Piazza Duomo Tours and Activities

Glide through the historic streets of Catania on a 3-hour Segway tour. Follow a local guide through the UNESCO-listed city center, passing the Fountain of the Elephant, the bustling street of Via Etnea and the park of Villa Bellini. Pause to admire the 13th-century Castle Ursino and learn more about the city’s medieval history. Your tour will conclude back at your original departure point.

This tour makes it easier than ever to get up close and personal with Mt. Etna: Europe’s highest active volcano, and one of Sicily’s most visible landmarks. Journey to Rifugio Sapienza, at Etna’s base, before your trek; all equipment is included, and an add-on journey to its crater is available (own expense). Next, explore the volcano’s lava caves before stopping at an area farm for a sampling of local products.

Taste your way through the bustling markets and piazzas of Catania on a mouth-watering, half-day culinary tour. Visit fish markets, bakeries, bars and stalls to sample the best Sicilian street food with a local guide. Try regional specialties like ‘arancini’ (stuffed fried rice balls), fizzy drinks, ‘cipollata’ (bacon-wrapped onions), ‘zibibbio’ wine and decadent cannoli. Learn what makes Sicilian cuisine unique from the rest of Italy while discovering some of Catania’s cultural treasures.

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Bike through Etna National Park, Catania, and Aci Trezza without putting in the effort to plan your experience. This Etna and Catania mountain bike 3-day tour includes two nights of accommodations, a pickup and drop-off in Catania, and a 3-day mountain bike rental. Plus, a guide takes you through Italy’s national park and cities, so you won’t venture off path or lose your way.

Discover the street food and snacks of Catania on a daytime walking tour around the city. Visit the main piazza, and the elegant Via dei Crociferi or Benedettini enclave, learning about Catania’s food and its place in Sicilian culture as you stroll. Sample treats at market stalls and bakeries, and then leave armed with tips for the best places to eat in town. A food 'passport' is included so you can keep track of your favorite bites along the way.

During this tour, perfect for those who love Sicilian food, you will enjoy our tradition with a local guide who will explain to you all the Sicilian secrets while tasting many local specialities.

Skip the morning heat and join us for a relaxing 3hr walk the backstreets of Catania city center. Your Catanese guide will walk you around her favorite food spots to try the traditional street food, such as the baked cipollina, the horse meatballs, some tasty fish recipe and finally ends with the refreshing granita. This is a off the beaten path walking tour. You will step into places you would hardly find on your own such as the secret lava tunnel situated downtown! This is the ideal tour for adventure travelers who want to discover the real local culture and avoid touristy stuff! The Catanese street food consists of snacks served in deli shops and eaten by hands. This tour is perfect for adventure eaters, not for picky ones :) On this tour you will have the chance to try the most popular local street food: horse meat! You'll get quality and quantity! Not only food! We will also talk about history, traditions and daily habits, discussing both lights and shadows of living in Sicily.

A fantastic tour to enjoy the beauties of Sicily, stunning art, history, archeology, stunning beachs and delicious food. The tour starts / ends from Catania; we visit this beautiful towns rich of attractions and from here every day we move on to visit: - Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe - the Cyclops Riviera, visiting 2 enchanting fishermans village still intact, the best sea food restaurants are here; - Taormina, the ancient Greek colony, with its pedestrian path full attractions, shops, restaurants, amazing views and more else; - Castelmola, a medieval village perched on the rock above Taormina; with its towering fortress and the picturesque streats; - Giardini Naxos, with its amazing bay and the great coast line; - Savoca, one of the most beautiful Italian villages, location of Coppola's "Godfather" and also for its marvelous ancient monuments; - Catania city: cathedral, fish market, Opera House, Castel and big shopping centers.

The adjective that could define Catania is sumptuous. After the earthquake of 1693 a city of extraordinary beauty was rebuilt where the Baroque buildings draw marvelous scenographic perspectives. Through art and archeology it will be possible to hear the history and culture of a people that has always built the city where it has always been.

Catch a glimpse of local life in the Sicilian city of Catania during this private walking tour. Skip the hassle of navigating and follow a guide to explore the city, including historic monuments such as the ruins of a Roman amphitheater. Learn about Catania’s Baroque architecture and see churches, squares, and the town hall.

The tour starts at 9.00 pm opposite the theatre in ‘Piazza Stesicoro’, after briefly introducing the Roman Catania, the guide will lead the participants to the Chiesa del Santo Carcere and subsequently to piazza Università. The tour continues in Piazza Duomo where the guide will illustrate the ancient Catania, the elephant, the Roman obelisk and the references to Isis and the temple of the moon. He will then talk about the city reconstruction due to the 1693 earthquake, with many ideas taken from the capital. The tour will proceed through via Teatro Greco Romano and the Terme della rotonda, where you can admire the remains of a Roman thistle. We will finally reach the Ursino castle; the guide will explain the history and the secret symbols such as the menorah and the pentalpha on the castle walls.

More and more adventurers are trying to make their way into tourism, but what makes us different is our professionalism, of which we are proud. We are professionals, licensed guides who love their land and know how to offer it to the attentive curiosity of the traveler. Our walking tour through the historic center of Catania will open up horizons you never even imagined! We are waiting for you!!

A tour of the city of Catania in the footsteps of his most illustrious child, Vincenzo Bellini, composer and author of Norma

The unique tour allows you to discover Catania through the legends, symbols and monuments that characterize Catania

In better hands you could not happen! We are all licensed tour guides and for this, as well as introducing you to the secrets of our culinary specialties, we have all the credentials to accompany you on a journey that is not only gastronomic, but also cultural! You can find us at the GS infopoint in piazza Duomo, corner of via Merletta: come and visit us!

This visit of the city center will take place in the company of a local guide that will tell everything about our city: you will learn the historical events of Catania that makes Catania unique and we will illustrate the main monuments that have arisen over the centuries. Some of these monuments have survived the many natural destruction that Catania has suffered during the centuries due mainly to the presence of our majestic Volcano. They will help us to better describe the development of the city born by Greek colonists in the eighth century. B.C. You will pass by Piazza Duomo, proceeding your walking to Pescheria, our famous and folkloristic fish market. With a short stroll you will reach Castello Ursino, cultural symbol of the city during the Medieval age. Your guide will also lead you to Piazza San Francesco, passing by Piazza Dante, Via Gesuiti, Alessi steps, University square, Vincenzo Bellini square, San Placido square.

Catania is the most advanced city in Sicily and Caltagirone is famous all over the world for its ceramics. Passengers will travel with us as if they were longtime friends.

This tour will take visitors through a path on the edge of memory, through places in the city linked to the most important episodes of the Second World War. A tour that will develop in two moments, a walking tour through some of the most significant places, which are still linked to the memory of the thoughtful bombings of 1943, and the visit of the interesting museum dedicated to the Allied Landing in Sicily. Here it will be possible to follow - through accurate reconstructions and a rich historical documentation, videos and videos of the time - all phases of Operation Husky and Operation Fustian. The memory of the past becomes a moment of knowledge and education, to build a peaceful future.

The only tour of Catania where you don't have to worry about photographs, because you have a personal photographer who always follows you and takes all the moments of this special tour of Catania from the most beautiful and panoramic points!