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Visit to NOTO ANTICA, built in 1963, and after the catastrophic earthquake which the destroyed it was rebuilt approximately 10 km far from the initial place, represents the common lead of the cultural district of South East. Today the famous "BAROQUE" named Garden of Stone that so much fuss and news was created in previous years, has become cultural heritage of the humanity and was included in the Word Heritage List as site "Unesco".

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Syracuse famous for the Greek Theatre and the Ciane reserve with the most important European colony of papyruses are born and developed in a natural manner along the course of the Ciane River. Continuing South you can find beaches and cliffs with clear seas that Legambiente has given 5 sails green schooner and Noto Marina, from the delicious seaside location from the clear and crystalline sea with 15 KM of beaches, from the coast is predominantly sandy intermixed with cliffs. A rich archaeological monuments and places to visit with the neighbouring zone Eloro, founded around the end of the 8-th century BC, you can admire strokes of the fortification of the 6-th century BC, the Agora, a small temple, probably a Askiepieion, a small Greek Theatre in three medians, wedges with the nearby shrine of Demeter and Kore are visible. Later a couple of kilometres the remains of the Villa Romana del Tellaro, the building of late Imperial Age; here the magnificent mosaics similarly to those most famous of Piazza Armerina have been found; their dating can be fixed to the 4-th century BC. This in a beautiful, natural frame between beaches, sea and silence, certainly one of the most beautiful corners of our coastline, precisely where we are.

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Taken the provincial road Noto-Pachino comes to the nature of Vendicari OASIS, which puts its wetlands, naturalistic aspects of great interest: the vegetation is extremely varied, as testimony the presence of Myrtle, lentiscus, thyme, wild garlic, etc. It is a staging point for countless species that include: the spatula, the pink fenicottero, the crane, the herons, slack swan, the pelicans, and the course seagull. After a few kilometres it can be found the tourist resort San Lorenzo, and then Marzamemi, small village contingent fishermen arisen around the almadraba property of the principles of Villa Golden, together with the picturesque Marina, built in the 19th century. Here was born writer Vitalian Brancati, to follow Capopassero and the Isle of Currents. 2. WHERE WE ARE How to reach us From Siracusa 32 km. Take the motorway A18 ME-CT-SR-Noto, take the SS 115 Noto direction. From Catania 90 km (Airport Red Fountain) Take the SS 114, take the motorway A18 ME-CT-SR-Noto From Palermo 285 km. Take the motorway - 19 direction Catania continue A18 ME-CT-SR-Noto. Links: Known can be achieved by train, with link Messina; Catania, Syracuse; Noto (stations arrive all national sections.) By bus (AST and Interbus). Departure from Messina; Catania; Syracuse; Palermo