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CASTLE OF DONNAFUGATA IN RAGUSA
About 17 km to the south-west of Ragusa, within a marvellous park, rises the superb castle of Donnafugata, one of the most beautiful castles in Sicily. The earliest part of its construction probably dates from the High Middle Ages, as can be seen fro...
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NEW CATHEDRAL OF RAGUSA
The massive cathedral of Ragusa stands in the new part of the town, rebuilt after the damage caused by the 1693 earthquake. Consecrated to St. John the Baptist, the church was erected beginning in 1718 and completed in 1778, probably by skilled local...
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CHIARAMONTE GULFI
To the North of Ragusa, in a splendid panoramic position over the Ippari Valley - in fact, known as the "balcony of Sicily" lies the picturesque town of Chiaramonte Gulfi, set amid the deep green of a lush pinewood, contrasting with the silvery folia...
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CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELL'IDRIA IN RAGUSA
One of the most interesting churches in Ragusa is that consecrated to Santa Maria dell'Idria, with its scenographic front and the magnificent polychrome campanile. Built on the remains of a previous Byzantine period church in 1626 for the Sovereign O...
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CHURCHES OF RAGUSA
A Baroque gem planned by the architect Gagliardi, the church of S. Giuseppe, erected in the eighteenth century, is notable for its slender towered front, which acquires plastic beauty in the movement created by its spiral scrolls and statues, and by...
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL IBLEO MUSEUM IN RAGUSA
In the heart of Upper Ragusa - the new town, rebuilt on a chequerboard scheme after the 1693 earthquake - on the ground floor of the hotel Mediterraneo, is situated the important Ibleo Archaeological Museum, inaugurated in the 1960s as a worthy locat...
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GASTRONOMIA DI RAGUSA
The tasty and wholesome gastronomy of Ragusa finds its main ingredients from the two primary sources of the town's economy: agriculture and animal rearing; cereals, legumes, vegetables - tomatoes and artichokes above all - milk, beef and pork give th...
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GIARDINO IBLEO
In the eastern part of the town of Ragusa is the lovely public garden created during the nineteenth century, called "Giardino Ibleo". The delightful green park developed incorporating some of the town's important churches, the churches of S. Domenico...
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MASSERIE OF RAGUSA
The discreet and silent charm of the Ragusa countryside emanates from a few, essential elements: the stone - the local limestone from which the dry stone walls, harmoniously crisscrossing the landscape, were built - and the trees - the evergreen caro...
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CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLE SCALE IN RAGUSA
The splendid church of Santa Maria delle Scale is one of the oldest churches in Ragusa, standing on a rocky spur from where it vaunts a magnificent panorama over the town. Built in the twelfth century, then modified in the fourteenth, and finally reb...
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CATHEDRAL OF RAGUSA
Standing in the sumptuous piazza that takes its name from the duomo, is the superbly beautiful old cathedral of Ragusa, one of the most interesting Baroque buildings in Sicily. Situated in an oblique position with respect to the axis of the square, d...
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NOBLE PALACES IN RAGUSA
The rich and interesting architectonic heritage of Ragusa includes many monumental buildings of the nobility. Palazzo Zacco faces Via S. Vito, built in the eighteenth century in very ornate Baroque style; dripping with carvings and decorations, with ...
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Ragusa
Capoluogo di provincia situato a 502 metri di altezza. Ragusa (ab. 67.535) si sviluppa su tre alture, allungandosi sulle pendici meridionali dei Monti Iblei.
Nel 1838 furono scoperte miniere di calcare bituminoso (asfalto) ed in seguito giacimenti di petrolio. L’ economia della città è basata principalmente sull’ industria di lavorazione delle materie prime, in particolare in relazione al petrolio. Secondariamente, sulle risorse agricole della provincia.
Hotels
* Rates shown are indicative rates per double room per night and include all taxes and fees. They are subject to availability.
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