Ebano

Syracuse


Using Tuscan leather and recycled materials like bike tyres, inner tubes and old army tents, artisans Kal and Giuliana create durable, handmade leather goods, from wallets, totes, handbags, laptop sleeves, coin purses and shoes, to super-cool backpacks that will have everyone asking 'Where did you get that?!'. You'll even find striking industrial lamps made using car parts and oil cylinders.

Totes retail from around €90, with backpacks ranging from €50 to €200.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Syracuse attractions

1. Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo

0.02 MILES

Housed in a 13th-century Catalan-Gothic palace, this art museum's eclectic collection ranges from early Byzantine and Norman stonework to 19th-century…

2. Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia

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The Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia is dedicated to the city's patron saint, St Lucy, martyred in Syracuse during the reign of the Roman emperor…

3. Fontana Aretusa

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Down the winding main street from the cathedral is this ancient spring, where fresh water still bubbles up just as it did in ancient times when it was the…

4. Palazzo Arcivescovile

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The elegant, 17th-century Palazzo Arcivescovile is home to the Biblioteca Alagoniana and some rare 13th-century manuscripts.

5. Duomo

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Built on the skeleton of a 5th-century BC Greek temple to Athena (note the Doric columns still visible inside and out), Syracuse's 7th-century cathedral…

6. Museo dei Pupi

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The small Museo dei Pupi chronicles the history of Sicilian puppetry, with a particular focus on the role local puppeteers Alfredo and Saro Vaccaro played…

7. Piazza del Duomo

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Syracuse's showpiece square is a masterpiece of baroque town planning. A long, rectangular piazza flanked by flamboyant palazzi, it sits on what was once…

8. Artemision

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Loitering beneath Palazzo Municipale are the scant remains of a 6th-century-BC Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis, as well as the modest traces…