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Via Vittorio Emanuele II 356, Catania, 95100, Italy
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Roman amphitheatre ruins
Ursino Castle
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my family will be staying in the Catania region of sicily. i am interested in traveling to the italian mainland (Positano) and possibly Rome. What is the best way to travel?
You can catch a ferry directly from Catania to Napoli then a short train journey to Positano. Then back to Napoli by train and onward to Rome(same thing)
If you are driving, you will need to drive up through Reggio Calabria and into Campania and so on. The ferry journey takes some time but very relaxing
Saint Giuliana Church
' The highlight of Via Crociferi in artistic terms is this particular Church, a masterpiece of 18th-century religious architecture. It has a curvilinear facade and is built to an elliptical plan.
The gate is a result of the urban planning project that the Duke of Camastra initiated after the city was destroyed in the 1693 earthquake.
Via Etnea, the city's main shopping street, ends up here after crossing Piazza del Duomo. Outside the gate are the Marina Arches (Archi della Marina), where the railroad runs.
Catania is a nice city, full of Baroque churches, palaces, large avenues and very pleasant places to eat great food.
If you happen to land at Catania airport, it's great if you manage to sit on the left-hand side of the aircraft, because the descent path allows you to have a look at Etna volcano from a very close distance, at the same height! It's quite an experience, especially if you land in darkness.
Catania, the most important city on the Eastern coast of Sicily. It is a city which has to live together with the most important active volcano in Europe, mount Etna - nearly 3,000 m high. The city itself is mainly built with the peculiar black stone coming from the volcano. For anybody interested in knowing more about the volcano, I suggest this very complete site: Volcano World.
The city centre is built around two main avenues: via Etnea (heading straight towards the volcano) and via Vittorio Emanuele (perpendicular, from the sea towards the countryside). It is one of the rare "squared" cities in Europe, though the creative nature of Sicilian themselves did not allow the boring repetitions of almost identical parallel streets, and one could scarcely notice the geometrical frame.
....... more to come. I begin with basic information about "basic" needs, that is: places to eat.
Travelogue:
1. Around the volcano - a circle round at the base of mount Etna
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