Ortygia
Guide
Photo: Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 45–90 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The old town on its little island: lanes of honey-coloured stone, a morning food market, swimming platforms off the rocks and a sea wall to walk round at sunset.
A brief history
Settled by Greeks from Corinth in 734 BC; the heart of the city for nearly 3,000 years.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning market, then sunset on the sea wall
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 45–90 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Ortygia: The island old town: baroque squares, the cathedral built into a Greek temple, and the sea all round.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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