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Caltagirone is a town in central Sicily, Italy, most famous for it's ceramics and long ceramic-decorated staircase.

Travel to Caltagirone - Visa Requirements

Buses to Caltagirone

Regular buses run to and from Piazza Armerina, Enna and Catania

By train

Local trains run to and from Gela and Catania.

Tours and Getting around Caltagirone

The adjacent train & bus stations are in the new town about 20 minutes walk from the centre of the old town. Some buses may also stop in the old town.

There are a few connecting buses linking the old and new towns. Alternatively, you could take a taxi or walk.

Caltagirone tourist attractions and sightseeing

  • La Scala - the famous 142 step staircase up to Santa Maria church, with each stair riser decorated with different ceramic tiles. Good views from the top.
  • St Francis Bridge (Ponte San Francesco) - an impressive ceramic tile decorated bridge at the entrance to the old town.

Caltagirone city tours

Caltagirone souvenirs and shopping

  • Ceramics of course. From one of the many shops lining La Scala.

Caltagirone Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Caltagirone nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Caltagirone cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging

  • Vecchia Masseria(Agriturismo Caltagirone), C/da Cutuminello Km 68 S.S. 117 bis direzione Gela(Gela), ☎ +39 0935 684003, [1]. checkin: 12.00; checkout: 11.00. The farmhouse, 3 Ears, use of a receptiveness of 56 places bed in double rooms, apartments and a suite, endowed with all the comforts: bathe in room, conditioned air, heating, tv, and in some apartment also angle cooking and angle living; you furnish in poor art, beaten iron, cooked and ancient cerammics make the comforting and refined structure.€40 - €70 in b&b. (37°15'21.42,14°24'2.41) 

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