Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0965 4 86 24; Vico Leone 3; meals €30; lunch daily, dinner Fri-Wed)
Worth the slight trek, Baylik
is friendly, and the calamari is so fresh your knife glides through it like butter; the spa-
ghetti with clams is another winner.
CAFE
Caffe Matteotti
(
www.caffematteotti.it
;
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 39; 7am-2am Tue-Sun)
The stylish white tables and
chairs on their terrace offer sea views with your
aperitivi
: it's a prime spot for people-
watching.
Information
Walk northeast along Corso Garibaldi for the tourist office, shopping and other services.
The
corso
has long been a de facto pedestrian zone during the ritual
passeggiata
.
Hospital
(
0965 39 71 11; Via Melacrino)
Police Station
(
0965 41 11 11; Corso Garibaldi 442)
Post Office
(Via Miraglia 14)
9am-noon & 4-7pm)
There are also kiosks at both
Tourist Information Kiosk
(Viale Genovese Zerbi;
the Airport
(
0965 64 32 91)
and the Stazione Centrale
(
0965 2 71 20)
.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Reggio's
airport
(REG;
0965 64 05 17;
www.aeroportodellostretto.it
)
is at Ravagnese, about 5km
south.
BOAT
Boats for Messina (Sicily) leave from the port (just north of Stazione Lido), where there
are three adjacent ferry terminals. In high season there are up to 20 hydrofoils daily; in
low season there are as few as two. Some boats continue to the Aeolian Islands.
Services are run by various companies, including
Meridiano
( 0965 81 04 14;
www.meridianolines.it
)
. Prices for cars are €15 one way and for foot passengers €1.50 to €2.80.
The crossing takes 20 minutes.
BUS
