Catania-Fontanarossa Airport to Siracusa: travel options

The main airport-to-Siracusa choices are an Interbus service or a train connection reached by shuttle from the terminal. Catania Airport identifies Interbus as an operator connecting the airport with Siracusa; it does not identify the other out-of-town bus operators it names as serving the city.

Interbus bus

Interbus is the direct bus operator named by the airport for Siracusa. Check the operator’s schedule and departure details for your travel date before setting out, since the airport information does not give a journey duration or fare.

The airport gives Interbus’s Catania address as Via D’Amico 187 and its telephone number as +39 06 164160. Use the operator’s current information to confirm whether the service fits your arrival time and where to board.

Train via Fontanarossa station

For a rail connection, first travel from the airport terminal to Fontanarossa railway station. The station is about 0.6 km from the terminal by pedestrian path, and an AMTS shuttle links the two.

The airport describes the shuttle as running every 10 minutes from 4:30 a.m. to 10:40 p.m., with a €1.00 ticket. It departs just outside the Arrivals terminal.

You can include the shuttle ticket with a Trenitalia train ticket by selecting “Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa Bus” as the destination. Trenitalia explains that this combined ticket covers separate transport contracts with the train and shuttle carriers.

Check current schedules, boarding points and ticket conditions with the transport operators before choosing a connection. Services and operating details can change, so check the official site before you go.

For Interbus, confirm the departure time and the stop at the airport, as well as the arrival point in Siracusa. For the rail option, check both the shuttle’s operating hours and the train timetable, leaving enough time to transfer between the terminal and Fontanarossa station.

The airport also names AST, Circumetnea, Etna Trasporti, SAIS Trasporti and SAIS Autolinee as out-of-town bus operators, but names only Interbus for Siracusa. Don’t assume another operator on the list serves your destination without verifying its route.

AMTS Alibus serves Catania rather than Siracusa. It departs from the airport terminus, with departures every 25 minutes from 04:40 until 00:30 the next day.

The fare is €4.00, and tickets are sold on the bus or by AMTS ticket resellers. This can be relevant if your onward plan involves Catania, but it is not the airport-named bus connection to Siracusa.

From Siracusa station, you can continue by taxi or on foot toward the hotel area. A taxi stand is in the square outside the station, and Hotel Populus is about a 10-minute walk from Siracusa station.

With luggage or a late arrival, the taxi stand gives you an option right outside the station. If you plan to walk, check your route from the station to your accommodation before leaving, especially if you arrive after dark.

Once you’ve settled in, you can plan a city day around a one-day route from Neapolis to Ortigia.

The historic centre includes Ortigia, Piazza Duomo and the market.

For time in the historic centre, the guide to Ortigia, Piazza Duomo and the market covers another set of stops.

For a late arrival, compare your landing time with the last suitable onward connection and arrange a backup if needed. The airport shuttle’s operating window ends at 10:40 p.m., so check whether it will be running when you reach the terminal.

If you’re considering the Alibus as part of a route through Catania, its final departure is at 00:30 the next day. That bus serves Catania; it is not the Interbus connection to Siracusa. Confirm each leg separately rather than assuming a city bus continues to Siracusa.

For onward travel from Siracusa, allow for the station-to-accommodation leg as well as the intercity journey. The station’s taxi stand is outside in the square, while the walk to Hotel Populus takes about 10 minutes.