The highest peak is Monte Lauro<\/strong>, at 987 metres, others well known are Monte Casale and Monte Arcibessi.
The generally gentle relief is broken by beautiful valleys, gorges and ravines. In its highest part, woods of holm oaks extend, which, descending towards the coast, are replaced by Mediterranean vegetation, then by olive groves, vineyards or orchards.<\/p>\n
It is thus a region ideal for hiking, whose limestone plateau is cut by numerous gorges (the cave<\/em> <\/strong>in Italian), which are charming sites endowed with rich nature and whose archaeological and historical testimonies are not to be outdone, as with the presence of necropolises, catacombs, or rock churches.<\/p>\n\n\n The heart of these mountains, semi-wild, where the presence of a rudimentary peasant culture dominated, contrasts with the baroque majesty of the towns of the Val di Noto<\/strong>, on the edge of the massif, such as Ragusa<\/a><\/strong>, Modica<\/a><\/strong>, Scicli<\/strong> and Noto<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Some charming villages are among the “most beautiful villages in Italy”, such as Palazzolo Acreide<\/strong><\/a> and its neighbouring remains of the Greco-Roman city of Akrai<\/strong><\/a>, as well as Monterosso Almo<\/strong><\/a> and Ferla<\/strong><\/a>.![\"Dry](\"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mura-a-secco-monti-iblei-sp8-monte-finocchito-sicilia_6137.jpg\")
<\/a><\/a>Towns and villages of the Hyblaean Mountains<\/h2>\n
Among the other pretty villages found in the province of Syracuse, let us mention Cassaro, Sortino, Buccheri, Buscemi<\/a>, and Canicattini Bagni; or towards Caltagirone, the small town of Vizzini<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n