Transport, beaches and insider’s tips

Flights

From Holland

Transavia: direct flight Amsterdam-Catania

KLM: only during high season, direct flights Amsterdam-Catania
Low season: from Rome and Milan

Rynair: direct flights from Eindhoven & Maastricht to Catania

Easyjet: only during high season, direct flights Amsterdam-Catania
Low season: from Rome and Milan

From Belgium

Rynair: direct flights Charleroi-Catania

From Germany

Air Berlin, German Wings: from Weeze or Dusseldorf

By car

Car
Drive to Genova and from there the ferry boat to Palermo. If you have time, drive to the south of Italy to Calabria, and from there you take the ferry to Messina(Sicily)

Ferry boat
To book a ferry boat, please consult www.overtocht.nl

Beaches

Taormina Beach
Giardini Naxos (every year wipe-out in the water)
Isolabella
Mazzaro

Tips

Le Gole dell’Alcantara (water/river gorge)
Taormina “The Pearl of Sicily”
Catania, old city center and fish market
Waterpark – Etnaland
Alcantara Park (for swimming and hiking)
The Eolian Islands (Vulcano, Stromboli, Salina, Lipari, Panarea): from Messina with the boat.
Protected nature reserve Parco Nebrodi (wonderful for hikers)
Syracuse Peninsula Ortygia. Archeological Park Neapolis
Golf course Il Piccolo (18 holes, 4 km)
Sunday market Randazzo (16 km)