The Palazzo Nicolaci is a baroque palace built in the 1700's with gorgeous, curved, wrought-iron balconies with carved lions, sphinxes, hippogriffs, winged horses, angels and sirens underneath. The interior features frescoed ceilings. It belonged to the Nicolachi family who acquired their fortune from the tuna industry. It's been renovated since having been taken over by Noto. It's an interesting look inside the life of a wealthy Sicilian family.

the theatre Di Lorenzo and the City Hall (total a tenner). On its own it’s €4 and absolutely worth it. Whilst not as WOW as Palazzo Castellucio, the ballroom is magnificent and the rest of the rooms lovely enough to stroll through. English language placards in most of the rooms if I do recall but they offer general histories and don’t detail all the wonderful artifacts.

For the two of us, the main attractions in the Via Corrado Nicolaci are located at the upper end of the street, near the church Chiesa di Montevergine. They are the seven outstanding baroque balconies of the Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata. We saw them some time ago in an episode of the fabulous documentary series L'Italie invisibili and decided that we must visit them! The largest balcony is situated above the grandiose entrance with two columns. There are six smaller additional balconies, three on the left and three on the right of the central one. Each of them is supported by five corbels sculpted differently in the shapes of lions, children, centaurs, winged horses, chimaeras and mermaids! The artwork is simply second to none!