• Road Trip - Modica to Syracuse

    September 11, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Today we made the trip from Modica to Syracuse via Noto and Cassaro. Noto is another of the baroque towns and is movie set perfect! We then wound our way up to the mountain village of Cassaro (pop. 800) and the hometown of the paternal grandparents of two of my nieces (Chantelle and Kylie). I have fond childhood memories of them so was a special place to visit ❤️. We then arrived at our accommodation on the Isle of Ortigia in Syracuse. Ortigia is the historic town of Syracuse and is extremely picturesque with period buildings everywhere and set on the sea.Read more