Luggage storage in train stations

Ragusa is a small station with only a few trains per day. I find no indication that it has bag storage, although larger stations in Italy do. If the bus station also does not, then I think you're taking your luggage to lunch with you. Aside from a café or restaurant, lots of other businesses will close for lunch, as it sounds like the car rental office is doing.

Most of the major train stations have a luggage storage service, small & mid sized stations do not. Keep in mind, the times that you intend to drop-off and return, as peak times will have long lines. I once did a drop-off at Firenze S.M.N, it took 40-minutes of waiting in line before I was able to continue on.

In June 2015 there was luggage storage at the Catania train station, but it's certainly possible that the service is no longer offered. I haven't found online information that I consider really definitive (which tends to make me think the answer is now "No").

But don't give up. There are two other possibilities:

• The website for the Port of Catania says it offers luggage storage. I do not see any details, and I don't know whether the service would be offered on a day with no cruise ships in port (if such exists).

• Sometimes a nearby business, typically a bar or café, offers luggage storage when the train station does not do so. This was the case in Siracusa, as I recall. So it's worth a look around the Catania RR station to check on this. My first stop would be the train station in any case, to see whether perhaps the service is still being offered there. I'd suggest trying the bus station, but it's a bit of a walk from the train station, and each bus line has its own separate ticket office, so not the sort of set-up that would seem most conducive to offering left-luggage service.

Florence has another luggage storage option we may try. Close to the train station,

http://leftluggageflorence.com/?lang=en

Prices Left Luggage Florence
Price Left Luggage service deposit Florence
Every bag, every hour € 1,00
From 8:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M.
 
Every bag, every day    € 6,00 
From 8:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M.
 
EACH ADDITIONAL DAY IS 6,00 FOR THE DEPOSIT. € 6,00 

Thank you very much to everyone for replies. I know from previous trips to Italy that smaller stations most often did not have luggage storage. However, I was very surprised when our hosts in Catania indicated that Catania no longer had luggage storage facilities, and it made me wonder if there were security concerns that were perhaps causing larger train stations in Europe to stop providing that service. I will check out whether the port is an option there.

Apparently the tourist information centre in Ragusa may store luggage, but I haven't been able to confirm that. Today, I looked at keeping our car for an additional day and driving to Siracusa rather than dropping the car in Ragusa and taking the train. As much as I hate driving in Italian cities, it is looking like that might, logistically, be the best option, especially given that it looks like it costs $5 Canadian only for the extra day of car rental.

Hello,

a new luggage storage service is now offered in Catania by a private info point and office.

www.atripical.it

If you decide to drive to Siracusa, there is a parking garage on Ortigia, near the daily market.