RECOMMENDED ITINERARIES: 1) Taormina 2) Giardini’s sea promenade and the archaeological area of Naxos 3) Alcantara river’s Gorges 4) Mount Etna. 5) The baroque art of Acireale and Catania. 6) Cities of Art: Siracusa, Ragusa, Modica, Agrigento, Enna and Palermo.


USEFUL INFORMATION/DISTANCES: San Marco beach, 1 Km. – Taormina, 4 Km- Etna Nord ski resort and Linguaglossa, 12 Km – Alcantara river’s Gorges, 7 Km – Catania, km 41(30 minute drive) – Messina, 46 Km (30 minute drive) – Siracusa, 90 Km (60 minute drive) - Enna/P.zza Armerina, 110/90 Km (70 minute drive) - Ragusa-Modica, 130Km (90 minute drive) – Agrigento, Km 204(90 minute drive) – Palermo, 240 Km ( 120 minute drive).


HOW TO GET TO CALATABIANO: BY AIRPLANE: Catania Fontanarossa airport – BY CAR: from Catania (highway A-18), exit Fiumefreddo, road SS 120 Piedimonte-Fiumefreddo – road SS 114 (direction Messina), from here through any of the three linking streets, 1 Km; from Messina (A18), exit Giardini Naxos, road SS 114 (direction Catania), 3 Km. BY TRAIN: railway station of Calatabiano or Taormina.