Underground Catania
Description
From the classical era to the eighteenth century, among religious buildings and burials, grandiose Roman monuments and underground rivers, popular legends and historical documents ... A fascinating itinerary to retrace all the eras of the Etna city. The traces of a Catania of the past that continues to live under our feet, hidden from our eyes
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Itinerary
The Black Colosseum, all to explore under the modern city!
One of the most beautiful places in Catania. An ancient lava flow cave, already reused in Greek times as a cistern and then as a catacomb tomb by the Romans. According to tradition, it was the site of the first deposition of Saint Agatha, on which a small church was built as early as 262. Today the crypt still preserves the remains of ancient frescoes and decorations carved directly into the living rock
The Amenano, a mysterious underground river that winds under the historic center of Catania, originally flowed to the surface feeding the Lake of Nicito. Over the centuries eruptions, earthquakes and wars have changed not only the urban planning of the city, but also its natural appearance. We will visit a suggestive sliding cave in which a branch of the river still flows
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(311)
Excellent guide who used his experience as an archeologist to really bring the tour alive. As well as very interesting information about the places we saw, he also shared with us the tastes of local history through food and drink that he bought for us at local venders. I would thoroughly recommend this tour for a real flavour of Catania
You will see underground Roman amphitheater which will is very impressive. But could do this in your own for a 4 euro entrance fee. Mathilda was very nice and knowledgeable but there are placards that explain everything. The other 2 places were caves nothing overly impressive and 1 euro entrance fees. We were treated to a typical Sicilian street food and water plus a granita type drink. Definitely not worth the cost of the tour
Underground Catania was the best way to experience and learn about the history, architecture, and culture of the city. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Catania for the first time!
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Wonderful.. Matilda knows her history and loves to impart it to interested parties. We found her knowledge of Catania marvellous
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Our guide Matilda was lovely with lots of knowledge. However, l found this tour to be too expensive for what we saw.
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It was a very knowledgeable tour guide who had a lot of passion of the subject, which we really enjoyed! Mathilde was great at answering all questions and always pointed at the most interesting aspects of the buildings/caves…etc. it is not a tour fully underground, but you’re visiting three separate underground locations. It is a great tour with a fantastic tour guide! Very highly recommend!
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This was a really worthwhile and interesting experience, very glad we booked for it. Our guide, Erneste, was excellent and gave us loads of information and was an absolute pleasure to be with, so knowledgeable but made it really fascinating. He really knew his subject and added in some extra bits to our too. Very pleased.
Thank you so much!
Very good experience. Excellent guide Matilda Russo. She knows a lot about Catania and is very pleasant
Muchas gracias
Our tour guide was fabulous. Her wealth of knowledge and keeping us engaged was wonderful. We felt like we took a trip back in time. It was great. We enjoyed learning about the history of Sicily and the different time lines.
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This was a great tour. Oreste has a lot of knowledge about archeology. This tour company has access to keys to closed building that you wouldn’t be able to access by yourself, so it is really different from all tours that can be proposed by other agencies! I highly recommend it! Especially in hot season, this tour can also be “refreshing”!
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