How to get to Catania

How long it takes to get to Catania by car. All drive times are relative to Catania and represent the total time the drive takes. (So from Siracusa to Catania is 1 hr., while Noto to Catania is 1.5 hr. total) (Map courtesy of Google Maps)

Arriving in Catania by train, car, plane, and bus

Catania is about halfway down Sicily's eastern shore on the A18 highway. It is the transportation hub for eastern Sicily.

• Catania is 54km (33 miles) south of Taormina
• Catania is 97km (60 miles) south of Messina
• Catania is 72km (45 miles) north of Siracusa
• Catania is TKkm (TK miles) south of Mt. Etna
• Catania is 85km (53 miles) east of Enna
• Catania is TKkm (TK miles) east of Agrigento
• Catania is TKkm (TK miles) southeast of Palermo

» Jump down to Catania city layout and transport hubs (train station, airport, and bus depot). Catania is also home to one of Sicily's two major airports.

Catania city layout

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Park in Catania at the Parcheggio Bellini on Via Cosentino (off Piazza C. Alberto).

Catania train station

Catania's Stazione Centrale train station (tel. +39-095-532-226) is on Piazza Giovanni XXIII Papa, right by the sea where Corso Martiri della Libertà , Via Archimede, and Via Marchese di Casalotto hit Via VI Aprile/Viale Africa.

Catania airport

The Aeroporto di Catania "Vincenzo Bellini" - Fontanarossa (tel. +39-095-340-505; www.aeroporto.catania.it) is just 6.5km southwest of the center of Catania.

The Catania aiport has connections to most major cities in Italy and across Europe, including flights on Alitalia (naturally) but also on low-cost carriers like easyJet, Meridiana, blue-express, and Air Berlin.

You can fly from Rome to Catania for as little as €40; from Naples to Catania for €75.

To research flights, fares, and times, visit Momondo.com, Skyscanner.net, Mobissimo.com, or the booking site Wegolo.com.

How to get to the Catania airport

How to get between the Catania airport and Downtown Catania

AMT bus 457 "Alibus" goes every 20 minutes (5am to midnight) from Catania's Stazione Centrale train station and first makes a loop through town (north up Viale della Liberta, west on Corso Italia and Viale XX Settmebre, south on Via Etnea, anden back east aong Corso Siclia), passing once again through Piazza Giovanni XXIII Papa (in front of the train station) before turning south down Via VI Aprile, west on Via Vittorio Emanuele, south past the port and Piazza Borsellino, then along Via C. Colombo/Via D. Tempio and heading out of town to the airport. For more information: tel. +39-800-018-696 toll free in Italy, or +39-095-751-9111, www.amt.ct.it.

There's also the Etna Trasporti/INTERBUS bus (tel. +39-095-530-396; www.interbus.it), which makes hourly runs (7:45am –7:45pm) direct to downtown Catania (the corner of Via Archimede and Via Libertà) in just 10–15 minutes.

To call a taxi for the airport, dial tel. +39-095-330-966 (at night: tel. +39-095-386-794)

To get between the Catania airport and other places in Sicily

There are direct buses from the Catania airport to most major and popular Sicilian destinations. For details, see the "Getting There" page for each town: Agrigento, Caltagirone, Enna, Messina, Milazzo (Aeolian Islands), Noto, Palermo, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Taromina.

Otherwise, head to downtown Catania (as detailed above) and go from there.

Catania bus depot

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• How to get to Catania by bus—SAIS, across the piazza from the train station at Via d'Amico 181 (tel. +39-095-536-168), runs most lines to Catania, though some are run by AST (tel. +39-095-347-330).
  
  There are 7 buses (1 on Sunday) from Siracusa (75 min.); at least hourly runs (7 on Sunday) from Taormina (1-1.5 hr.); 10-13 runs (6 on Sunday) from Palermo (2 hr. 40 min.); 10 runs (7 on Sunday) from Agrigento (2 hr. 50 min.); 3 runs (none Sunday) from Caltagirone (65 min.); 8 runs (3 Sunday) from Piazza Armerina (100 min.); hourly runs (5 on Sunday) from Ragusa (2-3 hr.); 8 runs (3 on Sunday) from Noto (95-125 min.); and 6 runs (1 on Sunday) from Messina (3 hr. 20 min.).

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