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( 0931 48 34 84;
www.aretusavacanze.com
; Vicolo Zuccalà 1; d €59-90, tr €70-120, q €105-147; )
This great budget option, elbowed into a tiny pedestrian street in a 17th-century building,
has large rooms and apartments with kitchenettes, computers, wi-fi, satellite TV and small
balconies from where you can shake hands with your neighbour across the way.
Hotel Gutkowski€€
( 0931 46 58 61;
www.guthotel.it
;
Lungomare Vittorini 26; s €60-80, d €75-130; )
Book well in
advance for one of the sea-view rooms at this calmly stylish hotel on the Ortygia water-
front, at the edge of la Giudecca neighbourhood. Rooms are divided between two build-
ings, both with pretty tiled floors, walls in teals, greys, blues and browns, and with a min-
imal style and a mix of vintage and industrial details.
You'll also find a nice sun terrace with sea views, and a cosy internet area with fire-
place for those without their own computer, though there is free wi-fi in most of the hotel.
HOTEL
Alla Giudecca€€
HOTEL
( 0931 2 22 55;
www.allagiudecca.it
; Via Alagona 52; s €60-100, d €80-120; )
Located in the old
Jewish quarter, this charming hotel boasts 23 suites with warm terracotta-tiled floors, ex-
posed wood beams and lashings of heavy white linen. The communal areas are a warren
of vaulted rooms full of museum-quality antiques and enormous tapestries, and feature
cosy sofas gathered around huge fireplaces.
Hotel Roma€€
( 0931 46 56 26;
www.hotelromasiracusa.it
;
Via Roma 66; s €75-105, d €105-149; )
Within
steps of Piazza del Duomo, this
palazzo
has rooms with parquet floors, oriental rugs,
wood-beam ceilings and tasteful artwork, plus free bike use, a gym and a sauna.
HOTEL
Around Syracuse
Villa dei Papiri€€
(
AGRITURISMO
0931 72 13 21;
www.villadeipapiri.it
; Contrada Cozzo Pantano; d €50-132, 2-person ste €105-154, 4-person ste
)
Immersed in an Eden of orange groves and papyrus reeds 8km out-
€140-208;
