Ràisi Suites & Apartment is a cozy and contemporary-style house located in the district "Civita", central area of Catania, just 450 meters from Piazza Duomo, the typical Fish market and few steps away from the Teatro dell'Opera Massimo Bellini, Via Dusmet, Palazzo Biscari, The Walls of Charles V, the Arches of the Navy and the Port of Catania. Until the 1930s most of the arches were immersed in the waters of the port which were then buried during the extension works, so much so that today the Arches of the Marina rest on the ground. It was a house inhabited in the past by a family of fishermen and in fact, the name "Ràisi" is a term coming from the Arabic influence, used thereafter in the ancient Sicilian dialect and referring to the "Captain of Boat".

Love travelling and meet new people from all around the world. Tips on how to reach the apartment from the airport: there are taxis, car rental services and Alibus (AMT) which is the bus service from the airport to the city centre. There are continuous Alibus services approximately every 25 minutes (from 4:40 am to 12:00 am). The journey from the airport to the center by bus takes about 10-15 minutes to the "Via Beato Cardinale Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet" stop, Catania. From the bus stop, you only have 2-3 minutes walk to reach the apartment. The ticket price for the ALIBUS line is 4 EUR and is also valid on all other AMT urban lines for a total of 90 minutes. It can be purchased in the following ways: -On the bus in cash or with payment cards -Via the AMT Catania app -At the season ticket office and AMT retailers

The neighborhood of Civita is the beating heart of Catania. It is located between the elegant road of the historical city and the harbor area. Seafarers (fishermen, maritime, porters,) and artisans live there in small homes on a very dense net of road. In San Francesco di Paola square, an open space facing the port structures, there is the “Casa del Portuale” of Catania (the roustabouts home). The Civita neighborhood was born as what at the time of Roman domination must have probably been a real citadel inhabited by the nobles and the rich, hence the name (Civitas => Civis = citizen), being one of the four nuclei of ancient Katane . In prehistoric times this area was affected by the lava of the Armisi, a flow that reached the sea and which was responsible for the characteristic curve that follows the current Via Beato Cardinale Dusmet, which was created as a real seafront. The irregularity of the roads in this area suggests that this, in the 9th-11th century, was the Islamic quarter, the only direct testimony of the Muslim conquest of Catania. When the fortification ring wanted for the city by Charles V the Emperor was built in the 16th century, it fell within the circuit of the western walls, although not entirely. The neighborhood therefore remained almost unchanged until the Val di Noto earthquake of 1693. After the earthquake, in fact, the rubble - which must have been quite fatal here, precisely because of the small size of the alleys and the excessive proximity between the buildings - was cleared away and large blocks compacted, distorting the older road network.