Day 6 · Tue 01 Sep 2026
Cyclops Rocks morning, Ragusa Ibla + Marina di Ragusa
D6
Tue 01 Sep 2026

Cyclops Rocks morning, Ragusa Ibla + Marina di Ragusa

📍 Baroque South-East ⚡️ Medium closed 🛣 202.1 km 💶 €209 4 stops

Timeline

How to get there

  1. 🚗 driving 23 min · 11.5 km
    Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania → Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks
    Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania to Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks Open in Google Maps →
    Step-by-step
    1. Head west on Via Umberto I toward Via Vanasco 1 min · 309 m
    2. Slight right onto Via Etnea 5 min · 1.7 km
    3. Via Etnea turns slightly right and becomes Via del Bosco 0 min · 67 m
    4. Via del Bosco turns slightly right and becomes Viale Odorico da Pordenone 1 min · 847 m
    5. Continue onto Viale Marco Polo 1 min · 778 m
    6. Continue onto Viale Ulisse 2 min · 1.2 km
    7. Keep left to continue on Piazza Giorgio la Pira Statista/Viale UlisseContinue to follow Viale Ulisse 1 min · 313 m
    8. Continue onto SS 114 Orientale Sicula 1 min · 391 m
    9. Turn left to stay on SS 114 Orientale SiculaGo through 1 roundabout 3 min · 2.0 km
    10. Slight right to stay on SS 114 Orientale Sicula 5 min · 3.2 km
    11. Slight right onto Via Provinciale 1 min · 338 m
    12. Turn right onto Via A. Capparelli 1 min · 142 m
    13. Turn left onto Via Lungomare Dei Ciclopi 1 min · 210 m
    14. Turn left onto Via ProvvidenzaRestricted usage road 0 min · 24 m
  2. 🚗 driving 2h01 · 161.6 km
    Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks → Lunch
    Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks to Lunch Open in Google Maps →
    Step-by-step
    1. Head northwest on Via Provvidenza toward Via ProvincialeRestricted usage road 0 min · 35 m
    2. Turn left onto Via Provinciale 2 min · 453 m
    3. Slight left onto SS 114 Orientale Sicula 6 min · 4.3 km
    4. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Viale Paul Percy Harris 0 min · 169 m
    5. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Viale Enzo Longo 1 min · 747 m
    6. At the roundabout, continue straight onto Viale Giuseppe Lainò/Viale Lainò 1 min · 396 m
    7. Turn right onto Strada Sgroppillo 1 min · 739 m
    8. Turn right onto Via Nizzeti/Via Nuovalucello 1 min · 237 m
    9. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Via NovaluceGo through 1 roundabout 2 min · 872 m
    10. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the A18dir ramp to Messina/Palermo/Tangenziale 0 min · 246 m
    11. Merge onto A18dir 2 min · 2.5 km
    12. Take the exit onto E45 toward Aeroporto/Siracusa/Palermo/Tangenziale 14 min · 20.9 km
    13. Keep left to stay on E45 29 min · 47.0 km
    14. Continue onto A18/E45Toll road 35 min · 61.5 km
    15. Slight right to merge onto SS194 6 min · 6.6 km
    16. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto SS 115 Sud Occidentale Sicula/SS115/SS194 2 min · 2.2 km
    17. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the SS194 ramp to Frigintini/Modica Centro/Ragusa Ibla/Modica/Alta 0 min · 314 m
    18. Continue onto SS194 1 min · 678 m
    19. Keep left to stay on SS194 0 min · 41 m
    20. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto SS115/SS194Continue to follow SS194 12 min · 9.7 km
    21. Turn left onto Strada Comunale S. Antonio-Stazione Ibla 1 min · 469 m
    22. Continue onto Discesa Peschiera 1 min · 292 m
    23. Sharp left onto Via Caporale Giovanni Bellina 0 min · 90 m
    24. Turn right onto Via Tenente la Rocca 0 min · 46 m
    25. Turn left onto Via delle Suore 0 min · 45 m
    26. Turn right onto Via Orfanotrofio 0 min · 86 m
    27. Via Orfanotrofio turns left and becomes Largo Camerina 0 min · 93 m
    28. Largo Camerina turns left and becomes Via del Mercato 1 min · 551 m
    29. Sharp left onto Via XI FebbraioPartial restricted usage road 1 min · 153 m
    30. Turn right onto Chiasso Oscuro 0 min · 19 m
  3. 🚗 driving 36 min · 28.7 km
    Duomo di San Giorgio, Ragusa → Marina di Ragusa beach
    Duomo di San Giorgio, Ragusa to Marina di Ragusa beach Open in Google Maps →
    Step-by-step
    1. Head west on Via Giulia toward Via Ioppolo 0 min · 48 m
    2. Turn right onto Via Ioppolo 0 min · 112 m
    3. Turn right onto Via XI Febbraio 1 min · 119 m
    4. Continue onto Via Torrenuova 2 min · 665 m
    5. Slight right onto Via Porta Modica 1 min · 251 m
    6. Sharp right onto Viale Margherita 0 min · 58 m
    7. Turn right onto Via Avvocato Giovanni Ottaviano 3 min · 1.6 km
    8. Turn right onto Via Risorgimento/SS115Continue to follow Via Risorgimento 3 min · 1.6 km
    9. Turn left onto Via Virgilio 0 min · 89 m
    10. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Piazza Vann' Antò 0 min · 114 m
    11. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Via Giuseppe di Vittorio 2 min · 570 m
    12. At the roundabout, continue straight onto Via Achille Grandi/SP25 1 min · 602 m
    13. Keep left to stay on Via Achille Grandi/SP25 0 min · 76 m
    14. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit and stay on Via Achille Grandi/SP25Continue to follow Via Achille Grandi 2 min · 1.4 km
    15. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit 0 min · 167 m
    16. Continue onto SP25 13 min · 15.8 km
    17. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit 0 min · 118 m
    18. Continue onto SP25 3 min · 3.3 km
    19. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on SP25 0 min · 197 m
    20. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Via Cervia 1 min · 754 m
    21. Turn left toward Via F. Spata 0 min · 75 m
    22. Continue onto Via F. Spata 1 min · 482 m
    23. Turn leftRestricted usage road 1 min · 128 m
    24. Turn leftRestricted usage roadDestination will be on the right 1 min · 265 m

