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( 093 148 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.
Palazzo del Sale
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B&B
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( 093 16 59 58;
www.palazzodelsale.com
; Via Santa Teresa 25, Ortygia; s €75-95, d €90-115, d with terrace
€100-125; )
The six rooms at this designer B&B are hot property in summer, so
book ahead. All are well sized, with high ceilings and good beds. Coffee and tea are al-
ways available in the comfortable communal lounge. The owners also operate a second
property right on the beach near Porto Piccolo (
www.giuggiulena.it
)
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Hotel Gutkowski
( 0931 46 58 61;
www.guthotel.it
;
Lungomare Vittorini 26; s €60-80, d €75-130; )
Book ahead for
one of the sea-view rooms at this calmly stylish hotel on the Ortygia water- front, at the
edge of the Giudecca neighbourhood. Rooms are divided between two buildings, both
with pretty tiled floors and a minimalist mix of vintage and industrial details. There's a
nice sun terrace with sea views, and a cosy lounge area with fireplace.
HOTEL
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Alla Giudecca
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HOTEL
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( 093 12 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.
Villa dei Papiri
( 093 172 13 21;
www.villadeipapiri.it
; Contrada Cozzo Pantano; d €50-132, 2-person ste €105-154, 4-person ste
€140-208; )
Immersed in an Eden of orange groves and papyrus reeds 8km out-
side Syracuse, this lovely
agriturismo
sits next to the Fonte Ciana spring immortalised in
Ovid's
Metamorphosis
. Eight family suites are housed in a beautifully converted 19th-
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