MODICA
Modica (20 km from Ragusa; 50.000 habitants; CAP 97010-97015; dialling code 0932) is among the most picturesque towns of the province and of all Sicily.

It is situated in the south area of the Iblean mountains and it is divided in two originals areas: Modica Alta (Upper Modica) where the buildings climb the rocks of the mountain and Modica Bassa (lower town), down in the valley, where once two rivers run, Ianni Mauro and Pozzo dei Pruni. Then the rivers were covered owing to the different floods and today in this place there is the Corso Umberto, the main street and the historic site of the town... (continue)


RAGUSA
(35 Km from Pozzallo; 67.535 habitants, 502 m ; CAP 97100; dialling code 0932)

Ragusa is very interesting for the geographic position and for the artistic heritage.It is situated on a calcareous rock between two valleys : The Quarry of San Leonardo and the Quarry of Santa Domenica. The city is divided in two parts: Lower Ragusa (Ragusa Ibla) and Upper Ragusa. “Valle dei Ponti”, a deep ravine crossed from four bridges, separates them; we remember the nineteenth-century bridge of the Cappucini…(continue)


SCICLI
Scicli ( 24 Km from Ragusa; 25.255 habitants; 106 m; CAP 97018; dialling code 0932)

It is an elegant small town situated in a valley between two rocky hills, at the confluence of three deep valleys: S. Bartolomeo, S. Maria La Nova and the torrent of Modica.

The small town is eighteenth-century because it is the consequence of the earthquake of 1693 which ruined a lot of towns in Sicily... (continue)


NOTO
In a region where there are a lot of almond-trees, olive-trees, Noto is a little baroque jewel situated on a plateau which overlooks Asinaro valley rich in citrus fruit.
After the earthquake of 1693 the town was rebuilt and its beauty originated from this tragic event. Before that time the town was situated at 10 km of distance... (continue)

ISPICA

(4 km from Pozzallo; 15000 habitants; 170 m; CAP 97014; dialling code 0932)

Ispica is a nice small town of about 14.000 habitants situated in the most eastern limit of the province, nearly at the border with the province of Syracuse. The town is six km from the sea.

The urban centre, rebuilt in this place after the disastrous earthquake of 1693, is among the most moderns and functional of the province. There are beautiful palazzos, beautiful churches, wide and straights ways… (continue)

POZZALLO

Pozzallo ( 33 km from Ragusa; 17.176 habitants; 20 m; CAP 97016; dialling code 0932)

It is the only seaside town of the province of Ragusa; it has splendid and very popular beaches. The importance of Pozzallo began only in the fourteenth- century as seaport of the Modica’s county, when the Chiaramonte family built a magazine and in this place stood the first district of the town, such as the district called Scaro, with narrow ways, characteristics of the Mediterranean centres… (continue)

MARINA DI MODICA

Marina Di Modica is near the town of Modica and it represents a summery holiday place.

The shops, the bar and the restaurants are closed during the winter and the low season, and the village become depopulated compared to the summer. For the persons that don’t love the crowd and the mass tourism, this is the most beautiful period to pass the holidays in tranquillity and with a temperature higher and more comforting than the town, also in winter… (continue)

SAMPIERI

Sampieri is perhaps the most characteristic village on the coast with its little houses made with the calcareous stones and the alleys near the sea.

It has the aspect of a typical fishing village, in extinction along the coast of the Sicily now. In spite of the picturesque and the ancient aspect, Sampieri is a village with ample facilities for tourists, there are restaurants, hotels, pubs, and the beaches are among the most beautiful of the Ragusa’s coast ... (continue)