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Things to do in Syracuse

149 places selected among attractions, museums, squares and viewpoints

Syracuse is a city and comune (municipality), capital of the free municipal consortium of the same name, located in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. As of 2026, with a population of 115,515, it is the 4th-largest city in Sicily, following Palermo, Catania, and Messina.

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1. ⛪ place of worship
Cathedral of Syracuse
The Cathedral of Syracuse (Duomo di Siracusa), formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima (Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Nativity of Mary), is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. Its structure is originally a Greek doric temple, and for this reason it is included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site designated in 2005. The cathedral stands in the city's historic core on Ortygia Island. (Wikipedia)

🏺 Archaeological sites in Syracuse

Temple of Apollo

The Temple of Apollo (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιον Apollonion) is one of the most important ancient Greek monuments of Magna Graecia on Ortygia, in front of the Piazza Pancali in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Roman amphitheatre of Syracuse

The Roman amphitheatre of Syracuse is one of the best preserved structures in the city of Syracuse, Sicily, from the early Imperial period. (Wikipedia)

Neapolis

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Temple of Athena

The Temple of Athena is a hexastyle peripteral Doric temple built in Syracuse, Magna Graecia, in the 5th century BC by the tyrant Gelo after his victory over the Carthaginians at the Battle of Himera. (Wikipedia)

Syracuse

This article details the history of Syracuse from its origins to the present day. (Wikipedia)

Castello Eurialo

The Euryalus Fortress located in the frazione of Belvedere, was the key point in the fortifications of the ancient Greek city of Syracuse, Magna Graecia. (Wikipedia)

Temple of Artemis in Syracuse

Building in Syracuse, Italy

altar of Hieron

The Altar of Hieron (Italian: Ara di Ierone) or the Great Altar of Syracuse is a monumental grand altar in the ancient quarter of Neapolis in Syracuse, Sicily. (Wikipedia)

Temple of Olympian Zeus

Building in Syracuse, Italy

Stentinello

Archaeological site

Catacombs in Syracuse

Grotta del Ninfeo

The Grotta del Ninfeo is an artificial cavity in the rock of Temenite Hill (named after the Greek temenos, "sacred precinct") located in the Archaeological park of Neapolis in Syracuse. (Wikipedia)

Guglia di Marcello

Archaeological site in Priolo Gargallo, Italy

Tomba di Archimede

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

catacombs of San Giovanni Evangelista

Religious building in Syracuse, Italy

Greek Baths of Syracuse

Via dei Sepolcri

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Gymnasium

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Greek Dockyard

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Foro Siracusano

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Terme di Dafne

Byzantine thermae of Syracuse, Sicily

Archaic Greek theatre of Syracuse

Building in Syracuse, Italy

Arco augusteo

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Latomia dei Cappuccini

Archaeological site in Syracuse, Italy

Necropoli Santa Panagia

⛪ Churches and places of worship in Syracuse

Madonna delle Lacrime Sanctuary

The Basilica of the Madonna delle Lacrime (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Tears), also called Madonnina delle Lacrime is a 20th-century Roman Catholic Marian shrine church in Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

San Martino

San Martino is a mainly gothic and baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via San Martino in the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Spirito Santo

Spirito Santo is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Lungomare Ortigia #4, facing towards the Ionian sea, on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Santa Lucia al Sepolcro sanctuary

Church building in Syracuse, Italy

Chiesa di San Giovannello

Church building in Syracuse, Italy

San Giovanni Evangelista

Church building in Syracuse, Italy

Santa Lucia alla Badia

Santa Lucia alla Badia is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic Church, now deconsecrated, located on the south corner of the piazza duomo, located to the south of the façade of the Cathedral of Syracuse), located in the island of Ortigia, the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

San Filippo Neri, Siracusa

San Filippo Neri is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on via Vittorio Veneto, facing seaside, on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Chiesa del Collegio dei Gesuiti

Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Santa Maria dei Miracoli (Saint Mary of the Miracles) is a Roman Catholic church located on via dei Miracoli and via dei Cordari, on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo

Church in Syracuse, Italy

San Pietro al Carmine

Religious building in Syracuse, Italy

San Nicolò dei cordari

Church building in Syracuse, Italy

San Giuseppe, Ortigia

San Giuseppe (St Joseph) is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name, across the street from the church of San Domenico, on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

Chiesa del Carmine

Building in Syracuse, Italy

San Francesco all'Immacolata, Siracusa

San Francesco all'Immacolata is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Francesco Corpaci on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

San Paolo Apostolo, Siracusa

San Paolo Apostolo is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on via dell'Apollonion on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. (Wikipedia)

San Benedetto

Santa Maria Addolorata

Religious building in Grottasanta, Syracuse, Italy

Santa Maria della Consolazione

Religious building in Belvedere, Syracuse, Italy

Ex convento del Ritiro in Siracusa

Building in Syracuse, Italy

Chiesa dei Cavalieri di Malta (Syracuse, Italy)

Building in Syracuse, Italy

Ex convento di San Francesco all'Immacolata

Building in Syracuse, Italy

San Tommaso

Medieval church (1199) in the Spirduta district of Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily

San Domenico

Building in Syracuse, Italy

🏔️ Nature around Syracuse

Ear of Dionysius

The Ear of Dionysius (Italian: Orecchio di Dionisio) is a limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. (Wikipedia)

Plemmirio

Protected area in Italy (EUAP0512)

Two Brothers Rocks

The Two Brothers Rocks (Italian: Scoglio Due Fratelli; Sicilian I Ru' Frati) are a rock formation in the Ionian Sea to the north-east of Syracuse in Sicily. (Wikipedia)

Monte Lauro

📍 42 km from Syracuse

Mount Lauro is a mountain reaching 986 metres located in south-eastern Sicily belonging to the chain of Hyblaean Mountains, stretching between the three provinces of Catania, Ragusa and Siracusa. (Wikipedia)