City Games in Catania
City Games are available in Catania, offering an interactive way to explore the city through gameplay. Using your smartphone, you’ll solve puzzles and challenges while navigating the streets at your own pace. This self-guided experience combines digital clues and real-world surroundings to create a unique way to engage with the city.
- Start, pause & continue whenever you want
- Play independently
- 1-4 or 2-5 people per smartphone, depending on your game
- 1.5-2 hours of play time
- 3-4 km walking distance
- Internet connection required
Choose your City Game and start playing today!
Exploring Catania
Catania’s character is deeply tied to its dramatic setting at the foot of Mount Etna, where black volcanic stone shapes much of the city’s architecture and lends a distinctive texture to its streets. Walking through the historic center, there's a contrast between grandeur and resilience, especially in Piazza del Duomo, where the Baroque Cathedral of Sant’Agata stands beside the iconic elephant fountain carved from lava stone.
Via Etnea stretches north from the square, offering long views toward the volcano and cutting through neighborhoods that shift from lively markets to elegant facades. The mix of ancient ruins and layered rebuilding, especially around the Roman Theatre and Ursino Castle, gives movement through the city a sense of continuity between past and present, shaped by both natural forces and human adaptation.
