Book your flight over this urban center, on one side the sea, on the other the highest volcano in Europe.

Heart of an urban agglomeration of about 700 000 residents, it is the center of the most densely populated metropolitan area in Sicily.

The city is the economic and infrastructural hub of the South-East Sicily District. Main industrial, logistic and commercial center of Sicily, it is the seat of Vincenzo Bellini Airport. Founded in 729 BC from the Calcidesi of nearby Naxos, the city boasts a thousand-year history characterized by a succession of various cultures whose remains enrich its artistic, architectural and cultural heritage. Under the Aragonese dynasty it was the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily, and since 1434 at the behest of King Alfonso V it is the seat of the oldest university on the island. In the course of its history it has been repeatedly affected by volcanic eruptions (the most impressive, in historical times, is that of 1669) and by earthquakes (the most catastrophic mentioned were those of 1169 and 1693).
The baroque of its historic center has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You can admire the history and the evocative landscape that surrounds the city center from above