At first our impression of Catania was a bit sour, it looked run down and dirty, like a little Napoli. Even as we parked the car, I had doubts about the choosing to stay in Catania. That quickly changed once Patricia and Giovanni greeted us and we had settled in. They pointed out all the important places to see and realizing that we were within 10 minutes of the Center of the City really made the place accessible. And Giovanni reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town, Antica Marina, which was outstanding! He also arranged our boat tickets to and from Stromboli, which had been very hard for us to do on our own! Catania turned out to be very lovely, with several energetic and beautiful classic Italian piazza's. And the fish market is not to be missed as well as the food market.