Pearls of the Sicilian Baroque - a visit to Scicli, Modica & Ragusa

The Southern corner of Sicily is an arid landscape - characterised by deep gorges scoured into the Iblean plateau. And it is home to some of the island’s most beautiful and evocative towns. Cresting the hilltops or skirting canyons, the houses stack like sugar-cubes. The local limestone, baked by the hot Sicilian sun, gives the buildings a warm, honeyed colour. And it’s here we find some of the island’s most magnificent churches, the grandest palazzi, the noblest facades.