B&B Bella Stella
Via Vittorio Emanuele II,319 Catania
Italy
95124
SLEEPING IN THE CENTER OF CATANIA
The Bed and Breakfast Bella Stella: is located at via Vittorio Emanuele II n°319, on one of the most important streets of the historic center of Catania.
B&B Bella Stella in Catania 200 meters from the Greek-Roman Theatre
The theatre, most likely built starting from a pre-existing Greek structure, dates back to the Imperial Roman era, between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Like many buildings from ancient times, the Theatre was also built in marble and lava stone, materials that gave the characteristic black/white coloring visible in many city monuments. Today, only some elements of the ancient Greek-Roman Theatre are visible, such as the cavea, the orchestra, and some parts of the stage, while other elements over the centuries have been transformed into dwellings.
Greek-Roman Archaeological Theatre in Catania
The Bed and Breakfast Bella Stella is located at via Vittorio Emanuele II n°319, one of the most important streets in the historic center of Catania, where you can sleep comfortably in the center.
A few steps from the most important archaeological, artistic, cultural, and naturalistic sites of the city of Catania. Along this street, in fact, you will find the Greek-Roman Theatre and the Odeon, symbols of the history of Catania.
Other important places are: the Civic Museum Castello Ursino in Piazza Federico Di Svevia, Porta Garibaldi in Via Garibaldi, the birthplace of Giovanni Verga and Vincenzo Bellini a little further ahead, in Piazza Dusmet or also known as Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi where you can find the statue of Cardinal Dusmet and the Church of the Immaculate, here begins the historic Via Crociferi all in Baroque style with its seventeenth-century churches close to each other where you can experience an atmosphere of times gone by.
The Cathedral of Saint Agatha, located in Piazza Duomo in Catania, is only 600m from our bed and breakfast. Not far from it there is an ancient seventeenth-century palace in full Baroque style, open to visitors: Palazzo Biscari on Via Vittorio Emanuele.
From our Bed and Breakfast, in 7 minutes you can reach the heart of Catania's nightlife, Piazza Teatro Massimo Bellini, Piazza Stesicoro, Piazza Università, Piazza Mazzini, Via Plebiscito, Via Sangiuliano where you will find pubs, bars, pizzerias, and restaurants specializing in fish and meat.
During the day in Piazza Carlo Alberto we find the Mercato di piazza Carlo Alberto, popularly called Fera 'o Luni, that is, Monday fair or Monday market, which, together with the Pescheria, is the oldest market in Catania.
For those who want to go shopping, there are the streets in the city center: via Umberto, Corso Italia, Piazza Europa and Via Etnea which make this splendid baroque city lively and fashionable.
We are 40 minutes from the Sicilia Outlet Village, in the province of Enna, the shopping center of major brands and designers.
25 minutes from our bed and breakfast is the exhibition center EtnaFiere with its exhibition spaces and themed pavilions, and the shopping center Etnapolis in Valcorrente Belpasso.
The sea of Catania with a sandy coast and the beach called the playa on Viale Kennedy, is only 11 minutes away. Every year, the most important international tango event in Sicily takes place here and international dancers, the most important in the Argentine tango scene, arrive.
At the edge of the city you will find Viale XX Settembre, Piazza Trento, Piazza Giovanni Verga, and Piazza Europa full of elite and trendy bars, shops and small venues, a large parking lot for cars; from the square you can reach the seafront of Ognina with its cliffs in the middle of the sea, its port, where there is a huge cycle path, the little beach with the rocks of San Giovanni Licuti, with its seafood restaurants and specialties, all just 15 minutes by car from our B&B.
We are 18 minutes by car from Cannizzaro hospital, about 10 minutes from Garibaldi-Nesima hospital, 18 minutes by car from the Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele University Hospital Ferrarotto facility, 5 minutes on foot and 3 minutes by car from Santo Bambino Hospital, and 21 minutes from the Humanitas Oncology Center.
We are located just 30 minutes by car from the enchanting seaside village of Aci Trezza with its lava stone rocks called "Faraglioni" and its protected marine area. The Protected Marine Area of the Cyclops Islands (simplified as A.M.P. Isole Ciclopi) is a protected area that extends over the stretch of sea in front of Aci Trezza and includes the small archipelago of the Cyclops Islands and the stretch of sea between Capo Mulini and Punta Aguzza. In the port of Acitrezza and in the Faraglioni, you can see the characteristic columnar basalt formations created by ancient lava flows from Mount Etna volcano.
We also find Capo Mulini, an ancient fishing village surrounded by seafood restaurants and maritime specialties. Let's also mention Aci Castello with its Castle called Castello Aci, set in volcanic rocks where you have a panoramic and fascinating view, and Acireale is known for its carnival, for its Baroque and, until a few years ago, for its thermal baths. Close to Etna, its territory includes a series of seaside villages with small ports, including Santa Maria la Scala .
Taormina and Giardini Naxos one of the most important international tourist centers in the Sicilian region, known for its natural landscape, marine beauty and its historical monuments and it was an important destination of the Grand Tour in Sicily. Taormina, Giardini Naxos has been one of the main tourist destinations since the 19th century in Europe and is located about 1 hour by road from our Bed and Breakfast in Catania, the geological and botanical park Gole dell'Alcantara formed over centuries by lava eruptions creating inlets between water and rocks like large canyons. These are gorges up to 25 meters high and 2 meters wide at the narrowest points and 4-5 meters at the widest points. The natural canyon, unlike what is commonly thought, was not carved over thousands of years by water. The peculiarity of this gorge lies in the structure of the walls, created by flows of basaltic lava.
From the wonderful city of Siracusa and Ortigia, Noto, an ancient historic Greek, Roman, Arab, Byzantine, and Norman city. We are about 1 hour by road from our B&B in Catania to Siracusa and Marzamemi, a seaside and fishing village. Nearby is the Vendicari oasis, a nature reserve, and then there is Noto, a fascinating baroque city and UNESCO heritage site. Piazza Armerina and Morgantina with its Roman villa del Casale are 1 hour and 10 minutes from our Bed and Breakfast in Catania.
Also, 11 minutes away, after the train station, there is the Historical Museum of the Landing in Sicily in 1943 in Piazzale Rocco Chinnici on Viale Africa.
The Le Ciminiere Exhibition Center in Catania, which is a multifunctional complex where fairs and congresses are held throughout the year, in fact, the structure is used for concerts, theatrical and film performances. It has hosted congress and exhibition events, including international ones. The event now held annually at the complex is Etna Comics.
The B&B Bella Stella is a 9-minute drive from the central railway station of Catania and 11 minutes from the international airport "Fontanarossa" of Catania.
Ursino Castle in Catania in the historic center
B&B Bella Stella
Via Vittorio Emanuele II,319 Catania
Italy
95124
3665201208