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Festivals & Events
Noto's colourful two-week-long flower festival,
Infiorata
, is celebrated in mid- to late May
with parades, historical re-enactments and a public art project in which artists decorate the
length of Via Corrada Nicolaci with designs made entirely of flower petals.
Sleeping
B&Bs are plentiful in Noto; the tourist office keeps a detailed list.
Ostello Il Castello
( 320 838 88 69;
www.ostellodinoto.it
; Via Fratelli Bandiera 1; dm €17, d without bathroom €45)
Directly up-
hill from the centre, this old-school hostel with eight- to 16-bed dorms commands fab-
ulous views over the
duomo
and offers great value for money, despite the paltry breakfast.
HOSTEL
€
La Corte del Sole
( 320 82 02 10;
www.lacortedelsole.it
; Contrada Bucachemi; per person €55-126; )
A few
kilometres downhill from Noto, overlooking the Vendicari bird sanctuary, is this lovely
rural retreat set around a central courtyard. The best of the 34 ceramic-clad, wood-beamed
rooms overlook the pool. Other amenities include an in-house restaurant, a lovely break-
fast area built around an ancient olive-oil press, bike hire, cooking courses and a shuttle
bus to the nearby beach.
RURAL INN
€€
Hotel della Ferla
( 093 157 60 07;
www.hoteldellaferla.it
; Via Gramsci; s €48-78, d €84-120; )
This friendly
family-run hotel in a residential area near the train station offers large, bright rooms with
pine furnishings and small balconies, plus free parking.
HOTEL
€€
Eating
The people of Noto are serious about their food, so take time to enjoy a meal and follow it
up with a visit to one of the town's excellent ice-cream shops.
Caffè Sicilia
( 093 183 50 13; Corso Vittorio Emanuele 125; desserts from €2; 8am-10pm Tue-Sun)
Dating from 1892
and especially renowned for its
granite
, this beloved place vies with its next-door neigh-
bour, Dolceria Corrado Costanzo, for the honours of Noto's best dessert shop. Frozen
GELATO
€
