Catania's historic center.
It’s the Economic and university more prestigious and elegant district of the city, the heart of eastern Sicily, always lively by day and night. Rich in shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bars with typical Sicilian pastry with two historic markets (real open air theaters) where you will find the best retailers of fresh fish, meat, fruit, vegetables and textiles.
Special is its baroque urban architecture, dating from the reconstruction after the earthquake of 1693 (the city center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Catania has a history of 2700 years, dominated by different cultures (Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Spanish, ect.) and maintains all its own testimony to its historic center, in effect an "archaeological park". The journey inside it is already by itself a marvelous discovery which opens with the Public Gardens and ends right in Piazza del Duomo that is there where once stood the Platea Magna. Its urban spread around the ancient axis of Via Etnea, traced back to the Roman route to connect the city between the sea and the mountains. Today, closed to the traffic to keep intact its splendor, is the main city street, Catania noble lounge well known shopping parade where YOUR HOME IN TOWN is located. It is the equivalent of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, where people stroll walk in a relaxed manner.
Its strategic location, served by public transport and close to the main infrastructure for mobility in the island, offers easy access to anywhere in the city and Sicily.
Perfect location for a stay in Catania.