Syracuse.

Syracuse is a city that was founded as a Greek colony in 734 BC. We had a couple of hours only to explore the town. It has both Green and Roman history and is the birthplace of Archimedes. Ortygía is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse. It is connected to the rest of the city in the Sicilian mainland by 2 very short bridges. It was about 30C and very hot so along with the 2 young couples in the group we chose to take an hour long ferry ride around the island. We later learnt several others did the same thing. The boat also took us to some caves on the coast very nearby. The driver gave us good explanations about many of the buildings etc. He had to remove the overhead cover as we went under the 2 little bridges but for the rest of the time we were in the shade and had a lovely breeze. Then we explored on land briefly before eating lunch.Läs mer