Catania Sotterranea

From the experience of the Etna’ngeniousa Cultural and Naturalistic Association, Underground Catania was born, to discover the hidden city. Personalized itineraries, with specialized guides authorized by the Sicilian Region, who will make you experience the charm of a millenary history that continues to live under our feet, hidden from our eyes.
Like a phoenix, risen from its ashes seven times, Catania embodies its past in the subsoil. A past that has survived wars, earthquakes, eruptions and continues to live under the “flagstones” …

There are many underground cities, the result of a historical stratification that led to the construction of the eighteenth-century city on the ancient Greek and Roman remains. But there is also a secret city, which hides the precious testimonies of its history in the courtyards or in the alleys of the historic center, hidden places, which today appear to the light under a new guise, keeping the roots firmly in the past. .

Underground Catania offers unique urban trekking routes to visit in a different and exclusive way, in search of clues, traces and testimonies of the past.

The stones speak to us, it lives more than ever …

Choose the route that most fascinates you and let yourself be led into the heart of the city.

Agatha Catanensis
Custodi della Memoria
Le Vie dell’Acqua