Siracusa or Syracuse doesn't matter, it's the same place. Located in the southeast corner of Sicily Island. This 2700 year old city is notably for its rich Greek culture and it's listed as UNESCO World heritage site. It's a lovely city, clean and not so crowded as in Palermo.
to get to Siracusa from Enna, we took a bus to Catania takes about 1hour 20 minutes (cost : 7.70Euro) and from Catania to Siracusa was about 1 hour cost : 6Euro so total was 13.70Euro one way / pax from Enna to Siracusa.
But one can take a direct bus From Palermo to Siracusa takes about 3 hours ride, cost 12Euro/ pax @ Palermo main station
the bus stopped at a station, well more like a small bus stop somewhere near to Ortygia (or Isola di Ortigia) about 10 minutes walk or like us too tired to walk can share a taxi for 10Euro
our bed and breakfast is located in Ortagia
which includes breakfast....yummy. cost 50Euros/ pax for 2 nights.
Ortygia is an offshore island was occupied by the Greek colonists, who fortified it and constructed the earliest structure including the temples of Athena and Apollo. i would recommend to stay in Ortygia rather than the city in Syracusa
most of the attractions are within walking distance. Pretty little boutique shop
alfresco dining @ the piazza
beautiful historic building
Piazza Duomo
built in the 7th century over the great Temple of Athena (5th century BC)
interior
Fountain of Diana and some buildings nearby
this is the temple of Apollo, well more like what's left of it. yes i know you expected something more, but yup that's it. i was a little disappointed.
view of the mainland from Ortygia
interesting shape of a church
street art?
stunning Mediterranean sea
tip: always bring along your bikinis, you'll never know when u need a dip in the sea.
after a long walk we found a nice stop for a quick dip.
it's ok the east side of Ortygia on the map
there is no sandy beach in Ortygia so if you have special sandals bring along
we can even see the Castello Maniace from our swimming spot.
though we stayed 2 nights here, we only had time for 1 day roaming around Ortygia and the next day we did a day trip taormina. There is still much more to see in Siracusa, like the Greek theater, Roman theater entrance fee cost around 10Euro ( but some say not worth the time) we didn't manage to visit it so can't comment on that. Overall Siracusa is a very quiet and lazy town, clean and like other cites in Sicily people are really friendly. I would say probably 2 days is enough to cover everything.
Next to Taormina. i do hope i can finish sicily before the end of the year. Just in case. Merry Christmas 2013 everybody!!!
~ ciao ~
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