How to arrive

By car

If you are coming from Palermo airport please follow the indications for Palermo-Messina(A20) until you reach Buonfornello and from here take highway A20, direction Messina. There will be an exit for Cefalu after approximately 70km, and when you are off the highway just follow the indications for Cefalù.

If you are coming from Messina, please take highway A20, direction Palermo. This highway was built recently, and after approximately 160km there will be an exit for Cefalù.

If you arrive to Catania Airport please follow highway A19, and after approximately 160km there will be an exit for Messina/Cefalù and highway A20. Shortly after this there will be another exit for Cefalù, and from here you just follow the indications for Cefalù.

Getting in to the town center

After you have reached the gas station AGIP in Santa Lucia, please take the first turn to the right. There will be an indication for Messina and Ospedale (the Hospital). Follow this road, and until you find indications for Messina, and then you turn to the left. Please follow this road until you reach a crossing. Here you turn to the right, and straight you will see a tunnel, but before the tunnel you turn up to the right and then take the first turn to the left. This road will take you around the Rock and the old town center. Follow this road downhill until you see the sea and when you have Hotel Al Pescatore on your right side. Here you turn to the left and follow the road straight until you reach the old town center. Along this road you can park your car on the rock side. These parking spaces are free. From here you can walk into the old town center (5min) and Piazza Duomo.

If you want to go directly in to the town center you do not turn to the right at AGIP in Santa Lucia, but you continue straight on. After a railroad crossing you are in Via Roma, which is the main street in the new part if the town. If you are headed to the old town center it can be more difficult to go this way, since the entry is limited.

If you arrive by car to Cefalù, we would like to inform you that the parking possibility is limited. In the old town center, where most apartments are located, parking is prohibited. Of course, you can stop by your house and drop your luggage off. There are free parking spaces at 10min walking distance from the old town center, and also guarded car parks where you can leave your car. In Via Verga, a crossing street to Via Roma, there is a multi-storey car park that is guarded.

Rent a car

in the case that you wish to rent a car in Sicily we recommend you to take our airport transfer from the airport to Cefalù, and then rent a car when you have arrived in Cefalù. This will be easier for you on arrival and departure. If you are interested in renting a car/scooter, please stop by our office or call us and we will advise you how and where to do this. If you want to reserve a car before you arrive, please have a look at the following link: https://www.cartrawler.com/affiliates/afullrequest.asp?client=8680

For Sicilian break clients that live in our villas we strongly recommend to rent a car or a scooter, since local buses do not leave frequently and often supermarkets and other necessities are located a few kilometres away.

Airport transfer

If you are arriving to Palermo or Catania airport without a car we can organize airport transfer for you, both on arrival and departure. If you want to book an airport transfer, please send an e-mail to or book directly trought our website: http://www2.cefalu.it/?action=_menuView&menu=info&page=transfer&lang=en

By train

There is a train station in Cefalù, located in the town center. If you arrive to the train station, please take to the right and follow this street until you reach a crossing with a small gas station. Please cross the road and continue straight on. After 50m you will reach Piazza Garibaldi, and from here you keep going straight on the street Corso Ruggero. Now you are in the heart of the old town center.

To travel by train in Italy is very easy, and at the station in Cefalù there is a desk where you can buy tickets and a self service machine. If you have any question about train time tables, please stop by our office. It is also possible to take the train to/from the Palermo airport, but in the early morning and in the evening this possibility is limited. It is possible to get to Palermo from the airport by bus or train at least until 23:00, but the last train for Cefalù leaves from Palermo central station around 20:45.There is also a possibility to take the train from Catania to Cefalù. From Catania airport you take the bus to Catania central station and from here you take the train to Termini Imerese. In Termini Imerese you have to change trains to get to Cefalù.

If you are arriving from Messina you can take the train from Messina central station towards Palermo or Termini Imerese, and get off at Cefalù.For current time tables, please visit www.trenitalia.com