Sicily - Italy - page 1606

square. Interbus/Etna and SAIS leave from a terminal one block further north, with their
ticket offices diagonally across the street on Via d'Amico.

095 53 03 96; www.interbus.it ; Via d'Amico 187) runs buses to:

Interbus (

Piazza Armerina (€8.90, 1¾ hours, two to four daily)

Ragusa (€8.30, two hours, five to 12 daily)
Syracuse (€6, 1¼ to 1½ hours, hourly Monday to Friday, fewer on weekends)
Taormina (€4.90, 1¼ to 1¾ hours, eight to 17 daily)
SAIS Trasporti ( 095 53 61 68; www.saistrasporti.it ; Via d'Amico 181) goes to:

Agrigento (€12.40, three hours, nine to 14 daily)
Rome (€49, 11 hours) Overnight service.
Its sister company SAIS Autolinee ( www.saisautolinee.it ) also runs services to:

Messina (€8.10, 1½ hours, hourly Monday to Saturday, 12 on Sunday)

Palermo (€14.90, 2¾ hours, hourly Monday to Saturday, 10 on Sunday)
AST ( 095 723 05 35; www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it ) runs to many smaller towns around
Catania, inclusing Nicolosi (€2.50, 50 to 80 minutes, hourly) at the foot of Mt Etna.

CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Catania is easily reached from Messina on the A18 autostrada and from Palermo on the
A19. From the autostrada, signs for the centre of Catania will bring you to Via Etnea.

TRAIN
From Catania Centrale station on Piazza Papa Giovanni XXIII there are frequent trains.

Agrigento (€10.40 to €14.50, 3¾ hours)
Messina (€7 to €10.50, 1¾ hours, hourly)
Palermo (€12.50 to to €15.30, three to 5¾ hours, one direct daily)

Syracuse (€6.35 to €9.50, 1¼ hours, nine daily)
The private Ferrovia Circumetnea train circles Mt Etna, stopping at towns and villages on
the volcano's slopes.

Getting Around