Top Things to do in Val di Noto
Things to do in Val di Noto, Sicily: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
Discover the best top things to do in Val di Noto, Italy including Chiesa di San Nicolo All'Arena, St. Nicholas Cathedral, San Giovanni Battista's Cathedral, Chiesa di San Pietro, Chiesa di San Giorgio, Chiesa di San Nicolo Inferiore, Chiesa di Santa Maria di Betlem, Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, Chiesa Santa Chiara, Santa Maria del Gesu.
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1. Chiesa di San Nicolo All'Arena
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 212 reviews
Reviewed By ludortravel - Iasi, Romania
It is an astonishing piece of architecture in terms of both size, architectural solutions and emotional impact. It includes also a memorial of the fallen soldiers and not only. The entrance is free and a paid guided tour is available.
2. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 957 reviews
Reviewed By Ana_L_23 - Navan, Ireland
Beautiful building, and one of the best views to the palace across. The interior is also very beautiful.
3. San Giovanni Battista's Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 200 reviews
Reviewed By AnnoAurora
It was the noontime bells ringing from this Cathedral that lured me over there during a short stay at Ragusa. It was a great experience to enter there and share time for prayers, knowing that millions of other people before me through the ages, did exactly that.
4. Chiesa di San Pietro
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 552 reviews
Reviewed By 648AnaC - Haz-Zebbug, Malta
A beautiful Church, very well kept! It was a short visit and we could not appreciate all the art it contains! Deserves another visit!
5. Chiesa di San Giorgio
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,204 reviews
Reviewed By SallyF906 - Northampton, United Kingdom
Situated halfway between the upper and lower town, the impressive tower can be seen from large parts of the town. The cathedral which is dedicated to St George was built on the site of a 13th century church and the current building was rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake. The church is reached by an impressive flight of steps from the main road through the town - wear flat shoes for the climb. Inside is very ornate and you go up the tower for an extra charge of 2 euros.There is a silver ark which contains the earthly remains of the saint whose statue is on display in a side chapel - this is paraded through the town in great celebrations on St George's Day.On the floor in front of the altar is an elliptical sundial and also the geographical co-ordinates of the church. Obviously a very popular venue for weddings so it may be closed for a ceremony even though it is within opening times which are 9-1 and 3.30-7 - if you are staying in the town, your hotel may be able to advise.
6. Chiesa di San Nicolo Inferiore
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 87 reviews
7. Chiesa di Santa Maria di Betlem
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 106 reviews
The collegiate church of Santa Maria di Betlem is a palimpsest of extreme artistic importance in the Hyblaean landscape, the result of continuous transformations, adaptations and additions between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, with historical-artistic elements that start from late Gothic culture up to nineteenth-century eclecticism . On the right side of the apse is the Palatine Chapel or Santa Maria di Betlem. Relevant to the first half of the 500 'brings with it Gothic and Renaissance elements. The entrance portal is made up of columns decorated with grotesque motifs, with suns and lion heads. The chapel is completed by a hemispherical cap in which medallions with heads of Roman emperors are inserted. The portal is one of the few testimonies of Modica before the 1693 earthquake.
8. Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 162 reviews
Reviewed By jsremote - Wells, United Kingdom
If you have any jnterest in architecture or churches this is another example of wonderful baroque building with an interior so beautiful that you can easy spend time just looking upwards to the vaulted knave and immense columns either side. Really lovely place and not over run with tourism at least at the time we visited.
9. Chiesa Santa Chiara
10. Santa Maria del Gesu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 142 reviews
A place that is a journey through history. A church and a cloister where architecture, light and art capture attention, staring a visual and spatial experience that will be memorable and impressive. From a convent to a prison, from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century, from earthquakes to the restoration, a wonderful gem arrives until our days to affirm the value of our cultural heritage.
Reviewed By TomTraveller975 - Budapest, Hungary
Really fantastic old monastery and in the near past it was used as a prison. The nearby town is also lovely with its steep and narrow streets.
