"Il Barocco" Hotel

The present Ragusa with its history, its rural civilization, its famous monuments and its commercial successes can be summed up in a few words: from the baroque to oil.
A land bathed in light, reminding one of Africa or the East, suffusing the intricate architecture of balconies and palaces.

The visitor must not miss anything of its ancient charm: the vision of enchanted Ragusa Ibla with its luminous relics of a triumphant baroque past.

Ragusa flourishes economically and industrially with the extraction of oil; the chief town of the area, it is a centre of importance for its monuments and archeological studies.

The archeological museum, was founded by the town’s intelligentsia. The building was created by Professor Antonio Di Vita and the architect Vincenzo Cabianca. From the centre of Ragusa, with the striking sights of the Piazza San Giovanni and the church of Badia one walks down more than 220 steps towards Ragusa Ibla which is the other part of the town in the very heart of the baroque.

There are lots of stories about this huge church which was destroyed and re-built by 25h. October 1739 to the design of the architect Rosario Gagliardi.

In Ragusa Ibla a few paces from the cathedral of San Giorgio is the restaurant of “Il Barocco” housed in an palace of the nobility of architectural interest. There is an old manger for horses dating from the end of the seventeenth century. In every corner there are the atmosphere, the colours and odours of the life of its noble predecessors.

The Cabibbo brothers with many years experience as restaurateurs have elaborated special dishes maintaining faithfully the aromas and ingredients of the old baroque age.

They had the idea of creating an hotel to accommodate the many clients of the restaurant. So a hotel was constructed out of a building dating to the end of the eighteenth century which had been in use as a carpenter’s workshop!

Hurry up to book a stay in the heart of civilisation, passing pleasant evenings talking about Ibla and Ibleans.

One point:ask for suggestions from the menu and guard your waist lines. There is a serious risk of putting on weight.