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Enna trip planner
A travel guide to Enna, the capital of central Sicily
Via Roma 411
tel. +39-0935-528-288
www.comune.enna.it
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The ancient city of Enna, deep in the Sicilian interior.Enna Guide
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PlanningEnna is one of Sicily's most ancient centers, inhabited long before the 15th-century BC Sicians established this thriving city that worshipped a harvest goddess the Greeks would call Demeter and her daughter Kore (a.k.a. Persephone).
Enna is traditionally held to be the dead-center of Sicily, and was used by everyone from the Greeks and Romans to the Moors and the Normans as the fulcrum point to divide the island into its traditional trinacria thirds.
It's also, at 3,128 feet, the highest provincial capital in Italy, and has a reputation for being the only major town in Sicily not tainted by the Mafia.
There isn't all that much to see here, perhaps half a day's diversions (and recommended mainly to mythology buffs), but it is the biggest town for miles around, and a place to change buses to get to Piazza Armerina.
Planning your trip
- Planning your day: Enna's not really a place to hang around. It is, at best, a stopover en route somewhere else—there's nothing wrong with it; it's just that there are so many other bits of Sicily that are far more rewarding. Pop in for an hour or two to see the sights if you're going past, but don't plan to spend any longer here unless it's merely a convenient place to stop over for the night.
- How to get to Enna by car: Enna is dead-center in the middle of Sicily, on the A19 highway that meanders from Catania through the Sicilian interior and up to the coast (about half-way between Palermo and Cefalù).
Enna is 87km (54 miles) west of Catania, 107km (66 miles) south of Cefalù, 91km (56 miles) northeast of Agrigento, and 135km (84 miles) southeast of Palermo.
How to get to Enna by train: From Agrigento, there are 7-9 daily trains (40 min.); sometimes you must transfer at Caltanissetta Xirbi. From Catania, there are 8-11 daily runs (80 min.).
A local bus will take you the 3.5 miles from the station up into the town itself. There's a taxi stand across from the bus terminus, or call tel. +39-0935-500-906 (that's the official number; if no one answers, ring cabbie Niccolò directly at tel. +39-0935-25-691).
How to get to Enna by bus: From Catania, there are 7 SAIS buses (1 on Sunday) that make the 80 min. trip.
Enna's bus terminal is on Viale Diaz on the west edge of town, with a ticket booth open Monday to Saturday 9am to noon and 4 to 8:12pm (otherwise, buy on the bus). For info contact SAIS (tel. +39-0935-500-902) - Visitor Information: The tourist office is at Via Roma 411 (tel. +39-0935-528-288, www.comune.enna.it). Also useful is the private site www.turismoenna.it.
Related pages
- What to see and do in Enna
- Where to stay in Enna
- Where to dine in Enna
- Nearby Piazza Armerina
- The Sicilian interior
- Sicily homepage
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