Santa Lucia · Porto Piccolo · Siracusa
Welcome to Casa Còra
Your home by the sea in Siracusa
Sea view from the windows, free parking under the house and no ZTL to worry about — with Ortigia a fifteen-minute walk away, so the car stays where it is.
The perfect spot in Siracusa: Santa Lucia, outside the ZTL, with free parking in the courtyard right under the house — no permits, no circling, no fighting for a space in August. The sea is in the windows, the small harbour is at the end of the street, and Ortigia is a fifteen-minute walk over the bridge, so the car stays parked all week.
The quarter
A sea village, ten minutes from the baroque
Santa Lucia is where Siracusa keeps its small harbour: fishing boats tied up by the quay, one bakery, and neighbours who have lived here their whole lives. It is not the postcard — the postcard is a quarter of an hour away on foot, over the bridge — and that is exactly why the evenings are quiet and the parking is free.
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The apartment
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Facilities
What’s in the house
The apartment is let whole and comes with everything below. If something is not on this list it is not here, which is better to know now than on the day you arrive.
The kitchen
Set up for proper cooking, not just for reheating something at speed.
- Samsung induction hob
- Samsung digital microwave
- Philips air fryer
- Toastie and panini press
- Stick blender
- Electric citrus juicer
- Nespresso coffee machine
- Fridge with a freezer
- Kitchen scales
- Spices in the cupboard
The table
Plates, glasses and boards enough to lay a real table, and a high chair if you are travelling with a small one.
- Extendable dining table
- Breakfast island with stools
- Crockery and cutlery for a full table
- Several wooden chopping boards
- Wine and cocktail glasses
- Coffee cups and tea mugs
- Kinderkraft high chair with removable trays
Comfort
The Sicilian summer, handled: you come back to a cool flat at three in the afternoon.
- Sea view from the windows
- Samsung air conditioning in the living room and the main bedroom
- Table fan in the small bedroom
- WiFi
- Samsung television
- Balcony
Working from here
Two workstations, one in each bedroom, and one of them sit-stand: good for a week of remote work, not just half an hour of email.
- Height-adjustable standing desk with a laptop stand
- A second workstation in the other bedroom
Laundry & cleaning
What a longer stay needs: you can wash, dry and clean without going out for supplies.
- LG washing machine
- Clothes airer
- Vacuum cleaner
- Cleaning products
- Toiletries to start you off
The rooms
Two bedrooms and a bathroom, one flight up, all yours.
- Double bedroom
- Second bedroom with a single bed
- Wardrobe
- Bathroom with a shower
- Hairdryer
Arrival
You let yourselves in, with the car already inside the courtyard.
- Free parking in the courtyard
- Self check-in, at any hour
Local guide
The map
01Eat & drinkWhere we eat when we are in town28 placesNearest: Meditè
02Things to doMornings, sea days, unhurried evenings12 placesNearest: Spiaggia di Santa Lucia
03Places to seeThe stone, the light and the water21 placesNearest: Basilica Santuario di Santa Lucia al Sepolcro
04Shops & servicesMarkets, bakers and everyday errands8 placesNearest: Panificio Santa LuciaPhoto © Stella, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo © Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo © Dario Giannobile, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo © s9-4pr, CC BY 2.0
Good to know
The questions guests ask
Where exactly is Casa Còra?
Casa Còra is in the Borgata, in the Santa Lucia quarter of Siracusa on the east coast of Sicily, outside the ZTL. It is a first-floor apartment let as a whole unit: the small harbour is at the end of the street, the Santa Lucia seafront is round the corner and Ortigia is about fifteen minutes away on foot. We send the exact address with your booking confirmation.
How far is Ortigia?
About fifteen minutes on foot: you cross the bridge and you are on the island. Piazza Duomo, at the far end of Ortigia, is 23 minutes from the front door.
Is there parking?
Yes — free parking in the condominium courtyard, included with the apartment. It is a private courtyard, so there is no hunting for a space in the street and no going near Ortigia's restricted-traffic zone.
How does check-in work?
Check-in is self check-in: you let yourselves in through the archway on the corner of Via Gaetano Fuggetta and Via Cuma, at whatever hour you arrive. We send the arrival instructions privately before you travel, so nobody has to wait around for a key handover.
How far is Catania airport?
Catania Fontanarossa is about an hour away by car, and it is the airport nearly everyone flies into. If you would rather not drive, the airport coach stops on Corso Umberto I, 18 minutes' walk from the house, and Siracusa railway station is about fifteen minutes away.
Can you walk to restaurants and to the sea?
Yes, to nearly all of it: 41 of the places in this guide are within a walk. The sea is 2 minutes away, the bakery 1 minute, Meditè 4, the little harbour 3, and the trattorie of Ortigia are fifteen to twenty-five. The car is for day trips, not for the day.
Which beaches are nearby?
The nearest swimming is right outside the door: the sea at Santa Lucia, 2 minutes away, with a decked solarium and steps into deep water on one side and a small sandy beach on the other, public shower included. For a proper stretch of sand, Spiaggia del Minareto is 15 minutes by car and Punta della Mola in the Plemmirio reserve 18.
Is there anything to see right by the house?
Yes: Caravaggio's Burial of Saint Lucy hangs in the Basilica of Santa Lucia al Sepolcro, 4 minutes' walk away. This is the saint's own quarter, and the painting is still in the church it was made for.