You may be looking for the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa, Japan.
Noto is in Sicily, Italy. The city is one of the eight world heritage listed "Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto".
Noto was once situated on Mount Alveria but destroyed by an earthquake in Val di Noto in 1693 and was rebuilt in another site in Baroque style.
- Ufficio informazioni turistiche A.A.P.I.T., Piazza XVI Maggio (behind the Hercules fountain, +39 0931573779. Tu-F 9:30-10:30, 15:30-16:30; Sa-Su 9:30-11:00, 15:30-17:00.
- Info Point Città di Noto, Corso Vitt. Emanuele 135, +39 339 4816218.
Noto is a world heritage site and billed as the most attractive of the Baroque towns in south east Sicily. In fact it's a really nice small town where the most of significant buildings are aligned along a single street. Unfortunately some of them are closed and/or being restored. It feels, like in many other places in Sicily, there is not enough money available to bring the town back to what it once was.
- Cattedrale di San Nicolò. The Cathedral stands on the summit of a magnificent staircase consisting in three flights of steps dating back to the eighteenth century but restored at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The facade is closed off by two imposing bell towers and it is topped by two late eighteenth-century statues
- Porta Reale. The entrance into the town and its main street – the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
- Palazzo Ducezio. 9:30-18:00; diring Infiorata 9:30-19:00; summer: 9:30-20:00. 18th century building designed by Vincenzo Sinatra with Neo-Classical frescos by Antonio Mazza. Currently it hosts the Town Hall. €2; combined with the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, the Sala degli Specchi and the Museum €4.
- Teatro Comunale "Tina Di Lorenzo", Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 83 (at the Piazza XVI Maggio. Sometimes referred to as "La Scala di Milano in miniatura".
- Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, Via Nicolaci, +39 338 7427022. 10:00-13:00, 15:00-17:30. Well restored 18th century palazzo. The ground floor is home to the town library "Principe di Villadorata" (Prince of Villadorata). The palace is still inhabited by some members of Nicolaci family. €4.
- Chiesa di Santa Chiara.
- Museo Civico, Corso Vitt. Emanuele,149. Aug 9:00-24:00; Sep-Jun 09:30-13:30, 15:30-19:30. It consists of two parts: archaeological collection and Galleria d’arte contemporanea E.E. Pirrone (Contemporary Art Gallery). The building also said to have a nice roof terrace with wonderful views. €2; combined with the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, the Sala degli Specchi and the Museum €4.
- Chiesa di San Domenico.
- Palazzo Landolina.
- Palazzo Di Lorenzo del Castelluccio.
- Palazzo Astuto.
- Palazzo Trigona.
- Palazzo Impellizzer.
- Infiorata di Noto, Via Nicolaci. A festival which attracts thousands of tourists every year, the third Sunday of May. A street covered with splendid mosaics made with flower petals, in a corner dream. The event was founded twenty-eight years ago, this new painting technique allows teachers infioratori to make a flowered carpet along the way Nicolaci
Local specialties include marmelades, jams, honeys, biscotti, and granite.
- Caffè Sicilia Corso Vittorio Emanuele,125 Closed on Mondays
- Trattoria del Crocifisso, Via Principe Umberto, 48, +39 0931 571151. Very good small restaurant of famiglia Baglieri. Very honest prices.
- Neas Ristorante, Via Rocco Pirri, 30, +39 0931 573538. Nice restaurant and outdoor serving in little courtyard. Local seafood.