Last Updated on August 30, by Laura. It feel strange writing this blog post. The reality is that is painful to write about a place where I have spent most of my life, but in the end I decided to leave for good.
However, I feel like none of the guides that are around make really justice to my city. Therefore, the time has come. I finally decided to share my pain and knowledge with you by writing an insider guide to Catania. There is a distinctive trait that makes the people from Catania different from any other city you might visit in Italy and probably in Europe too.
We shared part or the whole of our lives with a volcano. To me and those who grew up in the same city , they feel like home. Since I have memory, Mama Etna aka the tallest active volcano in Europe has always been part of my every day landscape. Whether she was silently sleeping under the sun, or explosively screaming fire up to the sky, I could see her from every window of my house greeting me every single morning.
Almost as a reassuring presence in my life. If you are interested in more destinations in the Eastern Coast of Sicily, you can check-out these 15 East Sicily Places to add to your itinerary! Depending from where you are travelling you can find direct flights or you might need to break your your trip to Rome, Milan or some other cities in Italy. British Airways considers Catania exclusively as a summer destination and their direct flights are available only between June and September.
Particularly during the summer season. In fact, Sicily is universally known as a summer vacation spot I dissent for obvious reasons.
