Catania Stories


Mount Etna

Day twenty four We had a nice lie in and had a big breakfast in the B&B. Just as we were paying and leaving the owner offered us a lift to the centre of town to save us walking so far. We got our bus easily enough, although it didn’t stop where we thought it would. Once in Catania we had a quick look around and then caught our sleeper train. It was i...


Terrible train journey

Day twenty three We arrived in Catania dead tired after an awful train journey. We went to the bus station looking for our bus to Nicolosi, but there were no signs to tell you were to wait for the bus we needed and noone spoke English. We waited until we saw a bus with Nicolosi pulling up and asked to go there. From his sign language we figured out w...


Beach Under Construction

Aim today was to go to Etna... but missed the only bus, so headed to the Beach to catch some Sun, found the strangest place possible underneath the Train Station, the chalets and walkways were still under construction and the worst was the swimming area... it was a death trap, Albana still had a go though!! We bought Melons and Cherries so munched on...