Reach the Aeolians by ferry from Naples, or Milazzo on Sicily.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small|Lonely Planet|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the 20th of July Garibaldi, operating both by land and sea, attacked and defeated them at Milazzo on the northern coast.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe
In Milazzo the dance "threatens the existence of the bride," to cite an historian of the place.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.|Various
The next day he landed at the port of Patti, some twenty miles from Milazzo, and on the 19th joined Medicis force.
Out with Garibaldi|G. A. Henty
Milazzo is a small hilly peninsula, on which stands a fort and a little walled city.
The Liberation of Italy|Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
They continued the journey by boat from Milazzo to Messina, where he arrived on the 30th.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
British Dictionary definitions for Milazzo
Milazzo
/ (Italianmiˈlattso) /
noun
a port in NE Sicily: founded in the 8th century bc; scene of a battle (1860), in which Garibaldi defeated the Bourbon forces. Pop: 32 108 (2001)Ancient name: Mylae (ˈmaɪˌliː)