Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 091 844 90 07; Via San Francesco 16; meals €25-35; dinner late May-mid-Sep)
Just north of Ustica's
central square, this family-run eatery is renowned for its seafood and considered by many
to serve the island's best meals. If you're lucky enough to be around when it's open, make
a beeline for it!
Information
VisitUstica
( 091 748 24 30;
www.visitustica.it
;
Piazza Umberto I; 10am-1pm & 5-9pm Jun-Sep)
On
Ustica's main square; offers info on the island and the marine reserve.
Getting There & Away
Siremar
( 091 749 31 11;
www.siremar.it
;
Via Francesco Crispi 118)
operates a year-round car-ferry
service between Ustica and Palermo (€18.35 one way, 2¼ hours, one daily), with addi-
tional hydrofoils twice daily in the tourist season (€23.55 one way, 1¼ hours).
Ustica Lines
(
0923 87 38 13;
www.usticalines.it
)
runs hydrofoils year-round from Palermo to Ustica (€22.95,
1½ hours, two daily in summer, one in winter) and also operates a Naples-Ustica hydro-
foil service on Saturdays from June to the end of September (€80 one way, four hours).
Climbing the hill through Ustica's church square, look for both companies' ticket of-
fices on your left.
Getting Around
A local bus (€1.20) makes regular circuits of the island, leaving every hour or so. In sum-
picked up and dropped off at four sites around the island using an automated credit-card-
based system.
