BY PLANE
Mainland Sicily has three airports which fly to numerous European destinations; to the east is the Catania-Fontanarossa Airport which is the busiest on the island (and one of the busiest in all of Italy). The Catania Airport is very well served by Alitalia, which offers several flights everyday to Milan (1 h30m) and Rome (1 h). There are also many direct connections with all the most important European cities.
Palermo hosts the Palermo International Airport, which is also substantially large, the third airport actually on the island is the Trapani-Birgi Airport which is smaller. There are also two small airports on smaller islands which are considered part of Sicily; Lampedusa Airport and Pantelleria Airport.
BY CAR
From Milan it takes about 12 hours to drive to Sicily, passing through Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples.
The most prominent Sicilian roads are the motorways (known as autostrade) running through the northern section of the island, this includes the A19 Palermo-Catania, the A20 Palermo-Messina, the A29 Palermo-Trapani-Mazara del Vallo and the toll road A18 Messina-Catania. Much of the motorway network is elevated by columns due to the mountainous terrain of the island.
BY TRAIN
The Sicilian public is served by a network of railway services, linking to most major cities and towns; this service is operated by Trenitalia. There are services to Naples and Rome; this is achieved by the trains being loaded onto ferries which cross to the mainland. The trip by train from Milan to Catania takes about 16 hours.
BY FERRY
By sea, Sicily is served by several ferry routes most of which are to Sicily’s small surrounding islands and mainland Italy (as well as Sardinia), there is also a daily service between Malta and Pozzallo. A passenger ferry from Genova to Palermo takes about 24 hours.
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LOCATION
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