Travel Reference
In-Depth 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 doctor.
Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele
(
Police station
(
095 736 71 11; Piazza Santa Nicolella)
Getting There & Away
AIR
Catania's airport,
Fontanarossa
( 095 723 91 11;
www.aeroporto.catania.it
)
, is 7km southwest 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
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)
