Catania (province)

• — a busy city with a UNESCO World Heritage List Baroque centre. It's a university city and economic center, great for nightlife, the gate to Mount Etna
• — a World Heritage town, famous for its ceramics
• — another World Heritage town
• — fisherman village on the coast of Catania
• — Marina di cottone, it reserves natural neighbor very beautiful river that flows in a splendid sea
• — the closest town to the summit of the Mount Etna
• — a seaside town at the other end of the Circumetnea railway.

• — Europe's tallest active volcano
• with its Gole dell'Alcantara, deep impressive gorges carved by the river flow on the edge of Etna

Tourist information

• Punto Informazioni

  phone: +39 095 4014070
  address: Via Etnea, 63/65 95121 Catania
  The info point of the Province of Catania.

By train

A narrow-gauge commuter railway line runs clockwise around the Mount Etna.

• Ferrovia CircumetneaBorgo station, the line's terminal in Catania, is located next to the eponymous station of the Metropolitana di Catania. From there you could continue to reach villages on the slopes of the mount Etna. The other end of the line terminates at the town of Riposto at the sea shore (use Giarre for connections with Trenitalia ). Trains from either direction terminate at Randazzo, so change there if you want to go the whole way. NB: there are no services on Sundays and holidays.

Watch out whenever walking on the streets on the center because drivers can drive over your feet if you're not careful. Also, make sure you follow the main roads to and from your place of stay so that you don't wind up in some ghetto, because they don't seem so safe especially if you're a female or a solo guy. Otherwise, the main streets seem pretty safe, full of friendly Italians of whom a lot know basic English.