Is possible to arrive in Gioiosa Marea by bus from Messina, by train from Messina and Palermo.
If you arrive by car from Palermo you have to exit from highway in Brolo, if you arrive from Messina, the best exit is Patti.
From Milazzo all the year there are every day ferry-boats or catamarans to the Aeolian Islands, during the summer is possible to go to the Islands from here by motorboat or from Patti by ferry-boat