Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Shopping
Browsing Ortygia's quirky boutiques is great fun.
Untitled
CLOTHING
( 093 16 45 74;
www.untitled-trendwear.com
;
Via Serafino Privitera 39; 10.30am-2.30pm &
4.30-8.30pm)
With pieces by Italian and international designers, this boutique has clothes to
die for and prices to give you a heart attack.
JEWELLERY
Massimo Izzo
(
www.massimoizzo.com
; Piazza Archimede 25; 4.30-8.30pm Mon, 9am-1pm & 4.30-8.30pm Tue-Sat)
The flamboyant jewellery of Messina-born Massimo Izzo features bold idiosyncratic
designs made with Sciacca coral, gold and precious stones, inspired by the sea, theatre and
classical antiquity.
Galleria Bellomo
(
www.bellomogallery.com
; Via Capodieci 15; 10.30am-1.30pm & 4.30-8pm Mon-Sat)
This gallery
near Fontana Aretusa specialises in papyrus products, including greeting cards, book-
marks and writing paper and watercolour landscapes.
ARTISANAL
Information
Ortygia tourist office
( 093 146 42 55; Via Maestranza 33; 8am-2pm & 2.30-5.30pm Mon-Fri,
8am-2pm Sat)
English-speaking staff and lots of good information.
Ospedale Umberto I
(
093 172 40 33; Via Testaferrata 1)
Police station
(
093 16 51 76; Piazza S Giuseppe)
Tourist office
( 0800 05 55 00; infoturismo@provsr.it; Via Roma 31; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat,
9.15am-6.45pm Sun)
English-speaking staff, city maps and other useful information.
Getting There & Away
Syracuse's train and bus stations are a block apart from each other, halfway between Orty-
gia and the archaeological park.
