I stayed in Siracuse overnight only because next day i wantedto visit another place, that was too far from Catania and too small to there from there - Ragusa!
Ragusa consists two tawns in itself: Ragusa itself,or new city, and Ragusa Ibla, old city. The last one was my aim. I loved that place the moment i saw it from the train - it looked like very very old greek style italian city - amaaazing. But when i came there as always i had no idea where to go and i took totally wrong direction, so when i asked some local how could i find Ibla he told me to forget about it because it was like 5 km away. But he was wrong, because when i came to the tourist information center (yes, they had it there) they told me abut vey short but comlicated way there: by stairs.
Actually i want to tell a bit about new city center because it isnt that new) For sure there is very old Duomo, that is quite nice, and lots of very old buildings, but more or lees almost all sities in Siciliy look like Palermo and you know my opinion about it XD
So i headed to Ragusa Ibla. Oh, guys, when i saw it i fell in love with it. First of all Ibla is separeted from Ragusa by deep ravine over what they have very very beautiful arch bridges. Actuall Ibla is situated on the very top of quite high hill, so it is separetted from everywhere, that's why there they have an amazing combination of panoramic view and amazing architecture.
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In Ibla thera many many teeny tiny streets like in Venice, huge square, like in Rome, medieval churches like in Padova, so that place brought together everything i liked about Italy! And even i dont like empty ciies, i loved to walk there only by myselfbeause i enjoied every moment there. Ibla isnt that big, you need max two hours to walk all around it, at the end you can reach very nice church garden where i stole some oranges, but hush XD
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Then i came back to the city center and i had planty of free time, so i thought why not to go somewhere else. Then i memorized that on my way to Ragusa i passed Modica, so i checked train timetable and ran to the train station to take only one possible train) But there was one problem - ticket office was closed, ALL ticket offices were closed. And i knew that in Sicily they check tickets always (be aware). So i asked some locals to help me, but they said that it was impossible, that's why when train came i asked ticket controller the same. Actually i was the only passenger in the train, so we talked a bit with that guy and he said that i can skip paying, it was a gift for me for my first visiting Modica XD
So i came to Modica and had around 3 hours till my bus to Catania. What did i do? The same: walked around, climbed to the very top, saw the sunset and night lights) Modica was nice, but nothing to compare to Ragusa. Thing i liked about it was its location: it was situated on two hills and one part was separeted from another by road between it,so at night it looked very cool, i even forgot about time and had to run to be in time for the last bus to Catania XD
