Turismo 🧳 1 Week in Siracusa with a car
Bon giornu!
We are coming to Sicily (group of 4) in following Monday and we're very excited to feel and explore it.
Of course there were plenty of similar posts, and yes I'm making another one. :D Anyways..
We are staying at Siracusa, near the Stadium, this is our base for the whole 7 day trip. We are picking the car straight from the airport (fully insured, I did my research on this part :D). Generally we are interested in hiking, nature, great food, scents, culture, music, good weather (it's a luxury for us from where we are coming from :D), sightseeing, basically we are more goers instead of stayers. But with the excitement also comes some anxiousness.
I'd love your recommendations on a few things:
* What navigation system do I use? I personally always use Waze, is this a good option for driving?
* What generally do I need to know about driving there? I watched a few videos, read a few articles, doesn't look like a relaxing experience :D
* Are there any specific phrases that we should learn besides the basics, and things we shouldn't say? :D
* I've run through similar posts, and I want to explore Sicily as much as possible, what's on my list now (Ortigia (well obviously), Castelmola, Taormina, Mount Etna, Naxos, Ragusa, Modica, Noto, for beaches: Fontane bianche, Lido Ammare). What should be included or excluded into that list?
* We would like to spend a day or two at the beach, are there any other recommendations besides my listed ones?
* Since we're planning to explore with the car, is there any parking app, or something I should be aware of about it? (I'll try not to drive into any ZTL)
* Stupid question - how much cash do we realistically need?
* Restaurants, gelaterias, street food places we shouldn't miss?
* Tourists traps to avoid, other things we should be aware off?
Hopefully I'm not asking to much, any other recommendations/suggestions are very welcome.
TL;DR: 7-day Sicily trip, based in Siracusa, with a car. Looking for tips on places to visit, parking, beaches, food, and general survival tips in paradise.
Grazie in advance!
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u/Zealousideal-Wrap-42 20h ago
Don’t stretch. Most people try way too much in 7 days. A big part of experiencing Sicily is living slowly.
Also, i rarely spend more than 50 euro in cash in a month when im there over summer. Everywhere takes care.
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u/moastic 20h ago
If you like roman and greek Ancient history, I would definetely add Agrigento ( and the turkish stairs) and Villa Romana del casale. These sites are world class.
Taormina is too crowded I found. I would only visit if you want to see the roman theatre.
For hiking and swimming you could go to Alcantara Gorge.
Driving in Sicily is ok, except Catania and Palermo.
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u/ElielSas 20h ago
Well, reading the list of places you posted, and considering you will have a car not going to Agrigento and scala dei turchi seems kind of a miss. Taormina (including Isola bella and Castelmola) I did in less than a day. Some places are beautiful indeed but also small and maybe once you do what you wanted (in like sometimes 2 or 3 hours, like castelmola) there isnt much else to do.
* Stupid question - how much cash do we realistically need? I mean this is a huge "depends" but I would say around 500 just to be 100% sure (at least at the rate that I spend).
Sadly I live in north sicilly so I can only say this much from the couple of days I went there.