Accommodation
Catania is a touristic city with several hotels available. We suggest to choose an accommodation in downtown Catania (area via Etnea, villa Bellini, Piazza Stesicoro, Viale XX Settembre, Piazza del Duomo) that will allow you to easily access the transportation to reach the conference venue and where several restaurants are available for dinner.
As an easy choice for your stay, we can recommend hotels in this list:
UNA Palace **** Hotel (Via Etnea 218)
NH Bellini **** Hotel (Piazza Trento 13)
San Max *** Hotel (Via Etnea 329)
Manganelli Palace — *** Hotel.
Travel information
How to reach Catania airport and the historic downtown area
Catania can be reached by air or train transportation. We recommend air transportation to the Catania International Airport (airport code CTA), served by several major and low cost companies.
Once at the airport, you can reach the historic downtown by means of the Bus service called ALIBUS, run by the AMT company. You can find a picture of an ALIBUS at this link. The route ("percorso") and timetable ("orario") of the ALIBUS is displayed at this link ("Feriale" stands for Monday-Saturday, while "Festivo" stands for Sunday).
The price of the ALIBUS ticket is 4 Euro and it can be purchased directly at the bus driver.
You can take also a TAXI from the airport to the downtown. Price can vary according to company; best fee (from 30€) is provided by RadioTaxi ( for the “flat fare" you should call +39 095330966 and request the taxi ride).
How to reach the venue of the conference
The Conference will be held at the “Aula Magna” of the Physics and Astronomy Department "Ettore Majorana", of Catania University, at the University Campus Cittadella Universitaria (address: Via Santa Sofia 64).
The campus of the Cittadella Universitaria can be easily reached by bus from downtown Catania: take the BRT1 bus in downtown Catania and get off at the Cittadella Ovest stop. You can find the route ("percorso") and the timetable ("orario") of BRT1 at this link. We recommend this option as the simplest one.
Tickets may be purchased at Newspaper or Tobacco kiosks.
Once you reach the "Cittadella Ovest" bus stop, you can walk to the Campus entrance see map at this link.
In order to go back to the city center, you can walk to the opposite entrance of the campus and take the BRT1 at bus stop Cittadella Est.
