Porte di Catania is definitely worth multiple shopping trips. There are stores for all your needs, just like in an American mall, with eateries along the way. I have to say that this is probably one of the cleanest malls that I have ever been in and its huge! The escalators aren't even escalators with stairs that move. They are like the moving floor at the airport, just slanted to go to the next floor up or down.
There are American franchise stores (H&M, GameStop, Adidas) mixed in with Italian and European ones, and even some independently owned stores. One of my favorite stores here is Decathlon. Think of Sports Authority, but 100 times better. There is also an Auchan located here, which is like Walmart with the included grocery store, but way better than Walmart ever thought of being.
An awesome thing that I saw when here one day was a slew of TVs set up in the food court area during the World Cup. Italia is very proud of their futbol teams, and I loved that the management of the mall set up an area for people to enjoy the games. read more