In sicilian language GISIRA indicates a small land compared to the mainland surrounded by water.
An island.

casa Gisira is a Sicilian-style apartment in the heart of Catania, a few steps away from piazza Duomo, the central via Etnea, filled with shops and nightlife, the fish market "Pescheria" and the main sites of cultural and commercial interest: the Civic Museum of the Castello Ursino, the Diocesan Museum in Piazza Duomo, the house-museums of composer Vincenzo Bellini and writer Giovanni Verga, the greek theater, the Roman amphitheater, via Crociferi.