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‹ Every part of SiracusaThe island's southern tip around the Castello Maniace: sea on three sides, fewer visitors after dark, and a 15 minute walk back to the market.
The food: Cortile Spirito Santo, Sicily's most talked-about tasting menu in a palace courtyard, is here; the Piazza Duomo restaurants and Don Camillo are a short walk north.
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A 17th-century palace of 13 rooms near the Castello Maniace. Its courtyard restaurant, Cortile Spirito Santo, holds the city's only Michelin star, so dinner is downstairs.
From: Cortile Spirito Santo (official), Gambero Rosso, Cortile Spirito Santo
Opened April 2026 with six apartments, each with a kitchen and balcony, 500 metres from the Castello Maniace. Handy if you want to cook with market finds.
From: All Boutique Hotels, newly opened near Ortigia (Oct 2026)
20 of Chef's places are a 15-minute walk from Castello Maniace end. Chef looks for hotels in Castello Maniace end first. Chef picks hotels the way he picks restaurants: from the best lists, and what reviewers say.
All 20 of Chef's places a 15-minute walk away, nearest first.
Sources: Gambero Rosso International, where to eat in Syracuse, Gambero Rosso, Cortile Spirito Santo
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