ancient ruins
Syracuse
An ancient Sicilian city once rivaling Athens in power, with a stunning Baroque island center on Ortigia and vast Greek ruins.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Sicily, Italy · Europe
Priolo Gargallo is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Melilli, 13km from Syracuse.
Priolo Gargallo is in Sicily, Italy, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Melilli, about 5 km away.
Priolo Gargallo (Sicilian: Priolu) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy). It is about 190 kilometres (120 mi) southeast of Palermo and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of Syracuse.
The name Priolo Gargallo comes from the nobleman Marquis Gargallo who owned land in thisRead more
part of Sicily.
Priolo Gargallo borders the following municipalities: Melilli, Syracuse, Solarino, Sortino.
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Within an hour or so of Priolo Gargallo: Syracuse (13 km), Ortigia, Syracuse (14 km), Noto (31 km), Marzamemi (46 km).
The nearest famous roads are Targa Florio Circuit (Madonie).
Priolo Gargallo is in Sicily, Italy, about 5 km from Melilli.
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ancient ruins
An ancient Sicilian city once rivaling Athens in power, with a stunning Baroque island center on Ortigia and vast Greek ruins.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The honey-stone island heart of ancient Syracuse, layering Greek temple, Baroque piazza and seafront in one.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A golden Baroque town rebuilt after an earthquake, a UNESCO showpiece of honey-coloured façades.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
17th-century tuna-fishery hamlet at Sicily's southeast tip, its golden-stone piazza and tonnara buildings ringing a tiny double harbour. Summer evenings fill the square with open-air trattorie serving bottarga and tuna 'ham'.
46 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The older, lower half of Ragusa: late-baroque palaces and stairways rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake, crowned by the Duomo di San Giorgio's wedding-cake facade. Best first seen from the Santa Maria delle Scale steps across the ravine.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Sicily's oldest chocolate house (1880), keeping alive Modica's Aztec-derived cold-worked chocolate: grainy bars spiced with cinnamon or chilli, plus 'mpanatigghi pastries filled with chocolate and beef. Down an alley off Corso Umberto in Modica Alta.
50 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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