Is Catania Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Group travel

I went with a small group of friends and we had a great time! Food and drink is cheap and the people are overall friendly. The centre of catania is lively at night too and there are quite a few cocktailbars. There's loads of culture and history to check out too and I would defo recommend doing a boat trip🤩

Solo travel

Catania was everything I hoped Italy would be ! The food was excellent, not extensive at all compared to northern Europe. The city is quite small si it is not overwhelming at all and you can really feel like you can take your time !

Group travel

Catania is a fun place to visit, especially with a friend. In May they have a Corri Catania charity 5K run that’s only 5€ and you get a t-shirt and a bag. Also, the running path checks out all the best spots in the city. For restaurants, I recommend: - Al Vicolo (huge, amazing pizzas) - Savia (arrancini) - Don Peppinu (pistachio cannoli) Also, be sure to do an Etna tour nearby and see the Naxos beach, a great experience 😊

Solo travel

Catania is safe for female travelers, although the locals don’t speak English, they are very kind and helpful if you asks around. I have Google translate with me all the time :) The expenses are average as long as not going for luxury dining, I spent between €2 to €10 for a meal, about €100 for hotel with breakfast (shared with my travel buddies, so €25 per night) The transportation is convenient and the timetable is accurate, you can always refer to Google map to find the public transport schedule and prices. Catania town is pretty place to visit, if you would like to visit beaches, Giardini Naxos and Taormina is a good place to go, taking bus it costs €6 from CTA airport to GN and €7 to Taormina, prices are shown at the airport before you buy the bus ticket. The place is generally safe at night especially during summer, enjoy the visit!

Solo travel

Did visit Catania alone for 3 days, I love the place. So much nice people and nice things to see! Would definitily travel back there! The food is absolutly the best i have tried. Stayed in a 3 star hotel in the city of Catania. Very clean and nice hotel.

Group travel

Catania is only good because of Mount Etna. Two days in the city are enough, because it really serves as a starting point if you are in the south of the island. I didn't feel safe at all, even though there were three of us. Too many dark streets, even though we were ten minutes away from the center, unpleasant looks, really quite unsafe. What's great are the trains in Italy. 🤗 You can go anywhere and it's fast. Taormina nearby is worth seeing, Syracuse's old town is magical, and Palermo remains a wish for me, as I was only there for a day.

Walking around the centre, mostly the area from the cathedral square/Castello Ursino/Piazza Teatro Massimo to Piazza Roma feels quite safe: it's not dark, and you're rarely the only one around. The city is very lively almost every day of the week till late. Sure, it's always important to mind your surroundings (in tourist hotspots like via Garibaldi and in crowded places like the main market Fera 'o luni for instance) and to never let your belongings unattended or in sight if you have a car (also, better to put in the trunk everything you don't need far from where you're leaving the car parked). At night avoid the station area, archi della marina, Via Don Luigi Sturzo/Via Giovanni Di Prima and empty little dark streets in general. Buses are often not the most reliable mean of transport, often late, but they get you where you need to and I've never really used the metro. Rental bikes or scooters can be a good option but mind we lack bike lanes and the streets are often made of big lava stones and so they get slippery when it rains (and because of wax after Sant'Agata's celebrations in the beginning of February). Stay safe and feel free to hit me up if you need some advice ❤️

Catania in general is a safety city, people here are in general friendly. Of course you can meet someone that can attack you but i think that this can happen in every city. At the night the public transport is rare or the subway is closed, so If you live alone you need a cab or your car. In the summer the city is crowd of people so if you need any help you can always find someone. Si in general is safe but I recommend to be careful and frequenting crowd places