For someone with a cheese fetish, all of Sicily was heaven, but I found the the holy grail one morning in Syracuse while wandering through the fresh market. Tucked behind the temporary vendors at the very end of the market was Caseificio Borderi (Borderi Dairy), a small family-run shop specializing in traditional hand-made Sicilian cheese. … Read more
The Church of Santa Lucia alla Badia, with its baroque with rococo elements on the facade, anchors one end of exquisite Piazza Duomo in Syracuse, Sicily. It is home to one of Siracusa’s most prized works of art, The Burial of Santa Lucia by Caravaggio.
Sampling fresh homemade foccacia at the daily market in Syracuse, Sicily, in the Old Town area on the island of Ortigia.
Houses on Ortigia Island, along Lungomare d’Ortigia, which fronts the Mediterranean on the eastern side of the Old Town area of Syracuse, Sicily.
According to mythology, Fonte Aretusa, a fresh-water spring hailing back to the earliest Greek residents of Syracuse, Sicily, was an embodiment of the nymph Arethusa.
