Tijdens deze excursie wandel je samen met je gids door de straten van Siracusa
Deze tour laat je de unieke mix van Griekse, Romeinse en barokke invloeden in de stad zien
Je hebt de tijd om het grootste Griekse theater van Sicilië te bezoeken
De kerken, paleizen, kastelen en kathedralen op het eiland Ortygia behoren tot de mooiste van Sicilië
What to expect
Het verleden komt tot leven in Siracusa - een stad bezaaid met klassiek erfgoed en flamboyante Siciliaanse barokarchitectuur. Je bezoekt het Griekse theater en gaat het oor van Dionysius in. En je verkent het eiland Ortygia, het hart van de oude stad en de locatie van barokke juweeltjes zoals de kathedraal. Dino, een van onze deskundige lokale gidsen, zegt: “Het doel van deze excursie is om je in één dag een goed beeld te geven van de geschiedenis en cultuur van Siracusa. Aan het einde van de tour ken je alle ins en outs van de stad en zijn erfgoed.”Met een geschiedenis van meer dan 2700 jaar is Siracusa een van de meest fascinerende steden van Sicilië. Je reis door de tijd begint in het Archeologisch Park in het westen van de stad. Hier vind je het Griekse theater dat in zijn hoogtijdagen plaats bood aan 15.000 toeschouwers en nog steeds indruk maakt. En je ziet er het Altaar van Hiero – een enorme offerplaat – het Oor van Dionysius en het Romeinse amfitheater.Vervolgens steek je de brug over naar Ortygia. De labyrintische straten van dit eiland staan vol met kerken, paleizen en kastelen. Je krijgt een rondleiding langs alle topattracties, waaronder de kathedraal. Daarna heb je een paar uur vrije tijd om het eiland op je eigen tempo te verkennen.
What's included
Transfer
Gids
What to remember
Lunch niet inbegrepen
Niet rolstoeltoegankelijk
Niet geschikt voor gasten met beperkte mobiliteit
Neem iets mee voor op je hoofd
Neem geschikte schoenen mee
Entree niet inbegrepen
Eten en drinken niet inbegrepen
Sommige entrees en optionele extra's betaal je ter plaatse
Hou er rekening mee dat alle tijden ongeveer en aan veranderingen onderhevig zijn
Provider
TUI ITALIA S.R.L.
Booking Fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation Fee
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins
Where
Pickups are available from selected hotels in the following resorts: Giardini Naxos and Taormina
Guide war sehr gut informiert und hat uns die Höhepunkte von Syrakus sehr anschaulich näher gebracht!
A
Ann Hermans
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 41 years old
Average
Deze dagtrip was veel te kort. De uitleg in de bus was onvolledig. De uitleg op de archeologische site was goed. De vrije tijd in het oude stadsgedeelte van Syracuse: Ortigia, was véél te kort, de gids leek haast te hebben huiswaarts te keren om 15u. Dit kan echt wel met twee uur verlengd worden.
N
Non
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 40 years old
Great
T
Tricky trev
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 48 years old
Excellent
Alex our guide was brilliant, he made sure that I was ok after each part of our experience, which when you have chronic fatigue syndrome, is very important to myself and my wife. There wasn't anything that we could find fault with, we enjoyed having time for ourselves to go off & explore plus good quality time with Alex our guide. Alex engaged excellently with all in a friendly & welcoming manner.
S
Sevelino
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With friends
Excellent
Arkeologisen alueen opas 8 ja Fabio 10. Vähän kiireen tuntua Syracusassa, kaupungissa olisi voinut olla enemmän omaa aikaa.
R
Reschi
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Excellent
Fabian ist an seinem 1.!!! Freien Tag seit 18.8. für seine Kollegin als Reiseleiter eingesprungen. Sie hatte von " Verzögerung " gesprochen und am Busbahnhof Recanati ohne weitere Erklärung oder auch Verabschiedung an Fabio übergeben. Dieser zeichnete sich durch sehr hohe fachliche Kompetenz, Organisatiobstalent, Leidenschaft für Geschichte und sein Land und Bemühen um sämtliche Gäste aus. In 4 Sprachen versorgte er teilweise gleichzeitig seine Gäste. Der Fahrer Roberto war ebenso top!!
