The season for this holiday is:
22 August 2020 - 23 December 2020
06 January 2021 - 30 June 2021
22 August 2021 - 23 December 2021
7 nights: 22 August 2020 - 23 December 2020, 06 January 2021 - 30 June 2021 & 22 August 2021 - 23 December 2021
Start any day except Thursday or Friday | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 22 - 31 Aug 2020 | £860 | £495 |
| 1 - 30 Sep 2020 | £825 | £455 |
| 1 - 31 Oct 2020 | £795 | £430 |
| 1 Nov - 16 Dec 2020 | £695 | £395 |
| 6 Jan - 28 Feb 2021 | £670 | £390 |
| 1 - 26 Mar 2021 | £695 | £395 |
| 27 Mar - 30 Apr 2021 | £795 | £430 |
| 1 May - 12 Jun 2021 | £825 | £455 |
| 13 - 23 Jun 2021 | £795 | £430 |
| 22 Aug - 30 Sep 2021 | £825 | £455 |
| 1 - 31 Oct 2021 | £795 | £430 |
| 1 Nov - 16 Dec 2021 | £695 | £395 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | £0 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £0 |
Includes accommodation, meals, travel between hotels and any other services integral to the holiday as described, plus a detailed information pack, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
For a twin room at Locanda Don Serafino, an upgrade to a junior suite is required (see Room upgrades & extra nights for prices).
Included travel: rail Ragusa–Siracusa–Catania
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Locanda Don Serafino, Ragusa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Junior suite: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2020 | £12 | |
| Junior suite: 06 Jan - 31 Mar 2021 | £10 | |
| Junior suite: 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2021 | £5 | |
| Junior suite: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2021 | £10 |
| Il Principe, Catania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2020 | £12 | |
| Deluxe: 06 Jan - 30 Jun 2021 | £14 | |
| Deluxe: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2021 | £14 | |
| Suite: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2020 | £75 | |
| Suite: 06 Jan - 30 Jun 2021 | £70 | |
| Suite: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2021 | £70 | |
| Superior: 06 Jan - 30 Jun 2021 | £5 | |
| Superior: 22 Aug - 23 Dec 2021 | £5 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Locanda Don Serafino, Ragusa | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug - 30 Sep 2020 | £108 | £190 |
| 01 Oct - 01 Nov 2020 | £95 | £165 |
| 02 Nov - 23 Dec 2020 | £85 | £145 |
| 06 Jan - 31 Mar 2021 | £95 | £165 |
| 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2021 | £120 | £210 |
| 22 Aug - 31 Oct 2021 | £120 | £210 |
| 01 Nov - 23 Dec 2021 | £95 | £165 |
| Alla Giudecca, Siracusa | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 | £72 | £120 |
| 01 Nov - 23 Dec 2020 | £60 | £110 |
| 06 Jan - 02 Apr 2021 | £60 | £110 |
| 03 Apr - 31 Oct 2021 | £70 | £120 |
| 01 Nov - 23 Dec 2021 | £60 | £110 |
| Il Principe, Catania | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug - 31 Aug 2020 | £85 | £125 |
| 01 Sep - 23 Dec 2020 | £92 | £136 |
| 06 Jan - 31 Mar 2021 | £85 | £120 |
| 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2021 | £90 | £132 |
| 22 Aug - 31 Aug 2021 | £85 | £120 |
| 01 Sep - 23 Dec 2021 | £90 | £132 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Catania | TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Catania | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Catania | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Catania | Alitalia, British Airways, easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Catania | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London Southend - Catania | Air Malta |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Catania | easyJet |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service (£60 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Catania
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| bus Catania airport to Ragusa bus terminal (1h45, pay locally), taxi Ragusa bus terminal to hotel (0h15) | £9 | 2000 |
| taxi Catania airport to hotel (1h45) | £74-84 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| own arrangements to the airport | pay locally | flexible |
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This was a most enjoyable holiday and generally well suited to a low season visit (January). The towns and cities on the itinerary had similarities but also many striking differences. The hotels were an excellent collection, in interesting historic buildings and very well located for exploring on foot. The smaller towns were immediately appealing, especially Ragusa Ibla and Ortigia in Siracusa. Catania, on the other hand, is huge, busy, noisy, dirty, covered with graffiti and generally uncared for but it does eventually grow on you and it does contain some unique and wonderful sights.
