Ortigia: Tour with a stop in the Jewish Quarter and arancini food tasting｜Italy

There is an Ortigia that you won't find in the guidebooks. It is the Ortigia of the quiet alleys of the Jewish Quarter, where one of the richest and most cultured Jewish communities in the Mediterranean lived. Today, those alleys look the same as the others, but if you know where to look – a low arch, a walled-up doorway, a worn stone – you realize that history weighs differently here.

Our city tuktuk takes you right there, with a guide who knows how to read those signs and tell you about them. The tour starts at the Temple of Apollo, visits the most iconic sites on the island, and then delves into the Jewish Quarter, where the most delicious stop awaits you: an authentic Syracusan arancino, hot, crispy, and prepared to perfection by those who have been making it for generations. Because to understand Ortigia, it's not enough to look at it — you also have to taste it.

Ninety minutes. Two millennia of history. An unforgettable arancino.