Noto and Marzamemi, Half day

We will visit the city centre of Noto walking in the main streets where there are the most important buildings: churches, convents, noble palaces, the Town Hall and the Theater of Music. The town was built in this area after the earthquake of 1693 that destroyed the old town. Walking in the town we will understand how they applied, for the first time in Europe, anti-seismic rules to remake a new safer town We will also appreciate the beauty if the baroque style in the facades of churches and in the balconies of noble palaces. We will stay in Noto about 2 hours and we will have the opportunity to stop for a refreshing drink or food- After Noto we will move in the fishing village of Marzamemi (20 minutes away from Noto) where we will enjoy a relaxing walk beside the fisherman's house and in the old Tuna Factory located in a very suggestive square.

We will meet in the Public Garden of Noto, where there is the old gate to enter in the town: Porta Reale. From there we will start the tour and we will see from outside many convents, monasteries and churches. If you want to enter in the Cathedral there is a ticket of 2 €. We will admire from outside also the beautiful balconies of Palazzo Nicolaci, the Town Hall and the Theatre of Music. After Noto in Marzamemi we will walk in the pretty village to admire from outside the former Tuna Factory with the little houses of the fisherman that now are restaurants, shops and bars. You can have lunch there