Things to Do in Catania

With us, the guides of Guiding Sicily, you will experience a unique adventure because we are able to combine professional knowledge of the city with daily experience, as we are all from Catania. Our tour will tell you about the millennial history of the city, its connection with Mount Etna, its most illustrious figures, and its famous gastronomy.
The tour begins at Piazza Duomo with the Elephant Fountain, the Cathedral (interior), and the Town Hall. Crossing the historic fish market, you will reach Ursino Castle. Then Piazza Mazzini, Piazza San Francesco, and via dei Crociferi to end at Piazza Università

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR TRAVELERS:

The Guiding Sicily Tour Guides, covered by Civil Liability insurance to protect the client, do not just describe Catania in its peculiarities, but build an original itinerary, offering the visitor many possible ways to enjoy it. The planning of the itinerary and the management of the guide service require skills that only a licensed professional can offer. For this reason, this IS NOT a free tour and at the end of the guided visit, we ask the visitor to make a contribution of at least 10 euros per person (children under 10 years old free).

Welcome to Catania!

Join this free walking tour to live a complete and unforgettable experience of this beautiful city.

Our tour is an experience that actively involves participants. Not only are we local friends who know the city, but we also feel a special connection to it.

During the tour you will be able to discover some of the typical points of interest in Catania , but also lesser-known aspects , which will make the tour a complete experience.

This bond and the chiaroscuro of our city is what we want to tell in a memorable and exciting tour.

Amunini!

Catania is a unique and mysterious city famous for its Baroque architecture, Mount Etna, and Greek origins, but it also has a hidden side. Traces of the Greek Goddess Athena and the ancient Egyptian Isis are evident throughout the city. Seafood cuisine, ricotta cheese cannolo, wines, and honey along with its spectacular beaches makes it a must-see destination. 
I invite you to come and discover this magnificent city and uncover its hidden gems. 

Itinerary:

• The Cathedral external
• The  Town Hall
• The  fish market 
• The  "Ursino" Castle 
• Piazza Dante 
• Via Crociferi 
• Via Etnea 
• The Roman theatre 

We will accompany you like a local on a tour through the city of a thousand faces, infinite history and a thousand emotions. A place where history, tradition and culture come together in various views. An emotional journey through colors, scents, music in the most hidden places of the city, we will accompany you on a visit to Catania destroyed 9 times and rebuilt stronger and more beautiful each time.

We are local guides with a great passion for Catania, our tour tells a story of a very complex city and its relationship with the volcano and its patron Saint.
Our main aim is to give everyone the opportunity to know and love Catania for what it is, with its contrasts.  On this tour we see places such as: - Piazza università (meeting point) - Piazza Duomo - Cathedral - City Hall - Fish Market - Piazza Mazzini - Crociferi Street -Etnea Street - end point is Piazza Stesicoro, by the amphitheater.
Here we can receive only 5 reservations, so when we confirm the tour, please reply and back-up your participation.
 Thank you very much and we are looking forward to welcoming you in Catania!

In the heart of every Catanian there are two women: Etna and Sant'Agata.

Let Agata accompany us to discover the city, through the third most famous festival in the world. Colors, traditions, culture, joy following in Agata's footsteps!

Starting from the Roman amphitheater we will discover the city through the places linked to the cult of Agatino: the 3 churches dedicated to the Saint, via Plebiscito and its corners, via Crociferi, Church of San Nicolò l'Arena and the Candelore museum, Greek theater and Piazza Duomo !