location

Gianni House is located in the beautiful seaside village of Giardini-Naxos, just below Taormina and in the shadow of Mt. Etna on the east coast of Sicily. Come sample a bit of real Sicilian life while the more touristy sights are still within reach.

We’re right next to the “Renault” bus stop in Giardini-Naxos, with easy connections to and from Taormina, Catania, and beyond. On foot, a short walk will get you to the beach, restaurants, bars, clubs, Greek ruins, shopping, and the best cannoli in Italy.

FROM CATANIA AIRPORT:
From the Catania airport or any bus station, take the blue Taormina Etna Transporti Interbus towards Recanati and get off at the Renault bus stop. Our stop is before Taormina. You usually have to ask the bus driver to stop at Renault, since they don’t always stop there. The bus stop is right across the street from a bakery called CasaBlanca. Take a right at CasaBlanca and Gianni House is the white building with blue shutters at the end of the block.
If you miss the Renault stop, from the Recanati bus station we’re 10 minutes by foot. Exit the bus station and go straight on the main street (Consolare Valeria), then take your first right and then the next right again after that at the bus stop, and Gianni House is just 20m beyond the bus stop.

If you choose to take the train from Catania airport or any other city, we recommend you to get off at Taormina-Giardini train station and not Alcantara station!

FROM TAORMINA TRAIN STATION:
From the Taormina-Giardini Train Station, take a bus towards the Giardini-Recanati bus station,you can buy the ticket on the bus, it costs 1.80 and it takes about ten minutes. Get off at the stop before the bus station, named Renault bus stop, ( REMEMBER TO ASK AT THE DRIVER TO STOP AT RENAULT BUS STOP ) Across the main street, you can see a sweet shop named Casablanca Massimo. Go down to the street a few steps only, and Gianni house is there, the white building at 47 Via Pergusa.
From Catania airport take a bus, direction Taormina-Giardini-Naxos-Recanati bus station.
Get off at the last stop before the station, named Renault bus stop. Gianni house is there, the white building with blue windows on the corner. 47 Via Pergusa.

FROM TRAPANI AIRPORT:
From Trapani Airport, take a local bus to the train station. From there, you can take a bus to the Palermo bus station, then take another bus to Catania, and finally a bus to Giardini-Naxos. Or, take a train from the Trapani train station to Palermo, and take another train from Palermo to Catania. There, you can get a bus to Giardini-Naxos. One stop before the Recanati bus station, Renault bus stop, get off and look across the street. Gianni House is down the hill a few steps only, on the corner.

BY CAR:
From Trapani go to Palermo, and then take the Palermo – Catania motorway. Then take the Catania – Messina motorway exit at ‘Giardini Naxos’, and just go ahead for about 1 km. Arrive at the main street (named SS 114). Turn left and go straight on about 500 meters. Then take the second left, (close to the Sweet shop named ‘Casablanca’ and Bus stop Renault). Just at the corner, the white building with blue windows is ‘Gianni House’ 47 Via Pergusa.

From Catania motorway, take the Catania – Messina motorway exit at ‘Giardini Naxos’, and just go ahead for about 1 km. Arrive at the main street (named SS 114). Turn left and go straight on about 500 meters. Then take the second left, (close to the Sweet shop named ‘Casablanca’ and Bus stop Renault) ). Just at the corner, the white building with blue windows is ‘Gianni House’ 47 Via Pergusa.

From Messina motorway, exit at ‘Giardini Naxos’, and just go ahead for about 1km. Arrive at the main street (named SS 114). Turn left and go straight on about 500 meters. Then take the second left, (close to the Sweet shop named ‘Casablanca’ and Bus stop Renault). Just at the corner, the white building with blue windows is ‘Gianni House’ 47 Via Pergusa.

In any case if you loose yourself give us a call so we can help you to find us! 🙂