Catania Trip Overview
This is Private 6 hours sailing experience (from 10am to 16pm). The boat will be reserved just for you and your guests. We will cruise through the Gulf of Catania, see the Etna and Catania by the sea, sailing along the Coast of the Cyclops, swim in front the Ulisse’s Grotto. At Lunch time we will go first in front the medieval Castle of Aci Castello, then we will stop the boat in front of the Faraglioni Rocks near the natural reserve “Isole dei CICLOPI”, there you can go dive or snorkeling renting the equipment (Extra option) or have fun swimming around the sailboat in that crystal waters. In the while time we will prepare the lunch on board to let you enjoy a typical sicilian menu prepared on board from our sailor chef. At the end we will set the sail to go back to Catania port and we will provide some sailing notions or we can continue with the party on boat.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Catania, Italy
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Day Cruises
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What to Expect When Visiting Catania, Italy, Italy
This is Private 6 hours sailing experience (from 10am to 16pm). The boat will be reserved just for you and your guests. We will cruise through the Gulf of Catania, see the Etna and Catania by the sea, sailing along the Coast of the Cyclops, swim in front the Ulisse’s Grotto. At Lunch time we will go first in front the medieval Castle of Aci Castello, then we will stop the boat in front of the Faraglioni Rocks near the natural reserve “Isole dei CICLOPI”, there you can go dive or snorkeling renting the equipment (Extra option) or have fun swimming around the sailboat in that crystal waters. In the while time we will prepare the lunch on board to let you enjoy a typical sicilian menu prepared on board from our sailor chef. At the end we will set the sail to go back to Catania port and we will provide some sailing notions or we can continue with the party on boat.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sicilian Sailing Tours, Club Nautico di Catania Via B Card G Benedetto Dusmet 2 Port of Catania, 95121 Catania, Sicily Italy
We will start out Tour from our base.
Club Nautico Catania.
Pass By: Centro Fieristico Le Ciminiere, Viale Africa, 95129 Catania, Sicily Italy
You will see by the ocean the big oven where in the last century sicilian workers use to cook the sulfur, gathered from the vulcano
Pass By: Mount Etna, 95030 Catania, Sicily Italy
Cruising along the coast of the vulcano, you will see the Mount etna smoking on top, and you will go where Etna was born. We will sail through the place where the Submarine Volcanic activity first took place about 500,000 years ago, with eruptions occurring beneath the sea off the ancient coastline of Sicily.
Pass By: Lungomare di Ognina, Viale Ruggero di Lauria, 95126 Catania, Sicily Italy
Ognina is the maritime quarter and the main fishing pole of Catania.
Stop At: 95021 Aci Castello, Province of Catania, Italy
At Ulysses’ Caves you can have the first swim of the day.These caves were formed in a beautiful lava cliff overlooking the sea. The colors of the backdrops are gorgeous, from dark blue, to green, to light blue.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Castello Normanno, Piazza Castello, 95021, Aci Castello, Sicily Italy
The Medieval castle by the sea. The castle is situated on a rocky outcrop jutting out into the sea. It was built in 1076 by the Normans upon the foundations of a 7th-century Byzantine fortification. In 1169, Aci Castello started to expand after an eruption of Mount Etna made the towns in its vicinity uninhabitable
Pass By: I Faraglioni Di Acitrezza, Lungomare Di Acitrezza, Catania Lungomare di Aci Trezza, Acitrezza, Aci Castello, Sicily Italy
Cyclops Islands into the Natural Reserve of the Cyclops.
