City guide Cefalu
- 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,200 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €176,000) Immobiliare.it does not split asking prices by bedrooms. In September 2026 the lowest…
- Accommodation Short-term: Booking.com and Airbnb. Monthly rentals range from €800 - €1,500 depending on… Immobiliare.it asking rents in September 2026 averaged €10.02 per square metre a month in…
- Annual Events Festa di San Salvatore (August 2-6) featuring the 'Ntinna i Mari boat race. The feast of the Santissimo Salvatore runs from 2 to 6 August. On the last afternoon the…
- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Italy's 'Inpatriates' Scheme: 70-90% tax exemption for 5 years for those moving to… From 2024 the impatriate regime taxes 50% of Italian employment and professional income…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Centro Storico (Old Town) for proximity to the Cathedral and Beach. The medieval centre, beside the cathedral and the town beach.
- Best Beach Nearby Spiaggia di Cefalù (Town Beach) and Sant'Ambrogio (quieter, 6km away). The town beach is in the centre. Wikivoyage says sections with umbrellas and chairs rent…
- Best Hospital Ospedale Giuseppe Giglio (Via del Giubileo Magno) - specialized regional center. Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio, Contrada Pietrapollastra–Pisciotto, above the town, with…
- Best Taxi/Ride App No Uber. Local taxis only (Taxi Cefalù +39 0921 422554). €15-20 for town trips. No Uber. The comune app lists Taxi Piazza Stazione, phone +39 0921 422554, and the…
- Cashless Friendly Moderate. Cards accepted in supermarkets/restaurants, but cash is preferred in small… Cards are widely used, and smaller shops still take cash. Most restaurants add a coperto…
- City Cefalù, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy Cefalù (Sicilian: Cifalù), a comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, on the northern…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Italy has strict CFC legislation. Yes. A controlled foreign company is in scope when the effective rate is under 15% and…
- Corporate Tax 24% (IRES) + 3.9% (IRAP regional tax). IRES is 24% and ordinary IRAP is 3.9%. For 2025 only, PwC describes a cut of IRES from 24%…
- Cultural Districts Centro Storico (Arab-Norman district). The medieval centre has narrow streets paved with beach pebbles and limestone from La…
- Currency & Banking Euro (EUR). 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. ATMs available at UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo on Via Roma. Euro. The ECB reference rate on 19 October 2026 was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, about 0.8909 EUR…
- Cycling/Walking Paths The climb to 'La Rocca' (Cefalu Rock) for hiking views. The walk up La Rocca follows the signs to the Tempio di Diana. Wikivoyage says the…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 26% 26% on dividends paid to resident individuals. The same 26% is the base withholding on…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 43% (for income over €50,000). 43% national IRPEF on income above €50,000 in 2026. The bands under that are 23% up to…
- Highway Access A20 Highway (Messina-Palermo) access just south of the town center. The A20 has a Cefalù exit for Palermo and Messina. The SS 113 Settentrionale Sicula runs…
- Historic Buildings Osterio Magno (Corso Ruggero). Osterio Magno, the Ventimiglia seat. Italian Wikipedia places it on Corso Ruggero. The…
- Historical Sites Lavatoio Medievale (Medieval Laundry) on Via Vittorio Emanuele. Lavatoio medioevale, the public washhouse on Via Vittorio Emanuele, restored in the summer…
- Main Train/Transit Hub Stazione di Cefalù (Piazza Stazione). Frequent trains to Palermo (50m, €6.80). Stazione di Cefalù is the station on the Palermo–Messina line; OpenStreetMap maps the…
- Museums & Art Venues Museo Mandralisca (Via Mandralisca) - houses the 'Portrait of an Unknown Man'. Museo Mandralisca, 13 Via Mandralisca, holds Antonello da Messina's Ritratto d'ignoto…
- Must-See Landmarks Duomo di Cefalù (UNESCO Cathedral) and the Byzantine mosaics. The cathedral dominates the centre, with Byzantine mosaics in the apse. On 3 July 2015 it…
- National Parks Nearby Madonie Regional Natural Park (UNESCO Global Geopark). There is no national park in the comune. The Madonie Regional Natural Park was created in…
- Nearby Nature Escapes Parco delle Madonie (mountain range starting just behind the town). The Madonie mountains rise behind the town. Cefalù is one of the fifteen comuni in the…
- Population 14,000 13,798 residents on 31 May 2026, the provisional ISTAT monthly balance cited by Italian…
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F/L sockets 230 V, 50 Hz, with Europlug, Schuko and Italian Type L sockets.
- Property Tax IMU (Municipal property tax), except for primary residence. IMU is not due on a primary home. The standard rate is 0.86% of cadastral value. A comune…
- Property Transaction Tax 2% for primary residence (registration tax), 9% for second homes. When the sale is exempt from VAT, registration tax is 9% (minimum €1,000), plus €50…
- Public Transport Passes Sommatinese Viaggi local bus tickets (€1.20/ride) sold at Tabacchi shops. Sommatinese Viaggi runs the town buses. AST's urban tariff is €1.20 for a single ride…
- Regional Travel Trenitalia trains to Milazzo (for Aeolian Islands) or Palermo. Frequent trains run to Palermo, Milazzo and Messina, and many continue toward Naples and…
- Religious Sites Santuario di Gibilmanna (located in the mountains 800m above town). The Santuario di Gibilmanna is reached by the SP15, which branches off the SP 54 bis that…
- SIM Card TIM, Vodafone, WindTre. Stores located on Via Roma; approx. €15-20 for 100GB. iliad prepaid, with a passport; the shop can also generate a codice fiscale. GIGA 150 is…
- Scenic Viewpoints Belvedere Cefalù at the top of La Rocca. The top of La Rocca looks over the red roofs and the bay. The same climb passes the ruins…
- Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €180,000) Immobiliare.it does not split asking prices by bedrooms. In September 2026 the comune…
- Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,800 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €112,000) Immobiliare.it does not split asking prices by bedrooms. In September 2026 the lowest…
- Tap Water Drinkable, but locals often prefer bottled water or public fountains (Fontazza) for taste. Tap water in Italy is safe to drink. In the south it can taste of desalination. Do not…
- Tax System Worldwide income for residents. Tax residents are taxed on worldwide income. Residence is more than 183 days in the tax…
- Theater Venues Teatro Salvatore Cicero (Via Salvatore Cicero). Teatro comunale Salvatore Cicero. Italian Wikipedia places the hall on Via Spinuzza…
- VAT 22% standard rate. 22% standard IVA.
fix pass after the batch check: Main Train/Transit Hub and Religious Sites no longer print a street that the map pages do not show, and Best Taxi/Ride App now cites the comune page for the Piazza Stazione rank and its phone number and drops the unverified town fare; country-level items were rechecked unchanged against the country prep and the other Italy cities (https://cefalu.comune.digital/trasporti-1, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefal%C3%B9)