Agora Hostel, Catania

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Description

Agorà Hostel is the 1st and most convenient hostel of Catania

The Hostel is open all year round with 24 hour access, self-catering kitchen, washing machine, separate bathrooms for men and women, satellite TV and Internet access, lockers for each guest and bed sheets.

Two rooms on the ground floor are designed for the disabled.
Close to buses, the train station and airport.
The Hostel looks onto a quiet square next to the ruins of a Roman bath. The atmosphere is easygoing, and the meeting room is a cosmopolitan place where you can listen to music from all over the world.

Bar and restaurant.
Our hostel is fortunate enough to be built upon an ancient lava cave through which a tributary of the Amenano flows. We've built a restaurant and wine bar to take advantage of the rich ambience created naturally in this unique setting. The perfect place for a romantic evening in winter, a refuge from the summer heat, the ‘grotta' has proven to be one of our favourite attractions year round with locals and tourists alike.

The building of the Hostel dates back to the early 1800's and the rooms have "royal" vaulted ceilings and antique decorated tiled floors. The Hostel is situated in a historic piazza next to the "Pescheria", the fascinating street fish market where local fishermen sell the previous night's catch. The market has an Arabic style to it and is situated in the historical centre of Catania. The Hostel itself has a grotta underneath which dates back to the Roman Empire.

Location and Contact

Location

• It depends where you arrive in Catania you can easily reach the Agorà Hostel with the AMT city bus, with taxi or by foot. The AMT city bus ticket cost € 1,00. You have to buy the ticket before to get on the bus and validate it once on it. The taxi cost around € 10,00 from the train/bus station and around € 20,00 from the airport.
• From the Train/Bus Station via AMT city bus
• Catania Train Station (Catania Centrale) and Catania Bus Station (Via Archimede) are one next to the other. To reach the Agorà Hostel from one of it, go to the square of the train station and take the AMT city bus nr. 431N (NERA). Ask the driver to stop at the bar “ETOILE D’OR” (pron. Etual d’Or), which is just before the fish market area. With the bar "ETOILE D’OR" on your right (and the railway bridges on your left) you will see, a few meters in front of you, the fish market area (LA PESCHERIA) and a little road (Via Bottino) that rise up on a square with a church. Take the little road (Via Bottino) and the large building opposite the church is the Agorà Hostel.
• The entrance is at Number 6.
• NB If you ask for informations ask for "L'OSTELLO". That is how the catanesi know us.
• (Tips: "BAR ETOILE", “LA PESCHERIA”, "L'OSTELLO")
• From the Train/Bus Station by foot
• Walk along “Via VI Aprile” and then “Via Vittorio Emanuele” and reach “Piazza Duomo” (the square with the Cathedral of Saint Agata and the Elephant Statue). At the bottom of “Piazza Duomo” you will see the “Fontana dell’ Amenano” (Amenano Fountain). Go behind the fountain, turn right and you will be inside the fish market area (LA PESCHERIA). You will see a church at about 100 meters away. Walk towards the church . The Agorà Hostel is on the left side of it.
• NB If you ask for informations ask for "L'OSTELLO". That is how the catanesi know us.
• (Tips: "PIAZZA DUOMO", “LA PESCHERIA”, "L'OSTELLO")
• From the Airport (Catania Fontanarossa) via AMT city bus:
• Take the AMT city bus nr. 457. When the bus enters Catania you will see the port on the right and then, on the left, a square, Piazza Borsellino, with lots of buses and a "MacDonald" on the side. As soon as the bus passes through one of the railway bridges and turns in the main street, Via Dusmet, there is a stop where you should get off (ask the driver that you wish to stop in “Via Dusmet”). From the bus stop of Via Dusmet walk back keeping the railway bridges on your left side (you will see a statue without the head and with the arm that seems to indicate the direction to the Agorà Hostel). Follow the railway bridges until you reach the last one. At the last bridge you will see the fish market area (LA PESCHERIA) and a little road (Via Bottino) that rise up on a square with a church. Take the little road (Via Bottino) and the large building opposite the church is the Agorà Hostel. The entrance is at Number 6.
• NB If you ask for informations ask for "L'OSTELLO". That is how the catanesi know us.
• (Tips: “PIAZZA BORSELLINO”, “VIA DUSMET”, "BAR ETOILE”, “ LA PESCHERIA”,
• "L'OSTELLO")
• From the Port by foot:
• Once you arrive in Catania by boat go outside the port passing through one of the railway bridges and turn left. Walk along the main road (Via Dusmet) keeping the railway bridges on your left side (you will see a statue without the head and with the arm that seems to indicate the direction to the Agorà Hostel). Follow the railway bridges until you reach the last one. At the last bridge you will see the fish market area (LA PESCHERIA) and a little road (Via Bottino) that rise up on a square with a church. Take the little road (Via Bottino) and the large building opposite the church is the Agorà Hostel. The entrance is at Number 6.
• NB If you ask for informations ask for "L'OSTELLO". That is how the catanesi know us.
• (Tips: “PIAZZA BORSELLINO”, “VIA DUSMET”, "BAR ETOILE", “LA PESCHERIA”, "L'OSTELLO")

Facilities and Amenities

Digital Nomads

Family-Friendly Hostel

Older travelers (+50)

Party Hostel

Quiet Rest

Solo Traveller

Breakfast

City Tours

Lockers in Rooms

Luggage Storage

Parking

Safe Deposit Box

Wi-Fi in Lobby/Commons

Bedsheets

Dinner

Towels

24 Hour Security

Bar

Board Games

Book Collection/Exchange

Cable TV

Concierge/Info Desk

Credit Card Payments

Entirely Non-Smoking

Food/Restaurant

Gameroom

Hair Dryers

Hot Showers

Kitchen

Laundry

Lounge Area

Meeting/Banquet facilities

Movie Library/Rental

Outdoor Seating

Power Point/Sockets in Rooms

TV

Wheelchair Accessible

Airport Pickup

Wi-Fi in Rooms

Pet-Friendly

Service Animals

Genders: Males & Females

Max. Age: All Ages

Min. Age with Parent (dorms): All Ages

Min. Age with Parent (private room): All Ages

Min. Age without Parent: All Ages

Checkout: 11:00 (11 AM)

Curfew: No Curfew

Lockout: No

Maximum Stay: Unlimited

Minimum Stay: 1 night

Open Dates: All Year

Reception Hours: 24 Hours

Size: Large (60-100 beds)

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