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.
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