"My First Trip Abroad - Catania" Catania by dowdow
Catania Travel Guide: 262 reviews and 538 photos
Catania was my first trip abroad and I had gone with my cousin, who had come to Malta for a holiday from Australia. We had gone to Catania mainly for ..... guess what :) .... shopping! ... because really, Catania is just a commercial centre and there is not much to see. In fact we only stayed in Catania for the night and during the day we visited lots of beautiful places in Sicily. Of course four days wasn't enough so that's why I went two years ago to Taormina, Alcantara Gorge and to Mount Etna again.
We stayed at the centre but it was very noisy here. I remember for breakfast we had Croissants ...mmmm I love croissants, especially just baked Italian Croissants.
- Pros:Not expensive
- Cons:Noisy
- In a nutshell:A centre from where you can go to the nicest places in Sicily
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Mount Etna
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I took this lovely photo on our way to Randazzo, you can see Mount Etna from Catania easily. more travel advice
Getting around
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Catania is a good point for going to other places in Sicily by train or bus because there are frequent train departures... more travel advice
The Elephant Statue
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This statue, surrounded with lovely lawn, is right in the centre of Piazza Duomo and used to be our meeting point. Our... more travel advice
Castle in Catania
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... or actually the ruins of a castle in Catania. In the evening, one night, we went with the group for a pizza and I... more travel advice
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Comments (8)
Heh, nothing to see in Catania? I also loved Randazzo. If you want to know the true story of the elephant just look in my travel pages! Cheers, mac
Hi Doreen nice Catania page.. You know my Sicily is also beautiful.. we both live on an island.. You could visit Palermo as well one day. Bye Marco.
I love Catania.. keep up the info ;)
Welcome to Vt Doreen. Look forward to checking out your pages.
Excellent start on another beautiful Mediterranean island! Welcome to VT!
Italy is somewhere I have never been to - well, not unless you count a 10 minute cross over from the border whilst staying in Nice! Marion x.
Nice page!!! I also enjoyed visiting Sicily and Catania was my favourite city there!
You are profesional with photo-camera! Just nice photos! Waiting for more of information and photos. Raimundas.