Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania
Check out, leave all bags in hotel luggage storage (we come back for them at 18:45 — do NOT load the cars, we want the b
→ Gole dell'Alcantara (Alcantara Gorges)
driving · 53 min · 56.2 km
Gole dell'Alcantara (Alcantara Gorges)
Last big thing of the trip: a 25m-deep canyon of black basalt columns with the Alcantara river running through it. Water
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driving · 7 min · 4.9 km
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Lunch in Francavilla di Sicilia, 7 min up the valley from the gorge — mountain Sicilian cooking, cheaper than the coast.
→ Catania food souvenirs (pistachio
driving · 59 min · 56.4 km
Catania food souvenirs (pistachio, chocolate, cannoli)
Back in Catania ~15:50 (about 1h from Francavilla). Via Etnea + the streets behind the Duomo: Bronte pistachio cream, Mo
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walking · 0 min · 0.0 km
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EARLY last dinner in the centro storico — a proper sit-down instead of an airport sandwich. 9 covers, tell them we have
→ Corte dei Medici - Palace
walking · 14 min · 1.0 km
Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania
Collect the bags from storage, load both cars, drive out to the airport (~15 min).
→ Catania Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
driving · 21 min · 9.3 km
Catania Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
Locauto drop-off ~19:40 (conf. 739041620, fuel policy per voucher — refuel on the ring road before returning). Wizz W4 3