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Driving Tour:
Baroque Towns
DISTANCE 71KM
DURATION TWO DAYS
A land of remote rocky gorges, sweeping views and silent valleys, Sicily's southeastern corner is home
to the 'baroque triangle', an area of Unesco-listed hilltop towns famous for their lavish baroque archi-
tecture. This tour takes in some of the finest baroque towns in Sicily, all within easy driving distance of
each other.
Just over 35km south of Syracuse,
Noto
is home to what is arguably Sicily's most beautiful street
- Corso Vittorio Emanuele, a pedestrianised boulevard lined with golden baroque
palazzi
. From Noto,
head 12km south along the SP19 to the
Riserva Naturale Oasi Faunistica di Vendicari
, a coastal
