| Termini Imerese | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Sicily | |
| Territory | Palermo coast | |
| Altitude | 77 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 60.79 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 27.062(2012 estimate) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 091 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 90018 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Termini Imerese is a city of Sicily, one of the major centers of Palermo.
To know
How to orient yourself
Termini Imerese: full screen map.How to get
By plane
The nearest airports are (in order of distance):
- 1 Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (Falcone and Borsellino Airport) (120 km towards Palermo along the A20, then A19 follow for Trapani A29), ☎ 39 0917020273. National and international flights, too low cost.
- 2 Catania airport (Fontanarossa Airport) (206 km on the A20 follow for Catania taking the A19 in Buonfornello), ☎ 39 0957239111. National, international and hub flights low cost and charter flights.
By car
Exit Termini Imerese
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Exit Termini Imerese
220,000 kmOn the train
- 3 Termini Imerese station, ☎ 39 89 20 21 (without prefix). Company buses leave from the station Nancini & Saso which in addition to connecting with the center lead to the archaeological site of Himera (take the suburban bus to Villaura).
How to get around
By public transport
The bus service is served by the company Nancini & Saso.
By taxi
- Taxi, Europe Square, ☎ 39 360 533423.
- NCC service, ☎ 39 091 8190376, 39 389 4747677.
What see
The Termini aqueduct
- 1 Roman aqueduct, via the Roman aqueduct. Roman aqueduct partially visible along an urban stretch. However the most spectacular part is on the 4 Barratina stream where the work reaches 16 m and a length of 100 m.
Bridge over the San Leonardo River
- 2 San Leonardo bridge (Along the SS 113 at the height of the San Leonardo stream.). Built in 1721 under the reign of Charles VI of Habsburg by the royal architect Agatino Daidone, it has inscriptions on the sides that commemorate its construction. For centuries it allowed the connection with Palermo. Today, vehicular traffic is on a modern bridge, while the old structure is inaccessible because there is a danger of collapse.
Gardens and Parks
- 3 Garden, Via Vittorio Amedeo II. Semi-public garden with a limestone sculpture (tuff of Harsh) which faithfully reproduces the "Temple of Concordia" (famous building from Agrigento, the work of Pietro Di Giovanni), built in about a year of work.
Events and parties
What to do
- 1 Flight Club Albatros, industrial area (at the beginning of the avenue of the industrial area immediately after the mouth of the Torto river), ☎ 39 330528903. Dirt track (400 mt) parallel to the sea, near the industrial area of Termini adjacent to the river Torto. Flight courses is baptisms of the air, flight with microlights.
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 Hotel Gabbiano, Via della Liberta ', 221 (on the coastal road towards the Enel plant after the railway station), ☎ 39 0918113262.
€ 50 - 60 (August 2015). On the seafront, an unattractive and not panoramic area, about a kilometer and a half from the center and not far from the train station. Small, very functional hotel, easy parking. Internal restaurant, simple and local cuisine.
€ 50 - 60 (August 2015). On the seafront, an unattractive and not panoramic area, about a kilometer and a half from the center and not far from the train station. Small, very functional hotel, easy parking. Internal restaurant, simple and local cuisine.Average prices
- 2 Grand Hotel delle Terme, Spa square 2, ☎ 39 0918113557, fax: 39 0918113107, @[email protected]. € 80 and up (July 2015). Grand hotel housed in an aristocratic palace of the 1800s (rooms with high ceilings), equipped with internal thermal baths and "spa" including an ancient original Turkish bath. In summer, the outdoor swimming pool is open. The view that still insists on the seafront (port) of Termini is not very panoramic. The railway station is just one kilometer away, the center is within walking distance.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
The temple of Himera
- Himera (Archaeological area and Antiquarium of Himera) - Ruins of ancient Himera, of considerable historical importance as it was a Greek Chalcidian (Doric) colony then devastated by the Carthaginians (409 BC). The base of the temple of victory (over the Carthaginians) of 480 BC remains. and little else. Necropolis, antiquarium with finds from Himera and its surroundings and a museum dedicated to the site of Himera.
- Cerda
- Cefalù
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