Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MEDICAL SERVICES
091 743 54 52; Via Plebiscito 628)
Has a 24-hour emergency doctor.
Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele
(
TOURIST INFORMATION
Airport Tourist Office
(
095 093 70 23;
9am-9pm)
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)
WEBSITE
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sicily/catania
)
Planning advice, author recommendations,
traveller reviews and insider tips.
Getting There & Around
AIR
Catania's
Fontanarossa airport
(CTA;
www.aeroporto.catania.it
)
is 7km southwest of the city centre.
AMT
( 095 751 96 11;
www.amt.ct.it
)
Alibus 457 runs to the airport from the train station (€1,
30 minutes, every 20 minutes). A taxi for four people plus luggage costs about €28.
BOAT
From the
ferry terminal
on the southeastern edge of the historic centre, there are ferries to/
ferry. Fares per person for a
poltrona
(airline-type armchair) in low/high season are €38/
60.
BUS
There are two main bus terminuses in Catania: Interbus, Etna and SAIS Autolinee run to/
from the
Terminal Bus
(Via Archimede)
. As a rule buses are quicker than trains for most destina-
Catania, including Nicolosi (€2.40, one hour, half-hourly). Tickets are available at the
Ter-
minal Bar
over the road from the bus stops.
Interbus - Etna Trasporti
( 095 53 03 96;
www.interbus.it
)
has buses to Syracuse (€6, 1¼ hours, hourly Monday to Saturday, six
Sunday) and Taormina (€4.90, 1½ hours, 14 daily Monday to Saturday, eight Sunday),
while
SAIS Autolinee
( 095 53 61 68;
www.saistrasporti.it
;
Via d'Amico 181)
serves Palermo (€14.90,
2½ hours, 13 daily Monday to Saturday, nine Sunday) and Messina (€8.10, 1½ hours,
half-hourly Monday to Saturday, eight Sunday).
