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Catania on foot

Catania's old town is best explored on foot, and the B&B sits right in the middle of it: from the fish market to the cathedral, from Via Etnea to the Bellini gardens, no car or taxi is needed. Below are the real walking times from the front door on Via Guglielmo Oberdan, with a few notes on how and when to go.

  • 8min

    Via Etnea

    The main shopping street, at the Via Umberto corner

  • 10min

    Bellini Garden

    Catania's monumental public garden

  • 11min

    Teatro Massimo Bellini

    The opera house, opened in 1890

  • 14min

    Piazza del Duomo

    The cathedral and the lava stone elephant

  • 15min

    La Pescheria fish market

    The historic fish market, every morning

  • 15min

    Catania Centrale station

    Trains to Taormina, Syracuse and the airport

A street in Catania's old town at sunset, with Mount Etna in the background