Ships dock at Catania Cruise Terminal. These are the stops worth your time, timed on foot from the terminal.
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Walk times from Catania Cruise Terminal.
Casual grill and street food near the port
Lavish Rococo private palace
Ecclesiastical museum with panoramic terrace
Shaded palm park near the harbour arches
Catania's monumental Baroque main square
Whimsical black basalt elephant fountain
Fish lab and fry shop by Catania's fish market
Artisanal Sicilian gelato and granita parlour
Open-air cafe facing Teatro Massimo Bellini
Historic centre restaurant and pizzeria near Catania Cathedral
Thrilling, theatrical historic fish market
Historic town hall on Piazza Duomo
Central square flanked by grand university palazzi
Quick Sicilian bites and tavola calda
Specialist shop for antique books and rare manuscripts
Central pharmacy on Piazza Duomo
Stout medieval fortress and civic museum
Curving Sicilian Baroque royal collegiate church
Birthplace museum of composer Vincenzo Bellini
Modern Italian graphics and sculpture
Picturesque square fronting Via dei Crociferi
Birthplace of novelist Giovanni Verga
Charming trattoria on Piazza San Francesco
Ancient amphitheatre embedded in city blocks
Baroque church with dramatic double staircase
Dramatic sculptural fountain of Proserpina
UNESCO-listed Jesuit educational complex
Sicilian-style pizzeria along historic Via Crociferi
Imperial Roman thermal bath complex
Historic aristocratic villa and academic garden
Spacious square dividing ancient and modern Catania
Sunken ruins of an Imperial Roman arena
Pizzeria and restaurant on Via del Colosseo
Vast, bustling daily street market
360-degree viewpoint over Catania and Etna
Independent local jewellery atelier
Colossal former Benedictine monastery complex
Secondhand market and Sicilian crafts in central Catania
Catania's expansive Victorian municipal gardens
Striking black-and-white triumphal gateway
Worth finding if you have an hour spare.
Traditional Sicilian puppet-making workshop
Monumental unfinished church on Piazza Dante
Historic Catania pastry shop operating since 1897
Relaxed southern Italian restaurant and pizzeria
Historic university botanical collection
More ports nearby: Giardini Naxos (Taormina), Syracuse, Messina, Lipari, Porto Empedocle (Agrigento).