Syracuse

The walking tour and sunset

[ Aug.2022 ] After a week of staying in Syracuse, a historic town in Sicily, Italy, we participated in a free walking tour. Actually, it is more meaningful to participate in such tours as soon…

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Washing day

[Aug. 2022] This day was the day when “living” came first during our stay-type holiday in Syracuse, Sicily. As I wrote before, this Airbnb was almost 100 percent comfortable, but there was no washing machine….

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Have a beautiful cove to ourselves

[Aug. 2022] The final destination of our boat trip starting from the port of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, was a cove in a nature reserve. The Libeccio wind was strong, so the boatman changed his…

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Poking fish

[Aug. 2022] I continue talking about our summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Since it was summer holiday, we had to go swimming, so on this day, after a light lunch of octopus salad, we…

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Very attractive show in a cave

[Aug. 2022] In Syracuse on the island of Sicily in Italy, there is a place called the Neapolis Archaeological Park, where ruins such as a Greek theatre from the 5th century BC and a Roman…

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The traditional puppet show

[ Aug.2022 ] Sicily has a unique culture among Italy, and one of them is the puppet show. On the third day after we started “living” in Syracuse, we went to see the puppet show….

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Caught in the rain

[ Aug.2022 ] We took a walk around Island of Ortigia, the old town of Syracuse, a historic town in Sicily, Italy. According to the guidebook, the Duomo and its square seemed to be the…

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The exhibition, the last church and the circus

[ July 2017 ] When we were walking in Noto, the town in the south Sicily in Italy, we came across an exhibition of Chagall and Missoni. The title was “Marc Chagall/Ottavio Missoni, sogno e…

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At the cathedral

[ July 2017 ] I continue talking about our visit to churches in Noto in the south of Sicily in Italy. The next place we went was the cathedral, Basilica Cattedrale di San Nicolo. Although the…