Visiting Sicily, staying in Catania?

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Sicily is all beautiful. I suggest you to keep moving and see more places...I do not know how long you'll stay, but Sicily is a large regions really full of beautiful places to visit. I recommend a rental car, otherwise you will not be able to travel and see best places. Organization Sicilybycar is one the most convenient rental companies, just book over the web.
Etna is a very exciting experience, you can visit it by a nice guided tour which climbs it with offroad vans...Taormina is also very fascinating town...with romans ruins and beautiful view...but don't stop in Catania. You should move also to Siracusa...unforgettable, and you may want to descend to the real south end...where you'll find small villages born around tuna fishing and industry....like Marzamemi.
In the north you may head to CefalÃ¹....and you should not miss to visit Palermo and the incredible Monreale.
You may spend a day also in Vulcano island, unbelievable jewel placed in the tirrenian sea 20 marine miles or so away from Milazzo port.
Sicily is safe, because mafia issue concerns an high level of business..so no special care is needed...just usual one when you travel abroad.
In Catania you may stop at sheraton hotel in Aci Trezza, beautiful hotel right on the sea, not expensive as you may suppose...otherwise in Catania the chain Jolly Hotels provides good accomodation at a reasonable price.
I travel a lot in Sicily because of my job and because i just love it...even if I am from central part of Italy. You will love it also and you'll be back! I discovered it during my honeymoon...and we were back and back again.

Charmingâ˜† MiLLE e una NoTTE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk43uQfZlg8
This is my little town..near Trapani..Scopello..
is considerate the most beautiful place..
and the water is the most clean of the coast..
I used to live there..and it's a place of fun..and you can find a lots
bed&breakfast...

amanda.rose

I lived in Sicily 3 years, and ended up marrying a man from Catania. DO you know any locals, knowing someone makes all the difference!!

Catania full of history. Remember it was conqured by the Spasnish, greeks, vikings, arabs, spanish, romans and carthaginians. but along with many other places you can see the main parts in a day.

If you have a good mode of transport just south is siracusa. it has the largest greek ampatheature anywhere. Just north is Taoramina which was ahot spot for movie stars in the 60's, great beaches, also has a greek ampatheature. to the east a ways is Agrigento. there you will find the largest greek temples outside of greece.

I recomend rying to find a local on facebook or something to meet up with. ( a woman of course cause those men can be sketchy!) Then you can see real sicily to include clubs, and the real good resuraunts With out an italian with you, resturaunts are likey to feed you left overs and tap water!

Genius Cook

I consider Sicily the California of the Mediterranean. I've been to the island and especially Catania many many times over the past 30 years. I can only suggest the Baia Verde as a place to stay... I've been to the Sheraton and the Baia Verde tops it. I recently had friends stay at the Baia and I really liked the layout and the area on the sea (for swimming, sunning & having cocktails!).
Take a look at the link I've given you for news on Sicily and come back to me if you have any specific questions.

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