Ragusa Ibla is a delight to stroll around, the quietest place we stayed in. The Locanda Don Serafino is charming, the staff are very welcoming, helpful and efficient and it's really well located. It's also definitely worth the climb up all the steps to Ragusa Superiore for the views and for many of the buildings.
There are lots of restaurants within easy walking distance of the hotel, although many of them were closed until March.
We had a really delicious meal in the pleasant and comfortable Cucina a Vino in Via Orfanotrofio. We also ate in the very popular (especially with young people) That's a Moro in Largo Camarina. This has an extensive menu, quirky dining areas and the food is very good but comes in rather large helpings.
Noto is built on a grid system so is less interesting to stroll around than Ibla or Ortigia but it does allow you to get far enough away from most of the monumental buildings to get a proper view of them. Out of season as we were, La Dépendance Hotel felt as if it was deserted.
We had an excellent lunch in the Trattoria Bedda Matri in Via Pier Capponi (not their main restaurant on Via Cavour) and would definitely have gone back again if we'd stayed longer. Cosy atmosphere, enticing menu, delicious food simply but beautifully presented.
The Isola di Ortigia in Siracusa is a wonderful place to stay, so much ancient history, such lovely little streets and passageways, the sea always in easy striking distance, perfect for strolling around (and also excellent for running as it's flat!) The hotel Alla Giudecca is a lovely old building, full of character, although here too, it felt almost deserted and was most definitely low season. It's definitely worth visiting the ritual Jewish baths below the hotel. Don't miss the impressive duomo with its huge Doric pillars dating from 2500 years ago built into the later walls. A trip to the archeological park is also an absolute must, for the splendid theatre and the amazing Ear of Dionysus in the old stone quarries. The Roman amphitheatre is also worth a look, although from other reviews we may have seen it at its best in January when all the plants had been cut back and you could actually see it properly.
Lots of good looking places to eat in Ortigia, even out of season. We had a very good meal at L'Osteria da Seby and an excellent pizza in the atmospheric Montecarlo restaurant/pizzeria where the non pizza dishes also looked very good.
Catania is big, busy, dirty and covered in graffiti of dubious merit. Don't miss the Greco-Roman theatre (Via Vittorio Emmanuele), astonishing to find such a place within the city streets. It's worth going up to the dome in Santa Agata for a panorama of the city and some great views beyond, including Etna. The Castello Ursino is also worth a visit and I really liked the midday sundial (la meridiana) in the church of San Nicolo l'Arena. At midday every day (1pm during daylight saving) the sun shines through a small hole in the roof and highlights the date on a long calendar/sundial. Fascinating.
The Royal Ceres restaurant is a typical Italian restaurant with a good selection of classic Italian dishes and a great range of fresh fish to choose from (displayed on a market stall outside). It was good but not outstanding. Deliziosa on Via Crocifero (also less than 5 minutes from the hotel) was excellent. The menu is an imaginative approach to Italian cooking offering among other things pasta sauces with a mix of ingredients the like of which I've never seen anywhere else. Fresh ingredients, beautifully cooked and nicely presented in an informal setting on a street which has mainly pedestrian traffic. Heaters out on the terrace so we were able to eat outside even in mid-January. Highly recommended.
The choice of architecturally rich cities could not have been bettered. We continue to feel total confidence in Inntravel's skill in arranging stimulating holidays which work as promised.
We had only three nights for Siracusa and Catania, less than half the holiday. We were left with a desire to return and do a briliant holiday properly!
This was a most enjoyable holiday and generally well suited to a low season visit (January). The towns and cities on the itinerary had similarities but also many striking differences. The hotels were an excellent collection, in interesting historic buildings and very well located for exploring on foot. The smaller towns were immediately appealing, especially Ragusa Ibla and Ortigia in Siracusa. Catania, on the other hand, is huge, busy, noisy, dirty, covered with graffiti and generally uncared for but it does eventually grow on you and it does contain some unique and wonderful sights.
