Syracuse Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Unless you’re coming from Catania or Messina, you’ll almost always find buses faster and more convenient than trains. Interbus (0931 6 67 10; Via Trieste 28) buses leave from Riva della Posta, or near the Interbus office a block in. They connect with Catania (€4.75, 1¼ hours, 19 daily Monday to Friday, eight on Sunday) and its airport, and Palermo (€14.35, four hours, four daily Monday to Saturday, three on Sunday).

AST (0931 46 27 11; Riva della Posta 9) runs buses to Palermo (€14.60, four hours, six daily Monday to Saturday, three Sunday) and a local network to Piazza Armerina (€8.75, four hours, one daily), Noto (€3.25, one hour, 12 daily Monday to Saturday) and Ragusa (€6.10, two hours, nine daily Monday to Saturday) from its office.

Car & motorcycle

If arriving from the north, you will enter Syracuse on Viale Scala Greca. To reach the centre of the city, turn left onto Viale Teracati and follow it south; Viale Teracati eventually becomes Corso Gelone.

There is a large underground car park on Via V Veneto on Ortygia where you can park for free.

Train

More than a dozen trains depart daily for Messina (1st/2nd class €18/13.50, 2½ to three hours) via Catania (€13.20/9, 1¼ hours). Some go on to Rome, Turin and Milan as well as other long-distance destinations. For Palermo (€17.20, five to six hours) you will have to change at either Catania or Messina. There are several slow trains from Syracuse to Noto (€2.85, 30 minutes) and Ragusa (€6.15, 2¼ hours).

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