Chiaramonte Gulfi Voyage Tips and guide

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From Ragusa take the SP.8 (14 km).

From Catania take the SS194 and SS.514.

From Comiso SP.7

There are buses from Ragusa and from the stop at Coffa to Catania.

The railway line passing Chiaramonte was closed in 1956 and the station was abandoned. The nearest railway station are in Comiso and Ragusa.

• Comiso Airport (Vincenzo Magliocco Airport), Ragusa (12 km away). CIY ^IATA. Flights from Rome, Milan, Pisa, Torino, London Stansted, Frankfurt Hahn, Dusseldorf, Dublin, Brussels, Malta. (updated Oct 2018)
• Catania Airport (CTA ^IATA), 87 km away, is the busiest airport in Sicily.
• Palermo airport (PMO ^IATA) is 262 km from Chiaramonte Gulfi.

Map of Chiaramonte Gulfi

Walk.

• 37.03106814.7033811 Arco dell'Annunziata, Via Annunziata. It is one of the gates of the walls of Chiaramonte, called "Porta di la Chaza" until the 18th century because it bordered the first square of the town, today partially disappeared.  
• 37.0313214.703412 Basilica of Santa Maria La Nova. It was built in 1450 in Gothic style with pointed arches and a ceiling in panels decorated with arabesques. It was transformed into Baroque style in 1608.  
• Museo dell'Olio. Museum 
• Santuario della Madonna di Gulfi. Main patron and queen of Chiaramonte Gulfi. The sanctuary is a destination for pilgrimages from all over Sicily and a pleasant place.  
• 37.03263614.7028683 Church of San Salvatore, Piazza Santissimo Salvatore. It has a single nave. It was built with two naves, which were destroyed by the devastating earthquake of 1693. Inside it houses the marble statue of the Savior of fine workmanship, which according to tradition arrived here together with that of the Virgin of the Gulfs. Numerous statues are present in it, from that of Maria SS. della Mercede to that of San Sebastiano, San Nicola and San Biagio. In this church there is a lay Confraternity under the title of the SS. Salvatore. 
• 37.0296814.701024 Church of Santo Vito. The building dates back to the 16th century. On the current site or in the nearby vicinity there was a church dedicated to San Lorenzo, already protector of the ancient Gulfi together with Santa Maria la Vetere. From 1500 San Vito was the patron saint of the town, but in 1550 the main patronage returned to Santa Maria la Vetere. Over the centuries the temple, although small in size, was embellished several times and enriched with decorations and valuable works of art, paintings and sculptures made by the most talented fellow citizens.  

• Majuri. Restaurant 

• Bar Sicilia, Corso Umberto. Italian coffee bar 

• B&Bs.