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How Hotel Concierges Brief a Chauffeur for VIP Arrivals

What a hotel concierge should send a chauffeur service before a VIP lands at Catania Airport, and where the car really stops in Taormina and Ortigia.

Gianluca Rizzotto15 October 2026

Travel Tips

Wedding Guest Shuttles in Sicily: Vehicles, Timings and Venues

How to move wedding guests in Sicily: which vehicles reach which venues, how to time shuttle loops and what to confirm with the venue in advance.

Gianluca Rizzotto12 October 2026

Travel Tips

Catania Airport to Milazzo Port: Timing the Aeolian Ferry

How long the drive from Catania Airport to Milazzo port takes, where the car stops, and how much margin to leave before a hydrofoil to the Aeolian Islands.

Gianluca Rizzotto8 October 2026

Travel Tips

Taormina ZTL (2026): How Hotel Guests Arrive by Car

Taormina's Corso is closed to cars. Where a car can stop for your hotel, which gates and barriers matter, and what to confirm before you arrive.

Gianluca Rizzotto5 October 2026

Travel Tips

Arriving in Ortigia by Car: ZTL, Bridges and Hotel Drop-off

Arriving in Ortigia by car: how the ZTL gates at the two bridges work, where a car can stop for your hotel and how to time the drive from Catania Airport.

Gianluca Rizzotto1 October 2026

Travel Tips

Choosing a Chauffeur Service in Sicily: 8 Standards to Check

Booking a chauffeur in Sicily? Eight things to verify first, from the NCC authorisation and insurance to the named chauffeur, ZTL drop-offs and written quote.

Gianluca Rizzotto15 April 2026

Travel Tips

Navigating Catania Airport Like a VIP

Fontanarossa handles 10 million passengers a year. Here is how to move through it without feeling like one of them.

Gianluca Rizzotto22 March 2026

Travel Tips

Wine Routes of Sicily: Marsala to Etna

From the fortified wines of the west to the volcanic reds of the east, Sicily's wine landscape rivals Tuscany and Piedmont.

Gianluca Rizzotto5 March 2026

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