ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK OF NEAPOLIS: here you will be immersed in ancient Greek and Roman history. The park includes: The famous GREEK THEATRE which was seen by Eschylus, Epicarmus, Plato and Archimedes. It is one of the largest theatres of the Ancient world. It could hold up to 15,000 people and it was almost totally carved out of soft white limestone. LATOMIA DEL PARADISO and DIONYSIOS’S EAR, The ALTAR OF HIERON II which was dedicated to Zeus, ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE

Just 40km south of Syracuse , Noto the capital town of Southeastern Sicilian Baroque style. Rebuilt after the catastrophic earthquake of 1693, the town was moved from its original setting and in one hundred years was raised up from its ashes. Its regular layout sees an endless development of churches and buildings down its main street with belly-balconies, rich decorations and surprising sculptures that seem to look at you from every corner. The final result of ornate stone dressed work is awe inspriring. Everything culminates in the Villodorata building, with the whimisical sculputors ultimate expression of the period’s fantasy.

Syracuse preserves many memories of a historical Jewish presence. The first Jews probably arrived in the 1st Century A.D., after the distruction of the Temple in Palestine. Perhaps they arrived in Sicily having followed the routes of the goods they were trading. The Jewish itinerary starts from St. John’s Catacombs, the place where probably the first synagogue was located. More evidence of their presence can be found in Ortigya, where they moved in 6th Century AD. A street and an entire area called “ La Giudecca” still testfies to the memory of a Jewish past, even after 1492. After many centuries undiscovered, traces of their presence came to light from the womb of the earth, including the “miqwé“ Jewish purification baths and ancient inscriptions.