Day trips from Catania by public transport

day trips from Catania by public transport - Syracuse Ortygia Piazza del Duomo

Sicily’s second city of Catania makes an ideal base for day trips by public transport to Taormina, Syracuse and Mount Etna. Here’s what to see and how to get there. Catania day trip 1: Taormina – for ancient ruins and vertiginous viewpoints Taormina is famed for its ruined Greek theatre, which dates back to the […]

How to visit Sicily’s Mount Etna by bus from Catania

day trips from Catania - visiting Mount Etna

You don’t need to spend a fortune to visit Sicily’s Mount Etna. Europe’s liveliest and tallest volcano is easily accessible on public transport by bus from Catania. Read on for how to catch the bus there, and what to expect when you arrive. The bus to Mount Etna from Catania The bus to Etna from […]

Bologna – where hipsters meet history

Bologna - Via Clavature

Famed for its porticoes, leftish tendencies, and a deserved foodie reputation; Bologna and its surrounds echo with the united footsteps of old and new. It’s a city where hipsters meet history. Cyclists’ simultaneously pedal slowly and talk quickly on their mobile phones. Students in converse trainers and skinny jeans chat to their amici, smoke curling from their cigarettes, as they scuffle […]

How Bologna gave me the courage to act on my gut feel – pronto!

about me Julie Sykes

I’d only been in red-bricked Bologna a few hours when I had the feeling my original calling here could be a spurious one. Over the “oohs” and “ahs” of the flavoursome discoveries of the famed ragu, I’d spent my first evening there talking with Judy, an inspirational Canadian lady who’s been travelling Europe since May. Judy, with […]