Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 095 286 28 12;
www.lalomax.it
;
Via Fornai 44)
This multipurpose cultural centre hosts all
sorts of events - club nights, folk-music festivals, modern art exhibitions and more. It's
near Castello Urbino, hidden on a small street off Via Plebiscito.
Information
Banks with ATMs are concentrated around Piazza del Duomo and along Via Etnea.
Municipal tourist office
( 095 742 55 73;
www.comune.catania.it
;
Via Vittorio Emanuele II 172;
8.15am-7.15pm Mon-Fri, to 12.15pm Sat)
091 743 54 52; Via Plebiscito 628)
Has a 24-hour emergency
Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele
(
doctor.
Police station
(
095 736 71 11; Piazza Santa Nicolella)
Getting There & Away
AIR
of the city centre. To get there, take the special Alibus 457 (€1, 30 minutes, half hourly
from 5am to midnight) from outside the train station.
Etna Transporti/Interbus
( 095 53 03
96;
www.interbus.it
)
also runs a regular shuttle from the airport to Taormina (€7.90, 1½
hours, six to 11 daily). All the main car-hire companies are represented at the airport.
BOAT
The ferry terminal is located southwest of the train station along Via VI Aprile.
TTT Lines
( 095 34 85 86, 800 91 53 65;
www.tttlines.it
)
runs nightly ferries from Catania to
Naples (seat €38 to €60, cabin per person €52 to €165, 11 hours).
Virtu Ferries
( 095 53 57 11;
www.virtuferries.com
)
runs direct ferries from Pozzallo (south
of Catania) to Malta (1¾ hours) Friday through Wednesday from May through September;
Thursday service is added from mid-July to August. Fares vary depending on length of
stay in Malta (same-day return €80 to €132, open return €108 to €157 depending on sea-
son). Coach transfer between Catania and Pozzallo (€7 each way) adds 2½ hours to the
journey.
BUS
All intercity buses terminate in the area just north of Catania's train station. AST buses
leave from Piazza Giovanni XXIII; buy tickets at Bar Terminal on the west side of the
