Here we feature a few places that can fill your week with daily interesting trips. All of them are within 1,5h drive maximum from Catania and its surroundings.
If you only have to choose three must-do trips during your stay, it will probably be Siracuse, Mount Etna and Taormina. But there is so much more to it and the ways to approach the trips are multiple!
It is possible to use this list basing in Taormina or Siracuse province, but the traveling time will be longer for some of the options.
Catania and Catania province is the best transportation hub to explore the east coast and the center of Sicily.
It is located at the crossroads of the main highway which facilitates driving to major attractions spread across east and central Sicily.