The Pescheria

The “Pescheria” (Piscaria in Sicilian language) is the old fish market in Catania, which still retains and preserves the ancient folklore.

If you want to dive into the oldest and most characteristic place of Catania, absolutely you have to do a tour through the many fish stalls where merchants invite the people to buy fresh fish.
Among the oldest monuments of the city, starting from the Charles V’s entrance to arrive at Piazza Alonzo di Benedetto and Piazza Pardo, it extends the fish market.

So many people crowd it all day. A lot of different species of fish, cockles, clams, mussels, sea urchins are just some of the many varieties of fish that you can find. The expert merchants will advise you in the choice of the best fish, and perhaps suggest how to best prepare them.

Beyond the fish stalls, which is cut and clean with great skills in front of you, you can find stalls selling fruit and citrus fruit or other typical products of Catania.

Let yourself be swept away by the frenzy, the shouts, the strongsmell of fish and the typical color the sky red awnings of the market.