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Syracuse keeps losing its greatest treasures. The largest ship of the ancient world, given away. Its patron saint, carried off to Venice. Temple doors of ivory and gold, bronze rams, magnificent statues, all gone. The one thing no one could steal was the stories, and this self-guided audio tour hands them to you, one stop at a time.
Walk Ortigia, the island where the city began, from a harbour that swallowed an Athenian fleet to a cathedral built inside a Greek temple older than the Parthenon. Meet Archimedes, a killer painter named Caravaggio, a Jewish community who sealed their ritual bath in the rock, hoping to return one day, and a saint whose eyes made her the patron of light.
The app guides you on this self-guided walking tour of Syracuse, so there is no fixed start time and no group to follow. Pause whenever you like, resume when you are ready.
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Itinerary
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1Porto Grande Siracusa
Stand above the bay that swallowed the largest fleet Athens ever sent to war.
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
Meet the man who sank Roman warships with nothing but his mind.
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Ortigia Street Market
Trace a market ritual that has sounded the same since the first Greek ships tied up here.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
Peer beneath a plain Baroque church whose floor hides quarries, catacombs, and a wartime shelter.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Search for what a vanished Jewish community sealed in the rock, hoping someone would return.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Hunt for the tiny lizard an architect carved into the town hall to answer an insult.
Admission ticket free -
Syracuse Cathedral (Pass by)
Look up at Doric columns older than the Parthenon, hidden inside the cathedral walls like fossils.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Follow a tunnel where families hid from bombs, guarding the silver saint the city kept losing.
Admission ticket free -
5
See the altarpiece a fugitive painter made while wanted for murder, its darkness swallowing the canvas
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Fonte Aretusa
Find the freshwater spring where a hunted nymph surfaced, still growing Europe's rare wild papyrus.
8 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please carry a charged smartphone and headphones with you for the best experience
- This tour does not follow the wheelchair accessible route to all points and hence we are not recommending it for those travelers who require wheelchair access.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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