Secrets of Syracuse Ortigia Self Guided Walking Tour





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Duration
2 hours to 3 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
En, Audio, De, Service Audio, Ru, Pt, It, Pl, Fr, Nl, Es
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Meeting point
Meeting point provided
Time zone
Europe/Rome
Why Travelers Love This
Overview
Syracuse keeps losing its greatest treasures. The largest ship of the ancient world, given away. Its patron saint, carried off to Venice. Temple doors of ivory and gold, bronze rams, magnificent statues, all gone. The one thing no one could steal was the stories, and this self-guided audio tour hands them to you, one stop at a time. Walk Ortigia, the island where the city began, from a harbour that swallowed an Athenian fleet to a cathedral built inside a Greek temple older than the Parthenon. Meet Archimedes, a killer painter named Caravaggio, a Jewish community who sealed their ritual bath in the rock, hoping to return one day, and a saint whose eyes made her the patron of light. The app guides you on this self-guided walking tour of Syracuse, so there is no fixed start time and no group to follow. Pause whenever you like, resume when you are ready. Over 25,000 travelers have used our tours, backed by a full refund guarantee.
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
End point
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Pickup details
Itinerary
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12 minutesNot Applicable
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Stand above the bay that swallowed the largest fleet Athens ever sent to war.
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Meet the man who sank Roman warships with nothing but his mind.
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Trace a market ritual that has sounded the same since the first Greek ships tied up here.
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Peer beneath a plain Baroque church whose floor hides quarries, catacombs, and a wartime shelter.
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Search for what a vanished Jewish community sealed in the rock, hoping someone would return.
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Hunt for the tiny lizard an architect carved into the town hall to answer an insult.
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Look up at Doric columns older than the Parthenon, hidden inside the cathedral walls like fossils.
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Follow a tunnel where families hid from bombs, guarding the silver saint the city kept losing.
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See the altarpiece a fugitive painter made while wanted for murder, its darkness swallowing the canvas
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Find the freshwater spring where a hunted nymph surfaced, still growing Europe's rare wild papyrus.
Additional Info
Pets Welcome
Service animals allowed
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Other
Please carry a charged smartphone and headphones with you for the best experience
Other
This tour does not follow the wheelchair accessible route to all points and hence we are not recommending it for those travelers who require wheelchair access.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Policy type
Standard
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Refund eligibility
100% refundable 1+ days before
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0-1 days before
Review Summary
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3 reviews
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