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

Open in OpenStreetMap · 6 stops plotted
Weather
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⛅ 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
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Meal Picks
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Dinner pick · near (36.7827,14.5459)
- ★ FRESCO è bottega — ★ 4.5 (970 reviews) · 4min walk · ≈ €125 · 📍 Open in Google Maps
- Mercato Del Porto — ★ 4.3 (719 reviews) · 4min walk · ≈ €225
- Sottosale Salt A Tempo — ★ 4.5 (825 reviews) · 13min walk · ≈ €125
Lunch pick · near (36.9265,14.7385)
- ★ That's a Moro — ★ 4.6 (2,342 reviews) · 8min walk · ≈ €125 · 📍 Open in Google Maps
- Trattoria La Bettola — ★ 4.6 (2,701 reviews) · 9min walk · ≈ €125
- Trattoria Agli Archi — ★ 4.4 (502 reviews) · 5min walk · ≈ €225
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Cost Breakdown
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| 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 |
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Cost Breakdown
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| 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 |
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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
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
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
Checklist
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