How to get there

By Plane:

• Catania airport “Fontanarossa-Bellini” www.aeroporto.catania.it (from Ancona, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Brindisi, Cagliari, Florence, Genoa, Lampedusa, Milan, Naples, Parma, Pisa, Rimini, Rome, Turin, Treviso, Venice and Verona).
• Palermo airport “Falcone e Borsellino” www.gesap.it (from Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Lampedusa, Milan, Naples, Pantelleria, Pisa, Rome, Turin, Treviso, Venice and Verona )
• Comiso (Ragusa) Airport www.aeroportodicomiso.eu (from Milan, Pisa and Rome).
• Birgi (Trapani) airport www.airgest.it (from Ancona, Bologna, Cagliari, Cuneo, Genoa, Milan, Pantelleria, Parma, Perugia, Pisa, Rome, Turin, Treviso and Trieste).

By Ship:

• SNAV Maritime Links www.snav.it (Naples-Palermo)
• Tirrenia Italian Steamship Company www.tirrenia.it (Naples-Palermo and Cagliari-Palermo)
• Grimaldi Lines www.grimaldi-ferries.com (Livorno-Palermo and Salerno-Palermo)
• Caronte&tourist www.carontetourist.it ( (Salerno-Messina)
• TTT Lines www.directferries.it/tttlines.htm (Napoli-Catania)

HOW TO GET AROUND

The road network, divided into free-ways, trunk and provincial roads, is ideal to enjoy the Sicilian landscapes.

There are also four highways connecting:

Messina-Catania-Syracuse (A 18)

Palermo-Catania (A 19)

Palermo-Messina (A 20)

Palermo-Mazara del Vallo-Trapani (A 29)

Trenitalia connects the railway-stations of all provincial capitals and the main towns.

Circumetnea, a narrow-gauge railway, connects Catania to Riposto going around Mount Etna and trough foothill towns and villages. www.circumetnea.it

The suburban bus network is efficient.