This is a simple idea for a tour around Sicily 's Roman rests
If you search for an unique experience, then read this simple article explaining you how to live this sicily tour and book it online. Every city in Sicily offers remnants of Roman domination. Here are some of the most interesting roman resorts, both famous and obscure.
What to see...
- The rests of the most extraordinary empire of the ancient world
- Monuments and builds
- Tour of the most beautiful city of Sicily
If you like a revival of the glorious Roman empire you can find it across this suggested tour around the Sicily: Messina, Taormina, Catania, Piazza Armerina and Syracuse are the places where actually is possible to see the rest of Roman domination.
The tour is easy to organize...all you need is:
- A map to take the distance
- A list of possible accommodation
- Timetable
- A car
Here the detailed description of this tour...
The cultural roots of Italy lie in Roman civilization. Roman art, blending Italic, Etruscan and Greek traditions, has left mark on the whole country. The peninsula is full of roads, bridges, arches, aqueducts and the remains of forums, baths, amphitheatres and temples.
Most major cities urban ground-plan still laid out along the original Roman lines, whether as urban centres or military fortifications with the perpendicular streets.
Before you go you'll need...- Comfortable shoes
- A guide-book that reminds you events of Roman history and artistic trends
- A guide that could lead you through sicily roman remains and notice every characteristic
- Time table...The visit can take a full day for each destination
Consider that moving by car can take a max of 3 hours to arrive from a destination to another.
The well connected destination are: Messina,
Taormina,
Catania, Syracuse and Piazza Armerina...if you decide to visit only these places you can spend 5 days (1 day for each city) Make this tour during spring so you can enjoy sightseeing in sicily, a tepid sunlight moving in the white roman remains and fields full of flowers
You can stay in a single accommodation. I suggest you to choose one in Catania center. You'll need to use the car only for transfer between the different places
Taormina itinerary: Throughout thousands of years of history, Taormina was also colonized by the Romans, which built authentic architectural works of art. Of particular interest is the Naumachie monuments and the most significant example of Roman architecture in Sicily: The Odeon, constructed in 21 B.C. under the reign of Cesare Ottaviano Augusto. Visit the famed Roman theatre, with spectacular views over the sea.
Taormina utilities...- Map and how to arrive: Taormina is between Messina and Catania. You can reach it by the A18 freeway and take the exit Taormina
- Getting around: Taormina is a little city that you can visit by feet. You can park you car and take the cable car or bus to arrive in there.
Day tours to Sicily 's 2° city: Catania. In Catania we can find different type of Roman empire domination...consider the Amphitheatre in Stesicoro place (4 floor with 23.000 sittings), The Odeon, the Foro the termal buildings of the “Rotonda” “Indirizzo” “Achilliane”. His presence is justified by the fact that roman built them because of the presence of the river “Amenano”.In the latest years are been found in the Benedettini abbey rest of edifices, paintings, objects and streets. In Crociferi street can be seen the rest of of canals that were used to distribute waters to the roman buildings and rest of columns, mosaics and other decorations.
Information on Catania Accommodations: The best places where find accommodations are in the city center and in the ionic coast. Prices strat from 50€ a day for a b&b and 100€ a day for a 4 stars hotels.
Catania utilities:
- Map and how to arrive: The places to visit these rests are in the city center. You can start from Stesicoro square (in the middle of the famous Via Etnea). All places are placed together so you can start a little tour of the city.
- Getting Around: The tour is easy. You can practice it by feet...it will take a half day.
Now you can search on the accommodations directory to find more information. It's simple click on this link and read the list
Piazza Armerina: At Piazza Armerina are the remains of one of the most sumptuous villas of the late-Roman Empire, Villa Romana del Casale. Its floor Roman mosaics are the most colourful manifestation of Roman figurative art in Europe. It certainly belonged to some important Roman figure; it retains such remarkable relics among which are mosaics depicting hunting scenes and mythologic figures.
What we are sure of is that they are some of the most impressive mosaics surviving from antiquity. You can visit the whole complex of elaborate buildings, including baths, a basilica and an elliptical peristyle. Open 9-sunset.
Messina: See the Romanesque cathedral, baroque fountain and the important art gallery with paintings by Caravaggio and Antonello da Messina. Patti, in the province of Messina, offers numerous relics attesting to Greek and Roman settlements. Roman Villa has a large peristyle and quadrangular rooms, a portico and halls with beautiful mosaics of animals, geometrical figures and more. A thermal complex, situated on the eastern side of the villa, is worth-seeing. Relics of tombs were also recovered from this side.
Syracuse: Walk on the island of Ortygia, the picturesque original centre of Syracuse, visit the Roman Amphitheater, the Ear of Dionisio the Great, S. Giovanni's Catacomb, the Cathedral in “Piazza Duomo”, the remains of Roman Villas, the greatest Archaeological Museum of Europe or the Museum of the Papyrus . In summer you can choose between rocky beaches or beaches.
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