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Ortigia

Things to see in Ortigia

Every monument worth your time in Ortigia, photographed, described, and matched to its tours.

Photograph · Megan Kotlus / Unsplash · Ortigia

The monuments

All the monuments in Ortigia

The landmarks and masterpieces worth planning a day around.

Ortigia's sea walls and baroque skyline at golden hour, SyracuseDistrictOrtigiaIsland heart of Syracuse, Arethusa spring, Baroque lanes, sea-walled market townSyracuse began on this small island, where the freshwater Arethusa spring still rises beside the sea as the myths required. Its lanes pack twenty-seven centuries into a kilometer, from Apollo's temple to Baroque balconies.Plan the visit
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Monuments a day trip away, elsewhere in Sicily.

  1. The cinder craters on Mount Etna's flank, Europe's great volcanoCataniaUNESCOMount EtnaEurope's tallest active volcano, summit craters, lava-built slopes, Etna wine country
  2. Stromboli's smoking cone rising sheer from the TyrrhenianStromboliUNESCOStromboliLighthouse of the Mediterranean, constant eruptions, Sciara del Fuoco, night boat watching
  3. Modica's Baroque houses stacked up its gorge at golden hourModicaModicaTwo-level Baroque town, San Giorgio's staircase, Aztec-method chocolate, gorge-side stacking
  4. Erice's stone lanes and rooftops 750 meters above the Sicilian coastEriceEriceMountaintop medieval triangle, Venus Castle, cloud-wrapped lanes, Genovese pastries
  5. Lipari's coast with the Aeolian sisters on the horizonLipariLipariAeolian main island, citadel acropolis, obsidian and pumice coasts, archaeological museum
  6. The bikini athletes mosaic at Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza ArmerinaPiazza ArmerinaUNESCOVilla Romana del Casale3500 square meters of Roman mosaic, bikini girls, Great Hunt corridor, mudslide preservation
  7. Temple E of Selinunte against the African light of southern SicilyCastelvetranoSelinunteVast Greek temple ruins, Temple E by the sea, acropolis over the dunes, one of Europe's largest archaeological parks
  8. The Temple of Concordia on Agrigento's sacred ridge at golden hourAgrigentoValley of the TemplesTemple of Concordia, ridge of Doric temples, almond blossom season, Greek Akragas
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