Places to Visit

Zona Archeologica Santa Venera al Pozzo
Teatro Romano e Odèon
Terme Romane dell'Indirizzo
Chiesa di San Francesco Borgia
Terme della Rotonda
Anfiteatro Romano
Ipogeo Romano
Mura Dionigiane - Adrano
Zona Archeologica di Palikè
Museo Regionale della Ceramica
Casa Museo Giovanni Verga
Museo Archeologico
Castello Ursino

This beautiful Sicilian city and its province is a destination suitable for any type of stay. Well connected through the port, airport, highways and railways, the city offers an impressive amount of historical-artistic, cultural and natural.

Founded by Chalcis in 729 a. C., the city, despite earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, monumental traces of all historical periods, from the greek-Roman to modern times. Beautiful and unique is the center of the Baroque period in lava rock, dominated by the Duomo, where there are artistic treasures from the Roman era. The charm of the Sicilian city is this coexistence of physical monuments of different ages that allow us to reconstruct thousands of years of history in just a few meters. Fascinating, from this point of view, is the visit to the Monument of the Benedictines, which occupies the acropolis of the ancient city. In this building, which houses the current Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the tourist can admire history that will be without interruption, from prehistory to the present day. But everybody can choose the most appropriate route to their interests, all periods of history are beautifully represented. But Catania is also its unique volcano, Mount Etna, a destination for scholars, enthusiasts and the merely curious. You can choose from more demanding tour of the crater easier hiking along its slopes rich chestnut, hazel and areas of conifers.

Beautiful is the sea, rich in features do is suitable for bathing, but also impressive in terms of scenic beauty for the presence of stacks of e prehistoric lava flows. Some of these features are now protected marine areas.

A stay in the capital is strongly recommended that loves not combine with other cultural opportunities for recreation. Catania is full of venues to suit all ages and all budgets, plenty of restaurants, pubs, cinemas, theaters, nightclubs. A way around Etna, the main artery of the city, it is strongly recommended to all shoppers.

Who prefers the peace will stop at one of the many towns in the province, also rich in history and nature.