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‹ Every part of SiracusaThe island's middle: Piazza Duomo, Via Roma and the Foro Italico harbour front. Beautiful, busier, and the most restaurants. Avoid the cathedral square itself for dinner.
The food: Don Camillo, Casa Ranieri, A putia delle cose buone and Chiodo are all close, and Pasticceria Artale is by the Duomo for a cannolo.
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A 19th-century building, rebuilt and reopened in 2024 with 40 rooms. Its bar and restaurant Amuni spill onto the square beside the Doric columns of the Temple of Athena.
Forbes Travel Guide calls it a neoclassical beauty overlooking Ortigia's harbour. The CLOU lounge bar and restaurant stretches across the rooftop, with the island's views and a rooftop pool.
25 of Chef's places are a 15-minute walk from Duomo and the harbour. Chef looks for hotels in Duomo and the harbour first. Chef picks hotels the way he picks restaurants: from the best lists, and what reviewers say.
All 25 of Chef's places a 15-minute walk away, nearest first.
Sources: Gambero Rosso International, where to eat in Syracuse, Amsterdam Foodie, Ortigia restaurants
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