Secrets of Syracuse Ortigia Self Guided Walking Tour
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Syracuse keeps losing its greatest treasures. The largest ship of the ancient world, given away. Its patron saint, carried off to Venice. Temple doors of ivory and gold, bronze rams, magnificent statues, all gone. The one thing no one could steal was the stories, and this self-guided audio tour hands them to you, one stop at a time. Walk Ortigia, the island where the city began, from a harbour that swallowed an Athenian fleet to a cathedral built inside a Greek temple older than the Parthenon. Meet Archimedes, a killer painter named Caravaggio, a Jewish community who sealed their ritual bath in the rock, hoping to return one day, and a saint whose eyes made her the patron of light. The app guides you on this self-guided walking tour of Syracuse, so there is no fixed start time and no group to follow. Pause whenever you like, resume when you are ready. Over 25,000 travelers have used our tours, backed by a full refund guarantee.
Stand above the bay that swallowed the largest fleet Athens ever sent to war.
Meet the man who sank Roman warships with nothing but his mind.
Trace a market ritual that has sounded the same since the first Greek ships tied up here.
Peer beneath a plain Baroque church whose floor hides quarries, catacombs, and a wartime shelter.
Search for what a vanished Jewish community sealed in the rock, hoping someone would return.
Hunt for the tiny lizard an architect carved into the town hall to answer an insult.
Look up at Doric columns older than the Parthenon, hidden inside the cathedral walls like fossils.
Follow a tunnel where families hid from bombs, guarding the silver saint the city kept losing.
See the altarpiece a fugitive painter made while wanted for murder, its darkness swallowing the canvas
Find the freshwater spring where a hunted nymph surfaced, still growing Europe's rare wild papyrus.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Secrets of Syracuse Ortigia Self Guided Walking Tour lasts about 2–3 hours. The itinerary has 10 stops.
Prices start at $9 per person for this Sicily experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in DE, RU, PT, EN, IT, PL, FR, NL, ES.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Your own group can be up to 15 people on one booking; no other travellers join.
Reviews collected by Viator and Tripadvisor
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Syracuse Ortigia Self Guided Walking Tour | 2–3 hours | 4.5 (4) | $9 | |
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This tour does not follow the wheelchair accessible route to all points and hence we are not recommending it for those travelers who require wheelchair access.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.5 out of 5 across 4 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Tourific.