One of the best things to do in Syracuse, Sicily is head to the gorgeous Noto. ... Four core families lived in and around the caves before World War Two but the last full-time resident left in 1959.

A good place to begin is the small island of Ortigia, which dates back 2,700 years to ancient Greece, when it was the capital of Syracuse (Siracusa) and one of the world’s most important cities.