APARTMENT with 2 BEDROOMS. Fascinating views over the rooftops, typical Sicilian antique House beautifully restored and .3 balconies, high ceilings, bright and quiet rooms: entrance hall, lounge/dining room comfortable .2 bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen, air conditioning, satelite tv hd. Stylish and comfortable furnishings. Cleaning service, baby sitter, Cook available on request. At 200 meters from the front door lies a delightful beach where the Sea stands the castello Maniace. profile located in Ortigia Island coast just a short walk from the Cathedral, is the ideal base for visiting Syracuse. Beautiful in every season, holds the record of most number of sunny days in Italy. Ortigia Siracusa's historic centre is a small island connected by bridges to the Mainland. Rich in historical sites and ancient buildings: the Temple of Athena, the city's Cathedral today, the hypogeum of Piazza Duomo, the beautiful Piazza Duomo, the Temple of Apollo, dating from the 6th century b.c., Palazzo Bellomo (sec. XIII-XIV), Fonte Aretusa, its museums, its Baroque churches, the catacombs, the paintings of Caravaggio and Antonello da Messina, the castello Maniace , built by Frederick II of Swabia, the Ghetto, the Mikvah or Mikweh (Jewish ritual bath), the Alagoniana, the Arivescovado Library, the Lungomare Alfeo where the evening lights of the many restaurants and pubs. Over the bridge, the Greek Theatre, the most important of the Magna Greece, the quarries, stone quarries from which the material was mined to build the buildings of the Greek city, the cave called ' ear of Dionysius ' because of its shape, the Roman Gymnasium, Eurialo castle, of the Greek period, built at the behest of Syracuse the elder between 402 and 397 a.c.quando Syracuse was at odds with Carthage with large moats, watchtowers, drawbridge and underground trenches that made easy moving soldiers without being seen, the Archaeological Park, the remains of the ancient Greek walls that surrounded the city approximately 2800 years ago.
Syracuse is in the center of eastern Sicily sights along with other 9 towns within UNESCO in 2004 included in the list of world heritage sites. Founded by Corinthians in 734 BC became one of the major powers of Sicily, ruled by tyrants Gelo, Hiero I, Dionysius I developed economically and militarily. The city was enriched with temples, theatres, sculptures, Spa. It hosted illustrious poets as Pindar and Aeschylus in the 5th century BC and was born here the great Archimedes. After the conquest of the city by the Romans, so began a long period of decline. It suffered numerous invasions and was ruled by Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Swabians, Aragonese and Angevin, Spanish and finally by the Bourbons who left numerous traces of their domain.
BETWEEN myth and beauty, in the splendid setting of the TEATRO GRECO, there is also this year the classical plays of ancient drama from May 11 to June 30 of each year.