Catania, Italy Travel Blogs

Aeolian islands and Catania
May 25, 2006 (41 photos)

... We stayed at the top for about an hour before descending back to the village. Next day I headed back to the mainland, to Catania. I had intended to stop off in the Taormina, which is supposed to be a pretty little town with a Greek amphitheatre set high ...

Catania: football fireworks and massive Mt Etna
May 29, 2006 (19 photos)

... to the capital Palermo I took the left fork at Messina and headed down the east coast to the second largest city called Catania. Toward the end of the journey I'd met a couple of local lads who explained that in the afternoon there would be a ...

Sicily
Jul 31, 2007 (7 photos)

... was filled with floating flowers and bells were chiming over and over. A great experience in a short time in Sicily. From Cheryl: Catania was a VERY quick stop.  To be honest, we went ashore to say we got to see Sicily!  After hearing about ...

Arrival
Sep 29, 2005

Arrived today to find Catania baking in glorious sunshine after a fantastic jorney in the lap of BA luxury... I just may fly business class more often if I can possibly afford it! Free wine, champagne, good food... What more can you ask? And the ...

Homesickness bites...
Oct 25, 2005

Well, its finally happened. Im beginning to feel homesick... Its not England itself I miss that much - though what I would do to see a proper storm on the Atlantic coast right now... - its far more the people. And I miss the fact that I could ...

Catania - Our Last Day
Oct 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... I found the tourist bureau and the woman said he was right. So, with the help of the nice ladies in the tourist office at the Catania train station, we found a hotel for the night. A bit more than we'd plan to spend but it was in the middle of town and we ...

day 3
May 13, 2008

well, it's 12:37 pm and I am writing to update you all since my last blog. it's cloudy and icky outside (and cold) apparently since the day before I got here it's been like that where my uncle lives. it gets nice and warm in the afternoons down in town ...

Finally a good computer!
Aug 28, 2006

... is always 0) It's clean and the price in half as much as we were paying so that's good. The trip from Sorrento to Catania by train was nine hours and thank god we went first class rather than standard.. We did get to see more of the countryside but ...

Christmas is coming!
Dec 13, 2005

Hi all! Well the weather is utterly crap today and offers a choice between weta nd windy and...well, more of the same! It's actually a lot like home! The only difference being that when it rains like this here, the whole world stops - people stay at ...

I'm engaged!!!
Mar 25, 2007 (4 photos)

... horny teenager w/ his grandma at bay.  yesssssss!!!!!!  next on Aislinn's shopping list?  shoes that don't leak :( Catania has the sleaziest, most unsafe train station area yet. Think Rogers Park at night but in the daytime.  Right. ...

quick info
Apr 2, 2007

... want to know: a duomo is just the italian word for cathedral.  yeah, not too exciting, eh?  stopping uneventfully in catania after docking in pozzallo again and catching a bus here.  working my way back up to napoli for a couple days since ...

Reflecting on a weekend in the mountains...
Mar 7, 2006 (5 photos)

What a fantastic weekend my flatmates and I have enjoyed - good food, reasonably good weather (it was VERY cold during the night, even with a log fire going and winter sleeping bags, and it did threaten to rain on us! But heh...), some fantastic scenery ...

well,
May 17, 2008

well, the last two days have been pretty quiet round here. yesterday i didnt do much of anything just went into town and my uncle bought me a purse and jeans and a shirt. then we just kinda hung out around the house. today my aunt came to visit for ...

Killing Catania and Seeing Sicily
Apr 25, 2009 (5 photos)

... ; I was playing right cornerback, while Mike chose to play outside linebacker over safety. Our next offensive possession I picked apart Catania's defense with some quick passes, a screen to Mike, and finally threw a 4 yard touchdown pass to Beppe. & ...

Sicily
May 30, 2007

... the other.     Mt. Etna has dominated the lives of those who live under its shadow. Ash-stained Catania, Sicily's third largest city seem undaunted by a neighbor who has flooded it with lava and shaken its foundations over the centuries. ...

finally had a minute to write!
May 12, 2008

hello everyone. my goodness that was a LONG trip. all the flights were good though. i was able to rest and watch some great movies. no one talked to me on the plane. :( I made no new friends. haha my cousin nino picked me up from the airport at 5pm ...

