Day Trips

A 7-Day South-East Sicily Road Trip from Augusta

A relaxed 7-day itinerary through South-East Sicily — Ortigia, Noto, Vendicari, Modica, Ragusa Ibla, Etna and Catania — all from a single sea-view base in Augusta.

8 min read · 2 June 2026

Most Sicily itineraries make you pack and unpack every two nights. This one doesn't. From Augusta, the whole South-East fits inside a one-hour radius — so you sleep in the same bed by the sea and take a different road each morning.

Day 1 · Arrive Catania (CTA), drive south

30 minutes from the airport to the apartment. Unpack, walk to Acqua Santa for a first swim, dinner in Augusta's old town.

Day 2 · Ortigia & Siracusa

Market in the morning, Greek theatre and Latomie in the afternoon, aperitivo by the sea at sunset.

Day 3 · Noto & Vendicari

Baroque streets in Noto, swim at Calamosche or San Lorenzo, granita stop on the way back.

Day 4 · Slow day, beach & Brucoli

Costa Saracena in the morning, late lunch on grilled fish in Brucoli, terrace evening at home.

Day 5 · Ragusa Ibla & Modica

Inland Baroque, chocolate in Modica, dinner with a Cerasuolo di Vittoria.

Day 6 · Mount Etna

Drive up to the craters, lunch in a wine cantina on the slopes, return to sea level for sunset.

Day 7 · Catania & fly out

Fish market, a final pasta alla Norma, 30 minutes back to the airport.

Want to stay where these stories are written? Open The Blue Window — sea-view apartment, 30 minutes from Catania airport, 30 minutes from Ortigia.

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