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You are looking for Accommodation in Catania, Sicily, Italy. We are bringing you one step closer to finding your perfect accommodation solution.
In Catania we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 2 Star Hotels, 3 Star Hotels, 4 Star Hotels, 5 Star Hotels, Agritourisms, Bed and Breakfasts and Houses.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Catania include: Aci Castello, Acireale, Aeolian Islands - Messina, Agrigento, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Pedara - Etna, Ragusa, San Giovanni La Punta, San Michele Di Ganzaria, Siracusa, Trapani, Trecastagni and Zafferana Etnea.
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Catania include: Romano Palace Luxury Hotel, Casamia B&B, Bed and Breakfast Stesicoro, Agriturismo Gianferrante, Grande Albergo Maugeri, La Vecchia Palma and Hotel Gresi.
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Situated on the Gulf of Catania, this town spreads tidily over the foot of the southern slopes of Etna, as well as to the south on the low-lying fertile Catania plain, where the modern industrial zone has been sited.
Founded by the Chalcidians in the 8th century BC., it quickly attained a position of importance in Sicily, often warring with Syracuse. It was taken by the Romans in 263 and experienced periods of great prosperity under the Empire.
After the fall of the Western Empire, it was dominated by the Goths, and in 552 passed together with the whole island to Byzantium, who held it until the 9th century, when Sicily was conquered by the Arabs.
The Normans took possession in 1072 and its fortunes were those of the Kingdom of Sicily until unification with Italy in 1860. Catania was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt several years later to an orderly layout on late Baroque lines.
The town has an interesting heritage of monuments and works of art, though few ... Read More...
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Acireale in in the Province of Catania Sicily
This town stands on a terraced slope of volcanic origin between the last spurs of Etna and the Ionian coast, Its fame comes from its thermal springs, also of volcanic origin, which have given rise to modern spas.
The Duomo dated form the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries, but was remodelled in the eighteenth century. The seventeenth century façade is the work of G.B. Basile and is marked by a fine portal in alabaster (seventeenth century).
The majestic interior has it crossing and choir richly decorated with frescoes, the work of eighteenth century artists (P.P. Vasta, A. Filocamo)
In the Piazza del Duomo, the centre of the town, we find also the Palazzo Comunale, of the second half of the seventeenth century, in typical Catanese Baroque style and the Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo, a seventeenth century building with the characteristics of a basilica, the distinguishing features of which are the lively lines of the façade, a splendid piece of architecture on two tiers crowned ... Read More...
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 You are looking for Accommodation in Catania, Sicily, Italy
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Catania include: Agriturismo Gianferrante, Bed and Breakfast Stesicoro, Casamia B&B, Grande Albergo Maugeri, Hotel Gresi, La Vecchia Palma and Romano Palace Luxury Hotel.
In Catania we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 2 Star Hotels, 3 Star Hotels, 4 Star Hotels, 5 Star Hotels, Agritourisms, Bed and Breakfasts and Houses.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Catania include: Aci Castello, Acireale, Aeolian Islands - Messina, Agrigento, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Pedara - Etna, Ragusa, San Giovanni La Punta, San Michele Di Ganzaria, Siracusa, Trapani, Trecastagni and Zafferana Etnea.
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