Top Things to do in Syracuse
What to do and see in Syracuse, Sicily: The Best Specialty Museums
Once one of ancient Greece’s most important cities, today Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian) is a lively town of about 125,000 on Sicily’s southeast coast. The city overflows with amazing remnants from its long history. Romans, Vandals and Normans are but a few of those who ruled here after the Greeks. In Syracuse’s harbor, Ortygia Island (also called Città Vecchia or Old City) is the site of many of the main attractions, including the seventh-century cathedral and the Fountain of Arethusa.
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1. Museo del Papiro "Corrado Basile"
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4.5 based on 170 reviews
Reviewed By RodBush - Barwon Heads, Australia
This sounds a fairly banal reason to have a museum but it was really enjoyable and informative museum. It detailed the history, production and use of papyrus over the generations as well as efforts to redevelop the skills used to make papyrus sheets. Great displays, excellent video presentation and in a lovely building.
2. L'Angolo del Papiro
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4.5 based on 152 reviews
3. Tecnoparco Museo di Archimede
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4.5 based on 516 reviews
Archimedes Museum with display of reproductions of the most famous machines and ideas of the great archimedes mathematician. Inside the museum park there is an area dedicated to virtual reality. The museum's path is open-air
Reviewed By jessicafE4140FZ
Our 5 year old just loved the guided help to try the machines. Lucia, the guide, was great and patient and soon understood what a small boy would enjoy most about the machines and principles. They give you a digital tablet to take around which explains everything in many languages, but the guides made something that could have been quite academic into something really fun. Our boy said that he would really miss Lucia and she was really great.
4. Palazzo Borgia Del Casale
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By TrishElv - Bodfari, United Kingdom
We chanced upon this amazing palace after a very disappointing visit to view what we believed to be a Caravaggio exhibition in a nearby museum. It turned out to be just three paintings in a very small, hot, dark room which cost us €7 each - and only one of the paintings was a Caravaggio! The staff weren't very helpful either and there was very little information. Extremely disappointing. In direct contrast, the palazzo was wonderful. The entry cost was €6 which included an audio commentary through each of the sumptuous rooms and topped off with a glass of champagne. It is well worth a visit and it opens until 11pm. I heartily recommend a visit.
5. Museo dei Pupi - Siracusa
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4.0 based on 87 reviews
The puppets Museum is the only place where you admire the exclusive collection of puppets made in Siracusa, the only one nowadays intact. The Vaccaro- Mauceri rais the curtain , putting on the stage favolous work of "aretusei" puppets made papier-mache and wood.
6. Museo Leonardo da Vinci e Archimede
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4.0 based on 245 reviews
Interactive Museum on the Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Archimedes. "THE ONLY MUSEUM IN ITALY RECOGNIZED AND DEDICATED TO THE TWO GENIUSES OF SCIENCE". The museum of Leonardo Da Vinci and Archimedes of Syracuse has the largest exposure of the Machines of Leonardo accurately reproduced on the basis of the Da Vinci Codes, uniquely in Sicily and from Florence moving south. On display we can admire 60 works and a significant collection of anatomical studies, testifying the obsession of Leonardo for the mechanics of the human body. The Museum Leonardo and Archimedes Syracuse created for children: In addition, the Leonardo Workshop "W Leonardo", set up inside the museum bearing the same name in Syracuse, will allow to assemble some of the machinery and experience the building of some models present on display. The museum is not reserved for just adults , but also for children , our didactical project “W Leonardo” where children from 3 to 12 years of age
Reviewed By fzubia - Chile, null
Great Interactive museum, very good choice for families with kids. Original and with a lot of hands on learning, recommend for all ages. Plus it doesn’t take much time to see and the staff is very friendly
7. Galleria Civica Montevergini
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
The new exhibition devoted to Archimedes offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore the life and achievements of one of the greatest geniuses in the history of mankind, and thanks to state-of-the-art multimedia applications, to go on a full-immersion journey of exploration plunging them into the heart of the ancient city of Syracuse in the 3rd century BC
8. Gabinetto Numismatico della Soprintendenza
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3.0 based on 1 reviews
9. Istituto Nazionale Del Dramma Antico
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