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Published: July 22nd 2017
Geo: 37.0665, 15.2843
Started the morning with a great a la carte breakfast served on the terrace of the Villa Schuler. We had a great view of Mount Etna which is an active volcano and we could see the vapor rising from the summit. We considered visiting it but it involves a grueling 3 hour walk so we decided to skip that form of exercise.
Our car was retrieved from an underground garage and we headed down the coast to Siracuse which was settled in 734 by Greek colonists in 734 BC. In its time it was considered to be the most beautiful city if the ancient world rivalling Athens. We walked across the bridge to the island of Ortygia where there were many restaurants, shops and tourists (buses of them). Then we walked in the other direction to the Parco Archeological dela Neapolis. In that are is an old Roman amphitheatre as well as a Greek theatre which has new seating instaled over the ruins and plays are held here regularly. We also entered a large cave area.
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They provided everything for breakfast, except the champagne.