A tail of two cities
Apr 10, 2006 (3 photos)

... this traveling thing can be hard, but not hard enough to use Aaron's underwear (yet). Review a ruin- Greek theater in Catania Shilo's thoughts- Was not expecting to find it under water. Also not expecting to hear Shania Twain from the window above ( ...

In giro per la città
May 19, 2007 (3 photos)

Catania al sabato mattina. La città è interessante, la presenza dell'Etna è ...

One of my favourite countries in the world
Nov 12, 2005 (8 photos)

It's been nearly a month since I visited Sicily. As I've only just discovered travelpod, I was going to go back and fill in entries for the places I've visited since leaving home. I started to write about Sicily, but I realised it wasn't the same as ...

Bartorillo / Farruggia
Oct 16, 2006 (5 photos)

Caught the 9am bus from Palermo to Catania, a whopping €12.50 each! (Thanks to Lyns cugino Stefano). Checking out Catania today and renting a car tomorrow to see some more. On the local news they reported that Etna is flowing once again and we are ...

Catania, Sicily, Italy - Cruise 1
Jun 20, 2008 (6 photos)

... must jump into the water"...thankfully we were just having a crew liferaft drill! :)  The ship docked today in Catania, Sicily, Italy.  The poor downtown of the city looked like a bomb had gone off and noone remembered to pick up the aftermath - ...

Events to date...
Oct 17, 2005

... 'til 4am?!? Well, it has been fun anyway, even if the old sleep patterns have been seriously disturbed! The nightlife here in Catania is FANTASTIC and the weather, while it has been a little changeable of late, has now turned back to its usual tendency ...

Sicily and Mt Etna
Aug 19, 2006 (9 photos)

... Sicily and form a new larger island. I think i´ll sit and continue to simply look at it for a while before heading back to Catania.´´ I´m going to try and make my way to Rome tonight on an overnight train we´ll see how i go! Keep Smashing it up! ...

On to Catania, Sicily
Jun 3, 2007

On to Catania, Sicily.

grosstadt auf sizilien: catania
Jul 12, 2009 (25 photos)

... bedient.ohne selber abwaschen müssen). Leider wars das dann aber mit positiven erfahrungen in sizilien.später mehr dazu. Catania ist unglaublich schmutzig und runtergekommen. Wir dachten, das sei halt einfach in dieser 2.grössten sizilianischen stadt der ...

Scirocco's a-comin'......
May 20, 2006 (1 photos)

Well, today is a sweltering day - this morning was humid, an unfortunate aspect combined with the abominable heat coming up from the Sahara but thankfully one that has rapidly dispersed during the continuous onslaught of hot, arid winds that leave you ...

Exams passed and all is well...
Nov 10, 2005

Well, exams took place yesterday for my Intensive Italian Language course - I passed out reasonably well despite silly mistakes in my written exam with 28/30, which I am told is very good. Great - at the end of the day I don't actually, technically, have ...

Catania, Sicily
Aug 4, 2005 (6 photos)

The a delayed and long train journey to Sicily was worth it, both places we stayed, Palermo and Catania were great. It was all about the food, all fresh and we succumbed to the temptation of the cakes and caneloni a few too many times. Lots of fresh food ...

A quick arancini before our bus ride.
Sep 20, 2009

... their lives. It is not a brilliant black it kind of gives the city a dirty look. Our early morning tour of Catania started with 'La Pescheria' (fish market), followed by the chaos of the produce market were we brought fresh fruit and some amazing panini, ...

At Sea
Jun 19, 2008

I have to say this...I LOVE the Mediterranean Sea.  Unlike other waters I've sailed it is calm, sunny, and completely non-nauseating (so far).  AMAZING! Today is a sea day and a formal night with the teens.  I need to go put on my formal ...