Discover the treasures of Syracuse Ortigia and Noto on a full day tour with a savvy guide. Explore the Greek beauties in the archeological area of Syracuse, hidden alleys and magic fountain in Ortigia, marveling at Sicilian Baroque architecture. You’ll see top attractions like Nepaolis, Duomo Square of Ortigia, and the beautiful churches, builinding and balconies of Noto. Visit these places in only one day, with a comfortable and luxury vehicle, pick-up and drop off at your accommodation, small groups, accompanied by multilingual, experienced, professional and local driver/guide. Enjoy the best way to discover the greek culture and the baroque treasures, for a comfortable, safety and relaxing trip in Sicily,
Posted By : Rmkav
Danilo was honestly the best tour guide, so friendly and filled with knowledge about the area!!! I was with my oldest daughter but I would love to bring family back to have a tour with Danilo! Every stop was breathtaking, it was spread out perfect I had anxiety with that but it was wonderful there was time for sight seeing and a mix of walking as a group at certain times. The van has AC and there was plenty of room for our party of 6.
The lunch included was perfect and it was just an absolutely perfect trip! Thank you for a wonderful experience! The one thing I will mention is that we had booked with my grandmother, who is in a wheel chair and the van was too high for her to comfortably enter in and out all day so she stayed back. When we arrived to the Greek theatre I am so glad we did not attempt to bring her wheelchair. The hills were very high and there is no way we could have pushed her. I would update that this is not a wheelchair accessible tour. Regardless I would absolutely recommend this tour to most people that are able to walk a couple miles up and down hills comfortably.
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 06:28:10 
Posted By : Soher_C
The guide was very nice and quite knowledgeable. I would have liked to spend more time at Syracuse and Noto and lunch was okay. I understand the time limitations, but we could have gone to a better place to eat, I’m sure this has nothing to do with the driver.
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 03:38:24 
Posted By : jos348
Overall good, but a bit expensive for what you get (read below for full details).
This is essentially a transfer service which you share with others. We had 6 other people with us (8 total + driver), and because the mini van wasn't very big, it was a little tight (nothing too bad, but it wasn't spacious). Your driver is not a guide, he will only give you a leaflet and will point out the entrance to attractions, he will then meet you back at a certain time and you will leave for the next destination.
Our driver Antonio was great and bent over and backwards to make sure we were happy and satisfied. He cracked jokes and was generally a safe driver (by Italian standards!). Pick up from Catania wasn't rushed, which means we didn't get to the first stop until after 11am. Because of this, there was a lot of traffic.
The Archaeological Park in Siracuse is very expensive and tickets are not included (16.5 euro per person). You have the option of waiting until everyone is done exploring (which I would recommend, it is so not worth it).
Around 1pm Antonio took us to Ortigia in the van, so that he could point out the various spots of interest. The streets were narrow, there were lots of pedestrians, so this took a really long time. We had to fully embrace the "no rush" mentality of Italians, otherwise we would be so frustrated at how inefficiently we were using our time (driving slowly through Ortigia, instead of walking through it...). And then we turned around and went back to where we came from to have lunch. That took almost an hour... but remember, like the Italians, you are not in a rush...
The lunch was great! It was in a little bakery and you could pick whatever you wanted to eat - pizza, arancini, baked aubergines, potatoes, mozarella sticks etc. (you could take ALL of this, not 1 of these things). The dish is warmed up for you and although it's not the best food you will eat in Italy it was plentiful, hot, kept us full until the evening and it was included in the price! We even got some wine to go with the lunch - amazing! Again Antonio went above and beyond. We got some coffee and a dessert and I was too full to even walk out of there ;)
We then had 2h in Ortigia which didn't feel like enough time, it's such a beautiful place. Wish we had 3h to walk around instead of that drive through... but we really enjoyed our time there. We met with Antonio after our 2h were up, and we were off to Noto.
We arrived around 6pm in Noto and had an hour to walk around. It's a small little town but quite cute and we enjoyed a granita on the steps. It was a relaxing end to our trip. Antonio mentioned that in the summer he changes the order of the activities so that you visit the Archaeological Park last, as it gets really hot during the day.
We then got back to Catania around 8:30pm. We had to move our dinner reservation as we expected to get back much earlier, but again, Antonio was an angel and helped us with that. He was 10/10.
To sum up: this is a transfer service with lunch included, no guide and no tickets to the Archaeological Park included. Give the Arch. Park a miss, it's not worth your time and money. Lunch was fab, Ortigia was fab, Noto was good, the driver Antonio was fabulous, this is a no rush trip so don't expect efficient use of time - you're on holiday!
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 04:29:29
Posted By : susanlV5680TD
It was a lovely day, and our guide was so pleasant and informative. I highly recommend this tour. He gave us a lot of extra information and we had a tasty lunch too with wine!
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 10:57:34
Posted By : Gene_H
The driver was very friendly and knowledgeable about Catania. He dropped us off at each location and gave us a map. I couldn't read the map and really don't know much about what we saw.
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Posted On : 2024-04-15 12:52:40
Posted By : Eric_G
Our guide was wonderful... patient, knowledgeable, and fluent in English. His driving was also great. We especially loved visiting the Greek and Roman amphitheaters in Syracuse, the "white island" of Ortygia, and Noto Cathedral.
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Posted On : 2024-03-16 04:57:20
Posted By : _rcholder
Excellent tour, but microphone needed in van. Backseat passengers can’t hear driver/guide commentary. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Posted On : 2024-03-12 04:13:36
Posted By : Valerie_C
This was a great tour, I enjoyed not being herded around. We were given plenty of time in each place, to find our own way and see what we wanted to see. The lunch was great with plenty of choices. Thoroughly enjoyed my day. Thank you.
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Posted On : 2024-02-25 14:31:56
Posted By : EUGENIO_I
We really enjoyed Siracusa and Ortygia ,could spend a few days there.
Are driver spoke good English and was a real gentleman and very accommodating.
We were not crazy about Noto , it was a very clean city and beautiful buildings, not much shelter from the sun and and unless you are into seating multiple churches it’s on the boring side
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Posted On : 2023-10-02 13:49:34
Posted By : Lisa_H
Three interesting spots in Sicily. Everybody had a different favourite. The guide knew tons about the history of each location, and the local culture. She was able to answer all of our questions, even some obscure ones.
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Posted On : 2023-09-20 12:44:31
