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Posted on October 15, 2016September 7, 2025

Sicily 2016 – The Photos

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Posted on October 5, 2016October 5, 2016

Sicily 2016 – Day 11 – Siracusa

Decided to have a more relaxing day today after the couple of train journeys we have taken over the last two days.  In the morning we went back into the island part of Siracusa – Ortiga – and made our way to the market. It was an odd mix of amazing fresh fish and vegetable …

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Posted on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016

Sicily 2016 – Day 8 – Siracusa

When we first arrived here a couple of days ago one of the first places we made it to was the castle right at the end of the island. This being Italy we had missed the tiny window of time when it was actually open but did happen to notice that it was open today …

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Posted on October 1, 2016October 1, 2016

Sicily 2016 – Day 7 – Siracusa

There are several distinct areas to Siracusa: Ortiga, the tiny island joined to the main island by a bridge, the modern and unintersting town and the archological area where we went today. The main attraction on the site is the huge Greek theatre. Unlike the one we saw in Taormina this one is more complete …

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Posted on September 30, 2016September 30, 2016

Sicily 2016 – Day 6 – Taormina to Siracusa

Today was our last full day in Taormina and I was really sorry to be leaving as it is a lovely place. The hotel was superb and really well located for the town which was just a short walk away. We spent our final morning walking through the main street and down, once again, into …

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