Public transport in Ragusa

AST in Ragusa

Azienda Siciliana Transport S. p. A, or AST, is the company that takes you to outside Ragusa and carries you also locally, http://www.astsicilia.it. They have an app AST Biglietteria that you can use to buy tickets for the buses.
Get it from Google Play | Apple App Store. See below for other ways to buy tickets.

Their website is hideous, some links are broken, and just by looking the site you would think they are not operating anymore, but they are. It takes time to find what you are looking for, though, even if your Italian is good. The site is not up to date but they update the news on the front page.

Map of regional and local AST transportation bus routes

Click the arrow on the left upper corner to open the bus routes. The map includes bus routes in and out of Ragusa. I will also collect all the local bus lines in here.

How to buy a ticket for regional transportation (AST) in Ragusa:

• You can go to the website AST https://astbus.it/user/login
• Through the abovementioned application
• In the bus (I have never tried it, but I suggest you take the exact amount in cash)
• Tre Passi Avanti, Via Ama 26, Ragusa, next to the bus station. (if this is incorrect, please send me a message/comment on the comments section and I will remove or change it)

(AST lists vendors on their website http://www.astsicilia.it/modalita-acquisto-biglietti-e-abbonamenti/ but the file is from 2010)

For local in-town public transportation routes see: http://www.astsicilia.it/orari-autolinee-urbane/ and check the Moovit app. I promise I will work this through as soon I as I can.

BIT Mobility eScooter

There is a pretty good coverage of eScooters in Ragusa. Get the app from Google Play | Apple App Store. The area covers Ibla, Centro Storico and the main shopping areas.

It took me a while to find this, I was already fretting on the lack of public transport in Ragusa after having been there for a whole month. Then I walked down Via Roma and saw the blue beasts parked there. Oh, could it be? Yes, it could!

On the BIT Mobility map you can see different zones. I suggest you study them carefully as you are not allowed to park in certain areas, one forbidden zone being the pedestrian walkway of Via Roma (Centro Storico) and Ibla around Duomo. However you can park outside the Ibla central zone, as marked on the map.

And whatever you do, just drive carefully!

Moovit app

There is an app called Moovit. Get it from Google Play | Apple App Store.

I have experienced a few hiccups with the app, but once I made sure I have a stable mobile data plan things got a lot smoother. Moovit navigates pretty much the same way Google Maps does. You can add favourites and get directions to where-ever you want to go. What I like the most though, is that you can see the entire route of a specific line and the next scheduled transport leaving from that particular stop. I only wish the website would be working too, as sometimes you want too study the whole line very throughly and for that, the small screen of a mobile phone (no matter how large your phone screen is) is still little bit too small.

Moovle app 🆕

There is an app called Moovle. Get it from Google play | Apple Store ❓

When I first wrote this blog article, I did not find this app (or I found it and did not find it useful, and now I cannot find it in Apple Store). However, at the time of editing this article in November 2025, I am adding this app. They have great 🚏 zoomable maps of their website. I wish I´d had this back in 2022.

RagusaBUSS 🆕

There is an app called RagusaBUSS. Get it from Google Play | Apple Store

There is yet another app! RagusaBUSS is provided by Etna Transporti and unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to check it. If you tried the app, please let me and others know in the comments, if its good! The screenshots on the app page look promising!

Etna Transporti 🚎

The mother of all buses in Sicily is Etna Transporti. They run the major buss lines in between Catania and Ragusa and if departing from the Airport of Catania, you can get pretty much everywhere in Sicily with them. The website is new, runs smoothly and offers language versions as well. I am very glad to see they have new buses to the city as well. Things have certainly picked up since we left Ragusa in 2024. They offer trips to Sicilia Outlet Village in Catania and also other buss tours.

For Ragusa city internal buss routes, you can find them listed on the menu drop down here: 🚏 Servizio Urbano Ragusa Bus. And of course check the abovementioned RagusaBUSS app.

I think I miss Ragusa and Sicily.