MAP ILLUSTRATION: KATE SUTTON
Take a stroll through time in the Baroque cities of Modica, Ragusa and Syracuse
ON A BACKSTREET IN FRONT OF A THICK OAK DOOR, GUIDE Sabrina Tavolacci is on the brink of revealing one of Modica’s greatest secrets. Slipping a cast-iron key from her pocket, she turns the lock and beckons her guests to follow one-by-one into the inky darkness. ‘This was only discovered 30 years ago,’ she whispers, her footsteps echoing down the stone corridor as she moves inside. ‘Modica is famous for two details. Churches and caves. And here we have both!’