Chiesa di San Nicolò

For all the "Godfather" fans, yes, this is the famous church.
Tip: Wear comfortable shoes, it's a long climb up.

Such a beautiful church, part of the Godfather movie, where Michael Corleone and Apollonia, his first Sicilian wife, got married. There are scenes with them in front of the church, and then walking from it towards Bar Vitelli, another important set of the movie, the bar where Michael proposed her hand in marriage to her father who owned the place in the film.
There is a little room dedicated to them with scenes and objects from the movie in the church.
Only 1 EUR entrance, totally worth the visit.
The church is actually called St Nicolo church, but due to its later correlation to St Lucia and St Lucia traditions which are still being celebrated to this day, the church also got a second name, St Lucia.

Beautiful medieval church with a symbolic cinematic history. In this church Apollonia and Michael got married on Godfather movie.

The church in which they filmed The Godfather movie but from the outside. This place will leave you speechless and the view is breathtaking.

Movie God Father was taking here.

13 Aug 2023

super friendly people
thank you

The church is beautiful, and the view from outside is magnificent.

Very few people actually go the extra mile to get to the most precious hidden gems of Savoca. This is one of them.

Beautiful. We went in April which meant not many crowds for us.

If you are a Godfather fan, you should go. And the sights up there are amazing

A wonderful place to be, and even more so if you are a fan of the Godfather. The people are extremely friendly even though they don't speak much English. My wife and I didn't do a tour but did this ourselves by train. However, to get up the the Village of Savaco was a major up hill treck with no taxi of bus near by; we either go back down or....what we did was hitch i hike with the locals who go up and down. An old man gave us both a lift up to the top. He spoke little English but we made small talk. When we got to the top we offered him money and he refused to take it. At the top it was wonderful. This was the Church where Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in Godfather 1 got married to his Sicilian wife. The view and walks from the top is brilliant! Worth that trip even though it was a small village and sort of hard to get to. Again, we had trouble getting a taxi down; we asked the local where we could get a taxi. He told us that you may need call for one at the nearby cafe... but then told us to hold on whilst he asks if any one of the locals was going down. One young lady was and she was more than happy to give us a lift down, she spoke English and she didn't take any money from us once again. How nice.

Very friendly staff is welcoming you at the door, his name is Antonio. The entry of 1eur is totally worth it you want to explore the rich history of Savoca. Must see if you are nearby

What a charming hidden gem 💕🇮🇹 it's where they filmed part of the Godfather movie! 😀 🎉 🎦 Highly recommended if you want to avoid highly touristic attractions... 😍

That legendary scene

Steep walk but worth the views alone. I was amazed by the location and Antonio (gentleman at the entrance desk) was great!

If you are a fan of Godfather, you must come and see the site of the wedding scene.

Really nice to see the place from the film in real.

Amazing historic church. Bring your camera!!

Amazing views, lovely church.

Godfather was here