Landmarks today

Where to eat

Lunch That's a Moro

12:30
Restaurant 4.6★ (2,342) 💶 €66

Order: For a family of 5 adults, order 2-3 pasta dishes, 1 seafood main, and 1-2 pizzas to share so everyone gets a mix of the restaurant’s strongest-reviewed Sicilian specialties. A good spread would be the ricotta ravioli, pasta con le sarde, the boneless grilled fish platter, and one specialty pizza, with a salad or caponata if you want an extra shared starter.

The place feels historic and characterful, with a beautiful old-town setting that many reviewers describe as atmospheric and almost museum-like.

Dinner FRESCO è bottega

19:30
Seafood Restaurant 4.5★ (970) 💶 €66

Order: For a family of five, order one mixed seafood appetizer platter, one spaghetti with sea urchins, one prawn arancini or fish arancini basket for sharing, and one additional fish main to split so everyone gets a taste of the most praised seafood items. If the group wants a lighter meal, add drinks and finish with gelato or a dessert rather than over-ordering heavy mains.

It feels like a casual, marina-side seafood spot with a relaxed tourist-port vibe and a focus on local products.

Full schedule

Day 6 — Tue 01 Sep — Cyclops Rocks morning, Ragusa Ibla + Marina di Ragusa

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Base: Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania Theme: Odysseus' rocks in morning light, the baroque hilltop after lunch, sunset swim at Marina di Ragusa Energy target: H

Stops

Time Activity Detail
08:00–08:15 🛏 Corte dei Medici - Palace, Catania (15m) · €15 Breakfast at base, beach kit in the boot. 20 min up the coast for the morning leg — then the long hop south. FULL day: coast + hilltop + bea
08:15–08:40 driving 23 min · 11.5 km
08:40–10:20 📍 Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks (100m) _ROXANA'S PLAN — Riviera dei Ciclopi in the morning: the faraglioni Polyphemus hurled at Odysseus, in the best morning light. Harbour walk + _
10:20–12:30 driving 121 min · 161.6 km
12:30–14:00 🍽 Lunch (90m) · €66 Lunch in Ragusa Ibla — a food town (Ragusano DOP cheese, scacce flatbreads). 9 covers.
14:00–14:15 walking 2 min · 0.1 km
14:15–15:45 📍 Ragusa Ibla old town (90m) · €5 Park at the Ibla edge (Largo San Paolo / Piazza della Repubblica side). Lanes, palazzi, blue-domed skyline — the postcard Sicily of the Mont
15:45–15:50 walking 4 min · 0.2 km
15:50–16:30 📍 Duomo di San Giorgio, Ragusa (40m) Gagliardi's wedding-cake dome on its tilted square — the finest of the post-1693 churches. Interior is quick; the facade from the piazza caf
16:30–17:10 driving 36 min · 28.7 km
17:10–19:15 📍 Marina di Ragusa beach (125m) · €20 ROXANA'S ASK — ~30 min down from Ibla: wide golden Blue Flag sand, shallow warm water, lively lungomare. Late-afternoon swim into the sunset
19:15–19:30 walking 0 min · 0.0 km
19:30–21:15 🍽 Dinner (105m) · €66 _Seafront dinner in Marina di Ragusa, 9 covers — then the ~1h45 drive home (21:15 → 23:00). Heaviest combined day of the trip (~230 km) — if _