S
Sally
October 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 45 years old
Excellent
The whole experience was a pleasure to partake in. The guides were well informed and had good methods of communication. We were in awe of Fabio our guide and his ability to flit between Italian, English and German whilst maintaining the nuances in all languages. The only minor blot eas the roadworks over which even Tui had no control.
C
Colin
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
A good well organised and informative tour,Alex the tour guide was full of interesting information and ensured any uncertain guests were fully accompanied.
N
Nathalie
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 44 years old
Excellent
L
L. Brown
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
Knowledgeable, pleasant guides & good balance of free time. Very good excursion - would recommend
M
Martin
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 29 years old
Great
P
Petra & Detlef
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 39 years old
Excellent
Die Tour war fantastisch!!! Ist sehr zu empfehlen, unser Tourguide hat uns viele spannende Einblicke vermittelt!
T
Tony
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 22 years old
Average
M
Monique
September 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With friends
- 57 years old
Poor
Toute la matinée passée au parc archéologique, rien vu de la ville de Syracuse et à peine une heure à Ortygie. Pourquoi terminer une excursion à 14h45' quand il y aurait tant d'autres choses à voir? Cette excursion n'a pas été à la hauteur de nos espérances.
D
Derek
August 2025
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
- 38 years old
Excellent
Our guide Laura was excellent extremely knowledgeable about the history of Syracuse and Sicily in general. The tour was well worth the money.
S
S.B.
August 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 26 years old
Great
S
Scooby
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 49 years old
Excellent
The tour overall was great, both sites were very interesting and the local guide, as well as the tour guide, were both excellent. A comfort stop on the way back would be helpful. Otherwise no changes needed.
C
Cdebav
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 51 years old
Great
Il fallait payer en plus l’entrée au parc archéologique,pas bcp de tps libre pour visiter la vieille ville.
D
Dadi
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 43 years old
Excellent
Guide Gian Carlo super : une mine d’informations de culture d’anecdotes ! Un peu plus de temps libre aurait été parfait
T
Tracey Martin
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With friends
- 40 years old
Great
I
Ines
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Excellent
Reiseleitung wusste sehr viel und interessant. Auch zu sehen, wie die Felsen händisch herausgebrochen wurden. Im Park die Vegetation gut gemacht. Altstadtführung in der Mittagshitze bei 45 Grad einfach zu lange und zu viel - könnte man kürzer gestalten!
K
Karin
July 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
Heel veel uitleg, rustig, geen gejaagd, voldoende vrije tijd
B
Bella Italia
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 14 years old
Great
Gids erg kundig, chauffeur prima. Minibus had voor ons (lang, slank) weinig comfort. Zaten klem achterin aangezien busje ons als laatste ophaalde. Reis vrij lang, bijna 2 uur. Neapolis interessant maar erg warm. Tour had korter gekund. St Luciakerk was optioneel en goed qua tijd. Helaas erg weinig tijd om nog te lunchen en Syracuse te bezoeken maar 1 uur. Tip: kosten voor Neapolis bij excursieprijs optellen. Je hebt toch geen keuze. Dan rest je 2 uur wachten op een parkeerplaats buiten de stad
S
Steven Gower
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
Our guide Juan Carlos was incredible.
A
Anne
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Excellent
Guide was a font of knowledge. Great guided tour of sites. Remember entrance fees not included
A
Alanic
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Average
On été au courant que cela se passé en anglais, mais beaucoup d explications on y perd son attention. Lors de la visite de des arrêts très long du aussi à beaucoup d explications dommage
V
Vivi
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Great
Jolie visite dommage qu’il n’était pas possible de la réserver en français
N
Nelli
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
Alone
- 43 years old
Great
Pidempi oma kiertelyaika Sirakusassa,ei ehtinyt lainkaan lounaalle.
