Ortigia Boat Tour: Explore Syracuse's Sea Caves

Embark on a thrilling tour of Ortigia Island and Sea Caves, exploring Syracusan monuments and scenic coasts. Enjoy a guided visit with historical and geographical explanations, and even take a refreshing swim!

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Isola di Ortigia - Circumnavigation
  • Maniace Castle - Circumnavigation
  • Fonte Aretusa - Sea View
  • Duomo di Siracusa - From outside
  • Ponte Umbertino - From below or from outside
  • Syracuse - Sea View
What's Included
  • Guided boat tour
  • Historical geographical explanation
Additional Information

We’ll commence our journey from Ortigia’s bridges, leading us to the ‘grand harbour’ of Syracuse and the stunning seafront of Alfeo in Ortigia. Subsequently, we shall set off from the harbour to circumnavigate the island, taking in the sight of coastal monuments. We’ll depart from Ortigia towards the north coast of Syracuse to explore the astonishing…

Location
Via Senatore Giuseppe Maielli, 4
Via Senatore Giuseppe Maielli
We meet travelers at our tourist information point. The Syracuse excursion tourist information point is located in via senatore Giuseppe maielli 4 corner Via Malta
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alison_s
May 5, 2025
A fantastic boat tour! - Enjoyable and interesting boat trip. Great guide and driver. A must do when in beautiful and vibrant Ortigia.
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Joannaemp
May 2, 2025
Beautiful morning, glistening waters, informative tour - Great way to see Ortigia. And to learn more about this amazing place, and Siracusa in general. Matteo was a wonderful source of information 😌
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Sunshine66210495370
May 1, 2025
Siracusana trip - Beautiful experience especially thanks to our captain Carmelo who with his sympathy told us the whole story of this beautiful island
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Florap
Apr 29, 2025
Wow - Fantastic experience, done in total safety despite the sea was not really a board. Thanks to the captain and Mattia, bravo!!
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Shirleybleung
Apr 10, 2025
A great way to see Syracuse and Ortigia - Great boat ride to see Syracuse and Ortigia from the sea. The visit to the sea caves is nice. Great for family.
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Emilygn9702lb
Mar 19, 2025
Highly recommend! - We had an amazing experience on this boat tour! Noemi was very well informed and was lovely to speak to. Would definitely do it again in the summer so we can go swimming.
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Y4725cfmariond
Mar 17, 2025
Great experience - Great excursion! Thank you to the girl who was our guide for an hour (nomie I think). It is a reliable family business that spends a great hour discovering the caves and the landscape of Ortygia. Go ahead.
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Peter_n
Feb 25, 2025
Walking tour of Siracusa - The tour guide was fabulous. Lots of information and a great day overall. I highly recommend this tour and Leticia our guide
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Carolinecm5756pl
Jan 26, 2025
Great experience - Had a fantastic trip with the very knowledgeable Otto , he explained where everything was and what we could see from the boat . We were very lucky the weather was perfect and I would highly recommend this company, everything went very smoothly and they were helpful and polite. 😁👍
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Mariemv5596ih
Dec 30, 2024
Muh - It was nice to be on the water. That said ee did not visit any grottos and only spent 45 minutes on the water instead of the 60/70 announced.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).