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Itineraries
7 DAYS
World Heritage Sites
Begin your tour of Unesco World Heritage Sites in
Syracuse
, one of the ancient world's
great cities, where traces of Magna Graecia are omnipresent - from papyrus-fringed
Fontana Aretusa to the amphitheatres, altars and caves of the Parco Archeologico. Next
head west to the
Necropoli di Pantalica
- an eerie array of several thousand Bronze Age
tombs built into limestone cliffs - before continuing to the captivating Val di Noto. The
devastating earthquake of 1693 may have wrought havoc on this corner of the island, but it
also led to the creation of some of Sicily's greatest treasures. The late-baroque towns of
Noto
,
Modica
and
Ragusa
are the stars, but it's also worth seeking out the small villages
of
Scicli
and
Palazzolo Acreide
and the famed ceramics centre of
Caltagirone
, with its