Day total: 202.1 km transit · €209 spend

Day Map

Day 6 route

Open in OpenStreetMap · 6 stops plotted

Weather

⛅ Partly cloudy · 30.1–35.6°C · 💧 10% (0.0mm) · 💨 18.5 km/h · 🌅 06:25 · 🌇 19:36

Min Max Precip prob Precip mm Wind max Sunrise Sunset
30.1 35.6 10% 0.0 18.5 06:25 19:36

Open-Meteo forecast · fetched 2026-08-16 07:19 UTC · T-11d

Meal Picks

Dinner pick · near (36.7827,14.5459)

  1. FRESCO è bottega — ★ 4.5 (970 reviews) · 4min walk · ≈ €125 · 📍 Open in Google Maps
  2. Mercato Del Porto — ★ 4.3 (719 reviews) · 4min walk · ≈ €225
  3. Sottosale Salt A Tempo — ★ 4.5 (825 reviews) · 13min walk · ≈ €125

Lunch pick · near (36.9265,14.7385)

  1. That's a Moro — ★ 4.6 (2,342 reviews) · 8min walk · ≈ €125 · 📍 Open in Google Maps
  2. Trattoria La Bettola — ★ 4.6 (2,701 reviews) · 9min walk · ≈ €125
  3. Trattoria Agli Archi — ★ 4.4 (502 reviews) · 5min walk · ≈ €225 —

Cost Breakdown

Time Item Category Total Per person (3)
08:00 Parking at Corte dei Medici, 1 night x €15 (our car — confirmed with Toporas 2026-08-20) transport €15.00 €5.00
08:00 → Fuel 11 km (toll-free) transport €1.31 €0.44
08:40 → Fuel 162 km (motorway free: A18 Siracusa-Gela) transport €18.42 €6.14
12:30 Lunch x3 (est. €22 pp — That's a Moro) meal €66.00 €22.00
14:15 Ibla edge parking — est. transport €5.00 €1.67
15:50 → Fuel 29 km (toll-free) transport €3.27 €1.09
17:10 Lido set for 3 — est., free stretches also exist visit €20.00 €6.67
19:30 Dinner x3 (est. €22 pp — FRESCO è bottega) meal €66.00 €22.00
19:30 → Fuel home 125 km (toll-free) transport €14.27 €4.76

Day total: €209.27 · €69.76 per person (3 travellers)

By category:

Category Spend Per person
meal €132.00 €44.00
transport €57.27 €19.09
visit €20.00 €6.67

Cost Breakdown

Time Item Category Total Per person (5)
14:45 Castle entry x3 (~€3 pp, ESTIMATE) visit €9.00 €1.80

Day total: €9.00 · €1.80 per person (5 travellers)

By category:

Category Spend Per person
visit €9.00 €1.80

Morning

  • 09:00 — Aci Trezza and the Cyclops Rocks (90min)
  • 10:45 — Ragusa Ibla old town (90min)

Breakfast

  • <Case D — style: hotel — eats at the hotel; or Case A — sit-down nearby; or Case I — skip>

Midday

  • 12:15 — Lunch (75min)

Lunch

  • <Case A sit-down (default); or Case B grab-and-go near the morning anchor; or Case E picnic at the next landmark>

Afternoon

Evening

  • 19:00 — Dinner (90min)

Dinner

  • <Case A sit-down (default); or Case F booked (add venue_name + booking_ref to YAML); or Case H explore — show 3, family picks on the ground>

Notes

  • Roxana's schedule (2026-08-16): Riviera dei Ciclopi morning + Ragusa Ibla + Marina di Ragusa beach, combined into one day. Aci Castello interior + Acireale dropped to make it fit.
  • ⚠️ Heaviest combined day (~230 km, home ~23:00). Escape valve: drop the Aci Trezza morning leg — it's 20 min from base and fits any free evening.

Bookings

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