Checked out and headed for Siracusa, a city on the east coast. Siracusa (or Syracuse) has always been the most powerful and important Greek city in Sicily. and for a time (in the 400’s BC) the most powerful in the Mediterranean. At the height of its power it had nearly 3,000,000 citizens and was the home of many notable Greeks,including Archimedes, who died during the Siege of Syracuse by the Romans.
We went on a guided tour of Piazza Romana del Casals, originally a hunting lodge built by a Roman patrician in the middle of the 4th century AD. The lodge is huge and has some of the best preserved examples of Roman mosaics which spread over 11,000 square feet. Most of the viewing area is covered with walkways that are covered and let you see down onto the mosaics. Most of us agreed that this was a tour highlight.
We stayed in Syracuse that night. We are beginning to be weary of the heat . Some are getting colds.
We checked into Hotel Parco delle Fontaine. It is situated in a large park and has a swimming pool! Very grand in decor and service. Here are pictures of the hunting lodge mosaics.
Where in the world is Dalna 