Discover Calatabiano
Discover everything there is to see and do in Calatabiano. Don't miss the best events, interesting places and curiosities related to the area.
Explore Calatabiano
Ready to immerse yourself in the wonders and beauties of this city? Here's what you can explore.
Not to be missed in Calatabiano
Choose what to do among the events scheduled in Calatabiano. Don't miss the main social activities, the most important patronal festivals and all the festivals in the province of Catania.
Useful tips for your holidays in Calatabiano
Follow our advice to make the most of your holiday in Calatabiano. Discover new places, experience the Sicilian typicality that tells the culture of a people rich in traditions.
At Calata di San Fulippu
A Calata di San Fulippu is an extraordinary and folkloristic Sicilian religious event, unmissable and exciting. It is, in fact, a hasty and crazy race down a steep path of a group of faithful carrying the statue of a black saint on a stretcher.
Why visit Calatabiano
Calatabiano is a municipality in the province of Catania, with its almost 5.000 inhabitants, bordered by the Alcantara River, is part of the Alcantara River Park.
Calatabiano is a town founded by Saracens which subsequently passed to the kingdom Norman of Roger.
What to do in Calatabiano
The city of Calatabiano has so much to offer its visitors, its history, its works and its attractions.
Calatabiano is rich in historical monuments such as Calatabiano Castle, located on a hill overlooking the homonymous valley. The very ancient building is surrounded by what were once the fortification walls and can be reached via an uphill walk along a cobbled stone street.
To visit the Church of SS. Crucifix, which stands right along the climb to the Calatabiano Castle, the construction of the church dates back to the XNUMXth century. And it is precisely in this church that one of the most important and evocative events for the town of Calatabiano takes place, that is At the descent of San Filippu, absolutely not to be missed.
Among the events that are repeated every year in Calatabiano we also find the Medlar festival, which takes place the second weekend of May and the Fish Festival, which is held in the historic center of the town around mid-July.
How to get around Calatabiano
Calatabiano is a small town in the province of Catania, moving around is very simple.
Being a small town, it is very easy to visit it comfortably on foot, and if you arrive with your own vehicle, the town is well equipped with free parking spaces where you can park.
How to get to Calatabiano
By car:, from Catania, from the A18 motorway (Messina-Catania), exit at Fiumefreddo. Continue on state road 114 following the signs for Calatabiano. From Messina, still on the A18, exit at Giardini Naxos and continue on the SS. 114 towards Catania.
By bus from Catania or Messina with the Interbus Autelinee which stop in transit in the Pasteria hamlet; from Taormina with the Buda bus lines which stop directly in the town centre.
By train, the regional trains of the Catania-Syracuse line, stop at the Calatabiano Centrale station.
By plane, the reference airport is Fontanarossa di Catania.
Useful numbers
Common
095 7771037
Tourist Info
095 645292
Municipal police
095 7771061
Emergency medical Service
095 645292
Quick Links
Municipality site
www.comune.calatabiano.ct.it
