th century. Aeolian Islands and Mount Etna.
Among the stone houses in Montalbano Elicona's old town, you can also see some interesting churches, such as the Sanctuary of Maria SS della Provvidenza with its Romanesque shape and magnificent baroque interior, and the Gothic church of Santa Cateria.
In the vicinity of the city, there is also the Altopiano dell 'Agrimusco rock complex, within which traces of Neolithic settlement have been discovered.