C
Carol England
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 44 years old
Excellent
Our guide was brilliant. She was so knowledgeable and explained everything really well. Her passion for the island shone through. The archiological site was amazing and the island we visited was beautiful
E
Ernst
June 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 52 years old
Excellent
J
John from Coventry UK
May 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 44 years old
Great
Felt time around the park was rushed but the trip to the island was ok. Overall thought it was overpriced
N
Noella
May 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Great
Fabio is zeer goede gids die bij alles zeer veel uitleg geeft. Geschiedenis met veel anekdotes tijdens de bustijd zodat de afstand toch vlug overbrugt was.
C
Christoph und Marina
May 2025
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 53 years old
Great
Unser Guide Fabio war einfach Spitze. Informativ, witzig, geduldig, umsorgt, zweisprachig, gut erklärend und geschichtliche Zusammenhänge zu Syrakus interessant darbietend.
N
Nick
October 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
Great
Route via Catania hield erg op vanwege file. Losse entree naar Neopolis kan eigenlijk inclusief omdat toch iedereen meegaat.
Z
Zico
October 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Great
Gute Reiseleitung in Deutsch und Englisch . Stadtführung in Syrakus war etwas kurz. Lange Anfahrt.
M
M
October 2024
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
Alone
Excellent
The guide was amazing. She gave us a real mix of information which was interesting without being boring. The bus driver was great.
M
Mayence
October 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
Average
Le prix étant le même pour tous,j'aimerais savoir pourquoi notre guide ne pouvait nous donner les explications en français
F
Frank
October 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 43 years old
Excellent
J
Jan
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Excellent
Lovely guide, funny & informative. Having the earpiece was very good. I like to learn & found the tour very informative
J
Johannes S.
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
War eine tolle Fahrt. Die Reiseleiterin war super
M
Marco En.
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 33 years old
Great
A
Alinda
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 49 years old
Excellent
super leuke en ervaren gids. Heel vriendelijk en doe zijn best om ieder tevreden te stellen. Wij hadden deze gids ook voor de Godfather tour in Savoca en hoopte op dezelfde voor Syracuse. Zeker een aanrader. Enkel wat meer spenderen in Siracuse zelf ipv de ruines, dit was minder.
F
Flurk
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
L
Lievek4
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Great
S
Sheila Allison
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Great
A
Ann from Wakes
September 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With friends
- 48 years old
Average
Not enough time in Saracusa then at the hottest part of the day the unesco heritage site perhaps better to have done this the other way around and a bit much to have to pay for the unesco site when we had already paid for the trip even though it was optional to go to the unesco site nobody is going to sit on a bus for around an hour and a half in the heat of the day if they don’t want to do the unesco site and perhaps a block booking by TUI once numbers are known to save time queuing
B
B&J
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 48 years old
Excellent
Great day out. Tour guide very informative. It was a very hot day but we had been advised to wear sensible foot wear and to bring a hat and sun team. So if you took the advice then it was ok.
J
James Nunn
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
S
Stef
August 2024
From België
Traveled as
With family
- 41 years old
Great
Geen opmerkingen over deze excursie. Alles top.
A
Ahmad
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 49 years old
Great
L
louike
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 33 years old
Great
Vind het jammer dat er meerdere mensen waren die enkel nederlands spreken en dat de uitleg in het engels en duits werd gedaan. Duitstaligen waren er 2 in de groep , belgen en nederlanders meer dan 10. Vind dat we door tui tekort zijn gedaan
A
Asia
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 11 years old
Excellent
Nie mam zastrzezen. Wycieczka byla fajna , zawierala wszystkie elementy warte zobaczenie. Byl tez czas wolny. Pani przewodnik oraz kierowca byli bardzo sympatyczni
C
Cécile
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 33 years old
Great
Très déçue car aucun guide francophone
S
Stefan
August 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 36 years old
Great
Superfine guider, velplanlagt tur. Eneste minus var at vi havde for kort tid i byen for os selv (2 timer er for lidt, synes vi)
D
Davy Colman
July 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 38 years old
Great
Fantastische gids Salvina, die heel duidelijk Engels en Duits sprak. Gaf heel veel info op de bus waardoor de langere rit sneller vooruit ging. Steeds beschikbaar voor extra vragen en veel info in het oude stadsgedeelte en op de historische site. Jammer dat het Griekse theater overbouwd was voor evenementen tijdens de zomermaanden waardoor we het niet in zijn echte glorie konden bewonderen. Zou wel handig geweest zijn vooraf te weten. Pluspunt expositie van Mitoraj paste perfect op de site!
