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On this page you will find information about the main archaeological sites of the Province of Ragusa.
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Museum and archaelogic excavations in Kamarina (Scoglitti) |
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short visit up to 2 hours
 The Museum is made out of a nineteenth century millstone. Its several pavilions show the history of the area, from the earliest settlements dating back to the castelluccio age, to the foundation of the city and the final destruction by the Romans. The first pavilion is dedicated to the underwater archaeology, here you can admire underwater findings from the Bay of Camarina. The archaeological park all around the museum shows vestiges of the old Greek city: the Agora, the house of the altar and the temple of Athena.
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Cava Ispica South (Ispica) |
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half-day tour
 La Forza park is set in a deep canyon and surrounded by an evocative landscape. Here you can see vestiges of the fortress inhabited until 1693, of the Marchionale palace, of the Byzantine churche and the "Centoscale".
- Marchionale Palace
- Vestiges of the old Church of St. Annunziata
- Centoscale
- Antiquarium
- Rock Church of Santa Maria della Cava
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Cava Ispica North (Modica) |
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half-day tour
 The Larderia and the archaeological Park of Ispica Valley have been recently made famous by the tv fiction the “Inspector Montalbano". The archaeological area attracts visitors keen on wild nature and allows them to learn about people who lived in cavers in total harmony with nature.
- Tomba a finti pilastri
- Church of St. Pancrati
- Grotta dei Santi
- Grotta of St. Nicola or of Madonna
- Catacomb of Larderia
- Grotta of St. Maria
- Grotte cadute
- Grotta della Spezieria
It is also worth visiting the picturesque water mill museum “Cavallo d’Ispica” located in the heart of the archaeological area of Cava Ispica.
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