Melissa is the surface of 5.904 square km and is mostly hilly if you exclude the coastal plains, reaches a maximum height of 600 meters above sea level near St. Nicholas Altar.
The center of Melissa, perched on a rocky coast, stands in the municipal area with a growing share, from north to south, from 200 to 360 meters above sea level, the Fraction Tower along the railway line is divided and SS No. dell'Arenile 106 and near the sea is generally flat strip, excluding the area to the left of the stream Perticaro, has a depth that varies uniformly between 400 and 800 meters north.
Torrent Perticaro is the most important water course, other watercourses, also in torrential character, but smaller, sailing across the coastal strip.
The municipality is part of the province of Crotone, is in the range colllinare between the Ionian Sea and the eastern side of Sila Grande. The town is bordered to the north of Melissa with the municipalities of Ciro and Ciro Marina, north-west with the municipality of Carfizzi, west with the municipality of S. Nicola dell'Alto ed a sud con i comuni di Casabona e di Strongoli . Upper Nicola and south with the municipalities of Casabona and Strongoli.
Upper Nicola is crossed longitudinally by the municipal boundary of the territory of Melissa, part of the high-up area of St. Nicholas falls in the territory of Melissa.
The railway line crosses longitudinally across the Ionian coast dividing into two parts, the urban settlement of Torre and constitutes an objective barrier to access to the coast.
Melissa Torre railway station is about 6 km from the capital.
The village Tower, so named because of the presence of a defensive fort of the sixteenth century, is a settlement in development: it has established a stable population of about 1,800 inhabitants and a construction volume of approximately one million cubic meters.
The urban center of Torre was born in relation to the coast and the railway station gather around the nucleus of public buildings and cellars built with funding from the Social Work Exploitation Silas has subsequently extended along the SS 106.
Today is affected by an appreciable presence tourist season tied for bathing