Siracusa

Thursday we spent the day in Siracusa, in South Eastern Sicily.

As I've mentioned before, Siracusa (Syracuse in English) is where the Greeks first landed in Italy when they began to populate the peninsula and form what would someday become Rome.

The Southern tip of Siracusa is a smaller area called Ortigia, which is where the old city is.

The entire portion of the old town is made of stone buildings. Our hotel was a monastery, which is still in use. Many nuns populate the building. The photo out of the window was taken from my room. The rooms were so thick of stone that I couldn't use the internet anywhere except from within the lobby.

Two main landmarks in the town are the Temple of Apollo, which are the ruins pictured, and a fountain to Diana. I also threw in a photo of a church so that you can see the typical architecture of not just Siracusa but most of Sicily. A ton of intricate stonework.

Next we travel further South and West to the town of Ragusa, which is supposed to be like Siracusa but much larger and more mountainous. You can see that Siracusa is on the water, whereas Ragusa will probably be more like Taormina.

Until then, Ciao!