Try out the local beaches
Siracusa has apparently got some small beaches of its own. We found one near the 'piccolo port' but it looked as though it was privately owned and certainly in mid winter it was all very closed up.
Instead we took the road out south to Arenella which has a very nice sweeping beach with a small car park just behind. There were no facilities but then it was the end of December. We'd been lucky with the weather as we had bright sunshine and temperatures into the 20's Celcius. As a consequence there were quite a few people out enjoying the winter sun. In fact some people were swimming without wetsuits though I don't know if they were Italian. At the southern end of the beach it's possible to go for a walk through the coastal meadow; it's rocky foreshore gave the area a slightly more rugged feel, better than areas where the coastline is backed up by housing development which is the case at the other end of the beach.
Further south is the resort of Fontaine Bianchi. This beach was totally deserted but clearly in the summer it will be very popular judging by the number of hotels that back onto it.
Arenella beach
