How to reach the city center if you arrive in Catania by plane? The city bus is certainly the cheapest option.
The Airport of Catania is about ten kilometers from the city center.
Getting to the city center with Alibus
To reach Catania, I suggest you to take Alibus, the shuttle bus that connects the airport to the city, with several stops.
Take this bus to the stop on the right, once you enter the Arrivals.
The route is circular Airport – City Center – Train Station and makes the following stops:
- Stazione Centrale
- V.le Libertà
- C.so Italia
- P.zza G. Verga
- V.le XX Settembre
- P.zza Trento
- V.le XX Settembre
- Via Etnea
- P.zza Stesicoro
- C.so Sicilia
- C.so Martiri della Libertà
- P.zza Giovanni XXIII
- Via 6 Aprile
- P.zza dei Martiri
- Via V. Emanuele
- P.zza S. Placido
- Via Porticello
- P.zza Borsellino
- Via Alcalà
- Via C. Colombo
- Via D. Tempio
- Faro Biscari
- Asse dei Servizi
- Via Fontanarossa
- Aeroporto
- bretella collegamento per Via S. Maria Goretti
- Via S. Maria Goretti
- Via Fontanarossa
- Asse dei servizi
- Faro Biscari
- Via D. Tempio
- Via C. Colombo
- Via Mulino S. Lucia
- Via Dusmet
- P.zza dei Martiri
- Via 6 Aprile
- Stazione Centrale
Click here to view and download the route map in pdf.
The bus leaves every 25 minutes and is active from 5.00 to 24.00.
The cost of the ticket is € 4.00 and you can buy it directly on board (in cash or with the POS), at the airport or from authorized dealers.
To get to via V. Emanuele (near the Cathedral of S. Agata) it took about 25 minutes.
Getting to the city center by taxi
Alternatively, you can still catch a taxi to reach your destination.
Here’s who you have to contact for a taxi:
- Social taxi Catania, tel. +39 095 330966 http://www.radiotaxicatania.org/
- Taxi Sat Service, tel. +39 095 6188 http://www.6188.it/
Extra-urban buses also leave from Catania airport to reach other cities in Sicily.
More information can be found here: Alibus.
Book your hotel in Catania
High prices
If you want to be close to the airport the Catania International Airport Hotel is a 4 star hotel which is only 15 minutes on foot from the airport Catania Fontanarossa. The structure includes a restaurant with Italian and international dishes. Upon request, you can take advantage of a shuttle service to and from the airport.
If you are looking for a 5 star hotel the Romano Palace Luxury Hotel has a 25 hectares garden, swimming pool, whirlpool and a restaurant with national and Sicilian specialties such as fresh swordfish, Sicilian cannoli and much more. The airport is a 5-minute drive away and the property is 4 km from the center.
Average prices
Just a 3 minute walk from the cathedral Hotel Manganelli Palace is situated in in a historical building in the city center and has baroque-style rooms with hand-painted frescoed ceilings.
If you are looking for apartment accommodation the Two Rooms Bellini provides two rooms only 400 meters from the cathedral and has a bicycle rental service.
Cheap prices
In the historical center of Catania Hotel Centrale Europa is in front of the Dome and Elephant fountain. Its strategic position will allow you to easily visit the main attractions of Catania.
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