Randazzo

Randazzo is known as the closest town to the summit of the Mount Etna.

Tourist information

• Centro Visite

  phone: +39 095 12345667
  address: Largo San Giuliano

• ProLoco Randazzo

  phone: +39 095 923955
  address: Piazza Municipio, 17

By train

• Stazione di RandazzoFerrovia Circumetnea runs narrow-gauge regional trains either from Catania or Riposto (Giarre for connections with Trenitalia). Trains from either direction terminate here: there are no through trains scheduled. There are no services on Sundays and holidays.

By bus

Additionally Ferrovia Circumetnea runs bus services on the same route.

On foot

It's a small place.

Churches

• Chiesa Santa MariaWith a façade built of black lava stone, three polygonal apses in the form of towers and 15th-century side portals in the Catalan-Gothic style. The interior is divided into three naves by black monolithic columns with statues by the Gagini school and six paintings by Giuseppe Velasquez (1750–1827).

• Chiesa di San Nicolò di BariIt's the largest one in the town. It was established in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1585. It houses works by Antonello and Giacomo Gagini, and in the right nave a triptych by Messinese painters.

• Chiesa di San MartinoIt has a notable 14th-century bell tower.

• Chiesa dell'Annunziata

• ex Chiesa del Collegio S. Basilio

• ex Monasterio di S. Giorgio

• ex Monastero Benedettino di Santa Caterina

  phone: +39 095 921615
  address: Via Cesare Beccaria, 1
  It hosts the Museo di Scienze Naturali with the Priolo Ornithological Collection which consists of 2250 specimens of Italian and exotic birds and butterflies.

Secular buildings

• Palazzo Reale

• Palazzo Lanza

• Palazzo Clarentano - Finocchiaro

• Palazzo Comunale

• Palazzo Rumolo

• Castello Svevo

  phone: +39 095 799 0064
  address: Via Castello, 1
  The only survived structures are one of the eight medieval towers and the Carcere, a prison, which now hosts Museo archeologico Paolo Vagliasindi.

• Museo dell'Opera dei Pupi

  phone: +39 095 7991611
  address: Largo San Giuliano
  Museum of puppet's theatre.

Minor attractions

• Via degli Archi

• Via Orto

• Porta Aragonese

• Porta San Martino

• Porta San Giuseppe

• Porta Pugliese

• Parco Polivalente SciaroneThe multipurpose park is the green lung of the city. It's walking distance from the center but in the unique environment of the Etna Park. In the park you can walk in the "nature trail" and observe the different lava flows that lapped Randazzo, the flora consists of birch trees, chestnut and oak and also the Etna fauna consists of foxes, porcupines, hedgehogs and rabbits that make this wonderful atmosphere. Inside is an equipped area for picnics with 5 hotplates, 16 tables (for a total of 128 seats) drinking water and 4 toilets.

• Parco dell' Etna – hike the Mount Etna.
• Parco fluviale dell'Alcantara – follow the stream and gorges of the river Alcantara.
• Parco dei Nebrodi – Explore the trails of the mountainous park.

Mid-range

• Catania