Syracuse: where eating well spending a little...my holiday and some tips for you

Almond Milk Granita

My holidays in Sicily are now only a memory, along with the endless dips in the sea, but I still want to tell you about the Syracuse area and give you some tips if you ever visit this beautiful and generous land.

Today is the time of:

Eating well spending little to Syracuse:

From €20 to €25 each (wine and coffee included). About visiting Syracuse and having an amazing dip you can go to my next Post

Red Moon is a Pub Restaurant inside the Port Lachio of Siracuse. The atmosphere is picturesque; we were walking around the port for a drink, we took some pictures at sunset and finally we ate in this nice place:

– Spaghetti Ricci di Mare (Sea urchins)

– Spaghetti Nero di Seppia (Squid Ink)

– Mixed Fried Fish

– Peppered Mussels

– Octopus

We spended €105 (4 people; wine and coffee)

Make sure to book in advance.

They usually start the dinner late: 20,30 pm

Syracuse, the Port

Syracuse, the Port

Spaghetti Squid Ink

Spaghetti Sea Urchins

Octopus

Mixed Fried Fish

Zio Agatino is our favourite restaurant! The place is marvellous, tables are just in front of the sea ( I think 2 meters far from) and the view is amazing and breathtaking.

Comfortably seated at the table, you can see the volcano Etna in the distance: you can even see the smoke from the pictures.

If you love raw seafood and shellfish this is the right place for you!

We came here many times we have never been disppointed.

We ate:

– Raw seafood and Shellfish

– Mussels au gratin

– Spaghetti Zio Agatino (Seafood)

– fish barbecue (grilled)

– Cassata (tipical dessert with Ricotta cheese and, candied orange zest and chocolate drops)

We spended €90

Zio Agatino, the view from our table

Raw Shellfish

The Etna Volcano is smoking at the distance

Cassata Dessert

All together for Puccio’s Birthday at Zio Agatino

Trattoria Medusa in the historical center of Syracuse, Ortigia.

It ‘a nice reastaurant and tables overlook a quaint alley.

Spaghetti Clams were ok.
The mullet were exquisite and also the squid,
but they are very disorganized, so prepare yourself to wait a long time.

We spended €95 (4people; wine and coffee)

Mullet

Ristorante Pizzeria Spizzica al Vecchio Lavatoio just a few steps from the source Aretusa, Alfeo Promenade, in Ortigia.

We ate amazing pizzas and i recommend you: Siracuse (Tuna and Swordfish) and Cheeses (Scamorza, Ricotta from Sicily and other local cheeses)

Corte Bottai is a new Pub (not yet the website)

The atmosphere is really nice: an ancient courtyard behind the restaurant. The staff is young and kind and the owner is a very nice and professional person.

Eating is excellent and drinking too, expecially for the red wine.

We choosed some cutting boards with local salumi and cheeses and the famous Pizzolo (a kind of Bread with Tomatoes and local Cheese)

The Best Granita

A part from the raw fish, I love Granita (frozen fruit puree with sugar to eat by teaspoon).

Casa della Granita Siciliana makes the best granita I never eat, creamy, juicy and genuine.

The place is not nice: an old bar along a local road; just 2 tables.

The owners are very friendly and helpful.

Here you can taste the classic Granita: Latte di Mandorla (Almond milk), made with blended almonds… that’s my favourite!

But I recommend other kind of typical granitas too: Lemon, Fichi d’India (prickly pears), Gelsi (mulberry)…and all the fruit you can find on season.

Ps: If you’ll taste the almonds cookies they sell you’ll never forget them!

Another place with a fantastic Granita is in Marzameni, and this time you’ll find a fantastic atmosphere too: just in the big Place of this fishing beautiful village.