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| General: | The traffic in Catania and suburbs is
a matter of habit. When going downtown Catania by bike, it's better
to avoid the rush hour. At the end, you have to be courageous anyway.
The camping in Nicolosi is a few km out of the village in direction
to Mt. Etna. |
| Profile: |  |
| Distance: | abt. 30 km und abt. 900 m difference in altitude |
| Typ of ride: | Constant rise |
| Campingpgrounds (only a small selectionl) | ||||
| Place | Name | Address | Phone | Hours of business |
| Catania | **Europeo | Viale Kennedy 91 | 095/59 10 26 | 01.06 - 30.09. |
| Catania | **Jonio | Via Villini a Mare 2 | 095/491139 | full year |
| Catania | *La Plaja | Viale Kennedy 47 | 095/7231011 | full year |
| Catania | *Souvenir | Viale Kennedy 71 | 095/345440 | 15.06. - 30.09. |
| Nicolosi | **Etna | Via Goethe | 095/914309 | full year |
| *Opening times without guarantee. Please call early to be sure that the camping is open. | ||||
| Additional infos: | |
| Catania: | Catania is the second biggest town on the island of Sicily. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (Mt. Etna) had left their mark on this region, landscape and the geography of this area. Catania has about 300'000 inhabitants. |
| Nicolosi: | The most famous road (Via Etnea) to the
Etna passes through Nicolosi. This village was threaded and destroyed
several times by lave from Etna, which crater are quite near.
Busses are driving from Nicolosi to the cable railway station. Attention: tickets for the cable railway and jeep to the crater area (Torre Filosofo) are quite expensive (cable-railway and jeep: Lit. 55'800 (1998)). |
| Pictures: | ||
| Place | Commentary |
Picture |
| Etna - crater region | View to the crater region from Taormina
side. A new Lavaflow (around 36 hours old) in the right part of the
picture. ( October 1998, 31 KByte) |
 İS.Küttel |
| Pedara | Neighbourcity of Nicolosi, view to Mt.
Etna. (October 1998, 37 KByte) |
İS.Küttel |
| Links (externe) |
| Livecam of Mt Etna (Poseidon) |
| Catania-web |
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