After the visit of the Roman Villa del Casale scenic drive through Sicily inner landscape to Caltagirone, surrounded with beautiful valleys and hills, in the height of 608 meters above sea level. You will see the baroque city awarded with UNESCO World Heritage award in the same way as Catania, Noto, Syracuse, but still the place has its own characteristic CERAMICS. The history of ceramics goes far back to the ancient traditions, just to think how many other places in Europe You could name, what has Regional museum of Ceramics. Ceramic museum is located in main square and called ” Teatrino” ( Little Theater), it was build by architect Natale Bonaiuto in 1792. Visiting the museum You will see rich overview of ceramics history starting from prehistoric pottery and arriving today’s fine refinated art. The highlight is undoubtedly the 142 steps of the Scalinata di Santa Maria del Monte. If You are interested to know more precise about the techniques of making ceramics we can arrange the visit in Alessio’s ceramics factory. Here you can experience the traditional ceramic art by trying your hand at making pottery.