S
Suvarin2001
July 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
With family
- 26 years old
Excellent
T
Thomas
July 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 44 years old
Excellent
Sympathische Reiseleiterin die uns viele interessante Informationen lieferte. Hat vom Ablauf her alles geklappt, daher ohne Einwände.
C
Carol
June 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Excellent
Very Knowledgeable tour guide and very friendly
I
Ian
May 2024
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Great
L
Lena
September 2023
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Excellent
C
CiaoBella
July 2023
From Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Traveled as
Alone
- 43 years old
Excellent
Our guide, a Sicilian man, was full of information. His instructions regarding what was happening next, where to meet the bus, etc were clear and he repeated them several times, just to be sure. He was also quite funny!
B
Big Dave
October 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
- 39 years old
Great
Make sure you have good walking shoes, a cane if you ever use one and a hat. Lovely city with great bars and food.
L
Louise
October 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
With family
Excellent
Our guide (I think Alfredo? Or Franco?)was great. And the driver(Antonio?) There was an accident on the motorway, and instead of having us sit in the queue, they detoured round Catania. The trip was most enjoyable, but due to the accident, our stop off in Ortigia was shortened. No fault of the guide.
S
So
October 2022
From Zwitserland
Traveled as
As a couple
- 33 years old
Great
Losing 90 minutes for gathering people from all towns before even starting was very annoying. Also on the return, we avoided it only because the guide was flexible and accepted to drop us in the order of pickup (so everybody lost the same 90 minutes at the end of the day). And Ortigia (Siracusa) deserves definitely more that 2 hours.
S
Sandra
October 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
Great
Once the tour started it was enjoyable and informative. The guide walked slowly so everyone could keep up and didn’t start speaking until everyone was there. He spoke in three languages and his English was very clear. He alternated which language he spoke first so the other groups could explore. What we didn’t like was the hour it took to collect people from different hotels after the majority had been picked up at Recanati.
M
Mel and Annette
September 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
Average
The journey from pickup was bad. We left at 7.30am and travelled for 40 mins in the wrong direction to pick up about 10 people, so 40 plus people went on a pickup’ it was the same on return. Surely an easier solution could be applies? We left at 7.30 am and arrived at our destination at 10.30 for a journey of less than 1 hour. Someone needs to think again sensibley.
L
Lindsay
September 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Great
Swap the city until the afternoon as it was hot with hardly any shade. Guide and driver were rude to a passenger as she waited in the wrong place, as not clear on the joining instructions.
L
Lavinia
September 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
Alone
- 20 years old
Excellent
The TUI reps were really nice and helpful, the whole experience was almost perfect (apart from some things advertised on the TUI website but not offered actually by the hotel, but the TUI rep was extremly helpful and sorted all out).
D
David
August 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
- 41 years old
Great
A little too much commentary. Having everything in both English and German made the coach journey a bit loud. I’d have preferred just English so that I had time to read.
S
Sandie
July 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
Alone
- 34 years old
Great
It would have been nice to have a bit longer in each place as took a long time to get there. Did st time feel a little rushed and we wanted to explore ancient monuments and the island . I would probably emphasise length of journey if so people are awAre before booking
J
Jean Jeannie
July 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
Alone
- 50 years old
Great
The free time at lunchtime was too long, but had I known that there was a tiny beach, I would have taken my swimming costume and a towel, and the time would have been perfect.
T
T Dwyer
June 2022
From Verenigd Koninkrijk
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Great
Not aware more cost involved at site,would have been helpful to have been informed about this. Overall,a good experience, very knowledgeable guide. Enjoyed th e free time.