Ragusa Ibla is a delight to stroll around, the quietest place we stayed in. The Locanda Don Serafino is charming, the staff are very welcoming, helpful and efficient and it's really well located. It's also definitely worth the climb up all the steps to Ragusa Superiore for the views and for many of the buildings.
There are lots of restaurants within easy walking distance of the hotel, although many of them were closed until March.
We had a really delicious meal in the pleasant and comfortable Cucina a Vino in Via Orfanotrofio. We also ate in the very popular (especially with young people) That's a Moro in Largo Camarina. This has an extensive menu, quirky dining areas and the food is very good but comes in rather large helpings.
Noto is built on a grid system so is less interesting to stroll around than Ibla or Ortigia but it does allow you to get far enough away from most of the monumental buildings to get a proper view of them. Out of season as we were, La Dépendance Hotel felt as if it was deserted.
We had an excellent lunch in the Trattoria Bedda Matri in Via Pier Capponi (not their main restaurant on Via Cavour) and would definitely have gone back again if we'd stayed longer. Cosy atmosphere, enticing menu, delicious food simply but beautifully presented.
The Isola di Ortigia in Siracusa is a wonderful place to stay, so much ancient history, such lovely little streets and passageways, the sea always in easy striking distance, perfect for strolling around (and also excellent for running as it's flat!) The hotel Alla Giudecca is a lovely old building, full of character, although here too, it felt almost deserted and was most definitely low season. It's definitely worth visiting the ritual Jewish baths below the hotel. Don't miss the impressive duomo with its huge Doric pillars dating from 2500 years ago built into the later walls. A trip to the archeological park is also an absolute must, for the splendid theatre and the amazing Ear of Dionysus in the old stone quarries. The Roman amphitheatre is also worth a look, although from other reviews we may have seen it at its best in January when all the plants had been cut back and you could actually see it properly.
Lots of good looking places to eat in Ortigia, even out of season. We had a very good meal at L'Osteria da Seby and an excellent pizza in the atmospheric Montecarlo restaurant/pizzeria where the non pizza dishes also looked very good.
Catania is big, busy, dirty and covered in graffiti of dubious merit. Don't miss the Greco-Roman theatre (Via Vittorio Emmanuele), astonishing to find such a place within the city streets. It's worth going up to the dome in Santa Agata for a panorama of the city and some great views beyond, including Etna. The Castello Ursino is also worth a visit and I really liked the midday sundial (la meridiana) in the church of San Nicolo l'Arena. At midday every day (1pm during daylight saving) the sun shines through a small hole in the roof and highlights the date on a long calendar/sundial. Fascinating.
The Royal Ceres restaurant is a typical Italian restaurant with a good selection of classic Italian dishes and a great range of fresh fish to choose from (displayed on a market stall outside). It was good but not outstanding. Deliziosa on Via Crocifero (also less than 5 minutes from the hotel) was excellent. The menu is an imaginative approach to Italian cooking offering among other things pasta sauces with a mix of ingredients the like of which I've never seen anywhere else. Fresh ingredients, beautifully cooked and nicely presented in an informal setting on a street which has mainly pedestrian traffic. Heaters out on the terrace so we were able to eat outside even in mid-January. Highly recommended.
The choice of architecturally rich cities could not have been bettered. We continue to feel total confidence in Inntravel's skill in arranging stimulating holidays which work as promised.
We had only three nights for Siracusa and Catania, less than half the holiday. We were left with a desire to return and do a briliant holiday properly!
Our favourite hotel was the Locanda Don Serafino in Ragusa - it is a small, quirky hotel and the all the hotel staff went out of their way to make our stay an enjoyable one.
Overall this was an excellent holiday.the train journeys worked well. I would highly recommend this trip. The trip around Mount Etna on the railway was a highlight. If you’re not planning to do this I would suggest to only stay one night in Catania and spend an extra night in Siracusa.
The town trails are a must, brilliant way to explore. Thank you for putting them together. Also fun to go off the path and find little gems. We had great times on all the dome and church roof top. Do climb where ever possible. Especially St Agata in Catania at sunset.
It was actually a very active holiday, as we never stopped walking unless for food and drink, but you could do less if preferred.
Restaurant recommendation were great and we had brilliant food apart from Catania. Please do not recommend Buatta. It was bad, precooked and not even properly heated.