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Stazione Centrale. A taxi to the centre is around €12.

Circumetnea destinations Adrano (14 daily; 1hr); Bronte (11 daily; 1hr 30min);
Maletto (11 daily; 1hr 45min); Paternò (16 daily; 30min); Randazzo (11 daily; 2hr);
Riposto (4 daily; 3hr 10min).

BY BUS

Essentials Virtually all long-distance buses stop at the airport as well as at the bus
station – a far easier place to change buses if you are not intending to spend time in the

city. The bus station is a grotty 5min walk from the train station, up Viale della
Liberta, on Via Archimede, and the ticket offices are currently inconveniently located
on the other side of Viale della Liberta, so buy them before going in to the station.

Bus companies The major companies have terminals around Stazione Centrale,
including: AST, Via L. Sturzo 230 ( 840 000 323 or 095 723 0535,
aziendasicilianatrasporti.it), for services within Catania province, including Etna;

Interbus/Etna, Via d’Amico 187 ( 095 530 396, interbus.it), for Acireale,
Caltagirone, Enna, Giardini-Naxos, Messina, Nicosia, Noto, Piazza Armerina,
Ragusa, Siracusa and Taormina; SAIS Autolinee, Via d’Amico 181 ( 095 536 168,
saisautolinee.it), to Palermo, Messina, Enna and Caltanissetta; SAIS Trasporti, Via
d’Amico 213 ( 095 536 201, saistrasporti.it), to Messina, Agrigento, Caltanissetta
and mainland destinations.

Destinations from Catania Acireale (1–3 hourly; 35min–1hr 15min); Agrigento
(approx hourly; 2hr 50min); Caltagirone (1–2 hourly Mon–Sat, 4 daily Sun; 1hr
30min); Enna (12 daily; 1hr 30min–2hr 25min); Gela (8–10 daily Mon–Sat, 6 daily
Sun; 1hr 45min); Giardini-Naxos (5 daily Mon–Sat, 2 daily Sun; 1hr 30min); Lentini
(1–2 hourly Mon–Sat; 1hr–1hr 15min); Messina (1–2 hourly; 1hr 35min); Nicolosi
(hourly; 40min); Nicosia (4–5 daily Mon–Sat, 2 daily Sun; 2hr–2hr 45min); Noto (7

daily; 2hr 25min–2hr 15min); Palermo (hourly; 2hr 40min); Piazza Armerina (3–6
daily; 1hr 50min); Ragusa (12 daily; 2hr); Randazzo (1–2 hourly Mon–Sat; 1hr
45min); Rifugio Sapienza (1 daily; 2hr); Rome (2–3 daily; 11hr); Siracusa (approx
hourly; 1hr 20min); Taormina (16 daily; 1hr 40min).

Destinations from Catania airport Agrigento (hourly Mon–Sat, 10 daily Sun; 2hr
40min); Enna (9 daily Mon–Fri, 6 daily Sat, 3 daily Sun; 1hr 15min); Messina (13

daily Mon–Fri, 8 daily Sat & Sun; 1hr 50min); Milazzo (1–2 daily April–June & Oct;
4 daily July–Sept; 1hr 50min); Palermo (hourly Mon–Sat, 9 daily Sun; 2hr 30min);
Siracusa (8 daily Mon–Fri, 6 daily Sat & Sun; 1hr 15min); Taormina (hourly Mon–
Sat, 11 daily Sun; 1hr 25min).

BY FAST FERRY AND HYDROFOIL