Via Crociferi (Via dei Crociferi) Tours and Tickets

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.

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.

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 that you never even imagined! We are waiting for you!! The tour will be in Italian or English but on request and if possible you can ask for a specific language among the following: German, Spanish, Russian, Greek and French

This Catania tour is perfect for travelers short on time—it fits many of the city’s highlights into just a few hours, leaving you enough time to still do more exploring that same day. See Piazza Stesicoro, Piazza Vincenzo Bellini, L’Arco di San Benedetto, and Castello Ursino with a guide who tells you fun historical facts along the way.

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.

Visit the key places of Baroque art and architecture on this private six-day tour of Sicily, including Catania, Syracuse, Noto, Modica, and Ragusa, which offer the best examples of this style. See famous buildings, churches, and monasteries and attend special events such as themed dinners and music performances. Stay at a charming resort near Syracuse with a pool, spa, and golf course nestled among citrus groves.

If Catania bewitches you during the day with its smells and with the noise of the market, at night it totally envelops you. The city of Verga and Bellini, filmed by Bolognini and Germi, sung by Battiato and by Consoli, has a night owl and restless soul that lights up right at sunset. There is an almost physical need of its inhabitants to find themselves on the street and, when the sun goes down, they experience another dimension as in any large metropolis. This itinerary will take you, in the company of a licensed guide, to discover the places most loved by the "nocturnal people". It is not just a journey between clubs and meeting places for young people, but an experience to fully experience the fascinating city center in another light. Catania by night takes place in the pedestrian area, touching the places of the Catania nightlife.

Catania like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, following the devastating earthquake that destroyed the city in 1693, has been able to reinvent itself by taking on the appearance of the Baroque city that we still see today. Large urban spaces and grandiose architectural forms are the predominant aspects of this reconstruction. Starting from the inevitable Cathedral of Sant'Agata, we will then climb up to the dome of the Badia di Sant'Agata from which you can embrace the whole city with your eyes, then we will walk in Via Etnea to discover the legends that are hidden here up to the culmination of the Baroque splendor guarded by Via Crociferi.

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.

Avoid the soaring midday temps and stretch your sightseeing day to the max with this after-hours food tour through Catania’s old town. Join your foodie guide to discover favorite local spots to feast on classic savory and sweet treats while admiring some of the city’s A-list sights and hidden treasures along the way. Learn about the city’s culinary scene and sample delicacies from crunchy fried “crispelle” to icy fruit “granita”.

Join me in discovering one of the most beautiful cities in Southern Italy, Catania. We will do a walking tour in the streets of the historic center. Meeting in Piazza Duomo, here we will visit the Cathedral, the Fountain of the Cathedral. After that we will cross the very famous "pescheria". Following visit of the lava cave, Piazza Federico di Svevia II, Via Crociferi, Piazza Dante, Piazza Vincenzo Bellini, the San Berillo district, the Roman amphitheater. We will discover the beauty of Catania, the historical sites, the artistic sites, the paintings in the churches, the Baroque of the palaces, the smells of sweets, bread, spring flowers, the places frequented by local citizens, the fish market, the bars historians, while I will let you know the curiosities and legends about the city.

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.

A tour to discover Classical Catania, a group tour with departures every day, our specialized guides will meet you and give you earphones to make it easier for you to listen to your guide's explanations. You will walk the streets of Catania and you will discover Piazza Duomo, the Cathedral, the Town Hall, the elephant fountain. The guide will also accompany you to the fish market where you will discover the Sicilian culture. The visit will continue towards the Ursino castle, piazza San Francesco, via dei Crociferi and piazza Università. All places will be visited from the outside.