Ristorante Coria is a Michelin-starred fine-dining restaurant in Catania’s historic centre, where chef-owners Domenico Colonnetta and Francesco Patti offer a contemporary interpretation of Sicilian cuisine. Set within the elegant Palazzo San Demetrio, its refined yet welcoming dining room combines historic character with clean modern design, while Etna-inspired artwork and a Sicily-focused wine list underscore its sense of place.
Polo Tattile Multimediale is an inclusive cultural center in Catania dedicated to experiencing art and knowledge through touch. Opened in 2008, it is recognized for combining accessibility, education, and sensory experiences in a historic 18th-century building, making it distinctive in both Italy and Europe.
Lido Europa is a beach club (lido) on Catania's Playa, offering a managed stretch of sandy beach with sunbeds, umbrellas, food service, and family-oriented facilities. It is best known for its relaxed atmosphere, clean beach area, and practical amenities rather than a lively beach-club scene.
Piazza del Duomo is Catania’s main square and symbolic heart, where Via Etnea, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi and Via Vittorio Emanuele II converge. Framed by the Cathedral of Saint Agatha, dedicated to the city’s patron saint, it embodies Catania’s Baroque soul and enduring resilience after repeated eruptions and earthquakes.
Established in 1965, Museo Regionale was the second such museum in Italy, following the one in Faenza. Its prehistoric and Greek collections include Neolithic wares, Greek red- and black-figure pottery and Hellenistic terracotta.
On the seventh floor of a city-centre hotel, Etnea Roof Bar & Restaurant offers a distinctive setting above Catania. Its panoramic views stretch across the city’s rooftops to the silhouette of Mount Etna, providing an atmospheric backdrop from breakfast and lunch through to dinner or happy hour.
Built over earlier Greek structures on the slopes of Montevergine hill, Catania’s Roman Theatre comprises the ruins of two open-air semicircular theatres in the city centre. Constructed in lava stone and once accommodating around 7,000 spectators, it offers a striking glimpse into Catania’s ancient theatrical heritage.
San Gaetano alle Grotte is a small church in Catania whose ancient substructure was putatively built around 260–300 as a chapel, perhaps a burial chapel, within a lava cave used as a cistern. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, it faces Piazza Carlo Alberto, beside the Santuario della Madonna del Carmine.
The Terme dell’Indirizzo are an exceptional Roman thermal complex from the imperial era, set in Piazza Currò in Catania’s historic centre and partly incorporated into the former convent of Santa Maria dell’Indirizzo. Built in lava stone and brick, the remains include around ten rooms beneath their original vaults, notably a large octagonal chamber with a domed roof, alongside the former calidarium and frigidarium.
Guide Vulcanologiche Etna Nord is a team of professional volcanological guides and ski instructors licensed to accompany visitors in the active volcanic areas of Mount Etna. Rooted in a tradition dating from the 1950s, the guides combine deep respect and knowledge of the volcano with rigorous technical training, leading excursions of scientific interest while maintaining high safety standards.