Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk from the port along Via Dusmet to Porta Uzeda.
08:40
La Pescheria fish market, entered from Piazza del Duomo or Porta Uzeda. It is at its busiest before 10:00.
09:45
Piazza del Duomo: the Elephant Fountain and Catania Cathedral, which holds the relics of Saint Agatha. Shoulders and knees covered.
10:30
Walk up Via Etnea, then turn left into Via dei Crociferi, a short baroque street of churches and convents.
11:15
Teatro Antico and Odeon on Via Vittorio Emanuele 262. Allow 45 minutes.
12:15
Lunch: arancino al ragù at Savia, Via Etnea 302, then a granita.
13:15
Villa Bellini gardens, at the top of the same stretch of Via Etnea.
14:15
Walk back down to Castello Ursino, the 13th-century castle that now houses the civic museum.
15:30
Walk back to the port, about 15–20 minutes from the castle.
- Latest you can leave Piazza del Duomo16:05
16:30
On board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Piazza del DuomoWalk via Via Dusmet, 15–25 min16:05
- Castello UrsinoWalk, 15–20 min16:10
- Taormina-Giardini stationTrain up to 68 min, then walk to port15:00
- Taormina town (bus terminal)Local bus down 5–15 min, then train14:45
Where people get Catania wrong
Relying on the last workable train back from Taormina instead of the one before it.
Built from our Catania guide, checked against 14 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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