Ortigia & Noto

Ortigia 

Bars & Cafés

Breakfast

Artale (via Saverio Landolina) for croissants and Sicilian granita with brioche

Bar Condorelli

Aperitivo

Sunset - apero by the sea at sunset (Lungomare Alfeo) 

Cortile Verga - via Maestranza 33

Chiodo - Via Roma

Oz & Cappuccio for fried calamari and wine. Friday they occasionally throw a street party. Fun fact: One of the owners is Norwegian and singer of the band Whitest Boy Alive 

After Dinner Drinks

Cortile Verga (Via della Maestranza 33)

Barcollo (Via Picherali 10)

Restaurants

Lunch

Fratelli Burgio at the fish market for best sandwiches and salads

Il Pontile - super simple shack style restaurant on the water next to Musciara Resort for simple and fresh food that costs peanuts

Musciara Resort - if you feel like splurging

Nettuno Ortigia - beach club at the end of via Maestranza

Divino Mare

I Rizzari in Broccoli - on the sea 

Caseificio Borderi

Dinner

La Carnezzeria (via de Benedictis)

Le Vin de l’Assasin  (via Roma)

Area M (the local fancy place on the water, amazing food)

Moon for cool vibes and vegetarian food (Via Roma)

Wine Shop (via Savoia) - super cool little wine bar in Ortigia that has great food if you feel like steering away from Sicilian classics 

I Rizzari (20 minute drive) in Brucoli - amazing food by the sea

La Lisca  (via de Benedictis)

Beaches

There is a beach club down the road on Via Maestranza called Nettuno

Musciara resort (40 euros per bed), around a 15-20 minute walk or super short Rickshaw ride. Absolute paradise! You need to enter the beach club from the parking lot area, so walk to the end of Riva Porto Lachio and ring the bell at the large wooden fence you’ll see 

Driver

Practical tip: number of rickshaw driver in case you don’t feel like walking in Ortigia (they take 4 people and is like a cool Vespa, costs 5 euros per person):

+393290172421

Landmarks

Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia

Cattedrale

Fonte Aretusa

Bagno ebraico di Ortigia

Quartiere La Graziella di Ortigia

Marina di Ortigia

Chiesa del Carmine

Ipogeo di Piazza Duomo

Castello Maniace

Museo di Palazzo Bellomo 

Marzamemi

Restaurants

La Cialoma (ask for a table by the sea)

Noto & Val di Noto

Hotels

Dimora delle Balze

Il San Corrado di Noto (Relais & Chateaux)

Battimandorlo

Countryhouse Villadorata

Seven Rooms Hotel Villadorata

Palazzo Gagliardi

San Carlo Suites

Marianeddi

Landolina Palace

Villas

Maison des Oliviers - Jacques Garcia Noto

Casa Vera

Bars & Cafés

Breakfast

Caffè Sicilia

Mandolfiore

Caffè Costanzo

Ice Cream

Caffè Sicilia

After-dinner drinks

Gli Angeli

Restaurants

La Manna

Crocifisso

Anche agli Angeli

La Cialoma

Beach Spots close to Noto, Vendicari, Marzamemi: 

Baiamuri Your Sound

Riserva di Vendicari

Tonnara di Vendicari

San Lorenzo Plus (very child friendly)

lido Playa Carratois

Lido di Noto