Sicily - Syracuse & The Southeast (PDF Chapter)

This is the Syracuse & the Southeast chapter from Lonely Planet’s Sicily guide-book.

Sicily’s southeast is the island at its most seductive. This is the cinematic Sicilia of TV series Inspector Montalbano, a swirl of luminous baroque hill towns, sweeping topaz beaches and ol-ive-laden hillsides.

• explore ancient ruins and the cosmopolitan, labyrinthine streets of Syracuse’s island core
• maps
• take in scoops of gelato and swirls of late baroque in Noto, the Val di Noto’s pin-up town
• transport
• explore time-warped aristocratic palaces, churches and the office of Inspector Montalbano in Scicli, the Val di Noto’s most authentic, laid-back town
• restaurants

Coverage includes: Syracuse & Around, The Southeast, Valle Dell’Anapo, Ferla & the Necropoli di Pantalica, Palazzolo Acreide, Noto, The Noto Coast, Modica, Scicli, Ra-gusa, Chiaramonte Gulfi.