Noto

Noto, in the province of Syracuse, is a petite, Sicilian Baroque gem, splendidly set within a rocky plateau and overlooking the Asinaro Valley.
An important hub during all its phases – i.e. Sicilian, Roman, Byzantine, and Arab – it met destruction with the earthquake of 1693, at the height of its original splendor. Yet Noto found a second life in its reconstruction, and became a magnificent city of art – not to mention an eventual UNESCO World Heritage Site, that includes Caltagirone, Militello, Catania, Modica, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli.
The city’s extraordinary beauty is matched by the other aforementioned cities, and thus defines the entire Val di Noto.