The theater’s path
- 5:00 h
- 3 KM
- Easy
Siracusa is a city that carries within itself the essence of the theater itself.
Walking through the streets of the theater in Syracuse gives substance to the idea of a city that has always been devoted to this wonderful art. Starting from the Theater Street in Ortigia you can admire the beautiful Teatro Massimo of Siracusa, which with its imposing and elegant appearance will bewitch you. The facades decorated with theatrical masks and symbols of the muses, the wide porch for the coaching of the carriages and the marvelous interiors, will remain forever in your memory.
Coming out of Via del Teatro, a few meters on the right you will have the opportunity to enter the Giudecca district where you will immediately welcome the Maugeri brothers’ puppet museum and just go along Via della Giudecca to find the Sicilian Pupi Theatre, where every day throughout the year, this beautiful family creates the puppets and masterfully stages the stories of the Paladins of the Carolingian poems.
Coming out of via della Giudecca you will find yourself in via della Maestranza and walking along it all you will reach Corso Matteotti. At the end of which you will end up in the majestic Corso Umberto. As soon as you walk, you will just need to turn right to get into Corso Gelone easily. At the end of this fundamental artery of the city, you will have arrived at the Archaeological Park of the Neapolis of Siracusa, where the wonderful Greek Theater of Siracusa is located.
In this magical place you will feel the energy of thousands of theatrical performances on your skin.
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