Catania Travel Forum

my family name is ARATA my parents Peter Arata and Annuziata Alfonso were born in Geraci Siculo and immigrated to the United States sometime around 1920 to New York and/or New Jersey

I am planning a trip to iTALY SOON. i WILL FLY TO cATINA FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN WISH TO FIND INEPENSIVE TRANSPORTATION TO gERACI SICILO AND POSSIBLY SEEK TO MEET ANY RESIDENT FAMILY MEMBERS.

PLEASE ADVIS ME OF THE BEST INEXPENSIVE TRANSPORTTION FROM CTANIA TO GERACI SICILO, INCLUDING TELEPHONE NBRS OF THE TRANSPORATION COMPANIES.

GRACI

Buongiorno,
You trip to Sicily sounds interesting.
Firstly, Geraci Siculo is in the Madonie Mountains, about 37 kms south of Castelbuono. There is no direct public transport to this village. You can, however, take a bus from Castelbuono but they are not very frequent. You can reach Castelbuono by train from Catania with one or two stops depending upon which service you use.
Check out: orario.trenitalia.com/b2c/TimeTable? - just type in Catania and Castelbuono for train times. The journey takes between 4.5 and 5 hours. I cannot give you any info about the bus service from Castelbuono to Geraci Siculo, but be assured, there is a service.

There is no public transport from Catania to Mount Etna, but you can take guided tours.
Check out: www.volcanoetna.com/en/travel-guide/faq-etna-excursion.html
For this trip, I would personally rent a car for the day and drive to Etna.

Ignore the reference to Mount Etna - misread your posting

hello, my name is Mauro Arata and mfather was Pietro and my grandfather Mauro, both were born in geraci was born in geraci, then I believe that we can be relatives.
I live in Palermo and I have a child 8 years old named Pietro.
I would be very happy to have relatives in the U.S. also by my father because my mother was American of NY
please reply to mauro@sicase.it

hello, my name is Mauro Arata and mfather was Pietro and my grandfather Mauro, both were born in geraci was born in geraci, then I believe that we can be relatives.
I live in Palermo and I have a child 8 years old named Pietro.
I would be very happy to have relatives in the U.S. also by my father because my mother was American of NY
please reply to mauro@sicase.it