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fresh pasta with pistachio pesto followed by a mountainous mixed grill. It's not haute
cuisine but the food is tasty, the atmosphere is convivial and prices are honest.
Coria
( 093 32 65 96;
www.ristorantecoria.it
; Via Infermeria 24; meals from €40; closed Mon winter, Wed summer)
Caltagirone's top restaurant is an established address on the island's fine-dining circuit. Its
reputation rides on innovative regional cuisine, as exemplified in reworked classics such
as
spaghetti con sarde in crema di finocchietto
(spaghetti with sardines in a fennel sauce)
and
biscotto con crema di arance e gelatino di cioccolato e menta
(biscuit with orange
cream and chocolate and mint jelly). Reservations required.
MODERN SICILIAN
€€€
Shopping
Ceramic Caltagirone
If you're in the market for a souvenir, there are about 120 ceramics shops in town. Two re-
local artist Ricardo Varsallona exhibits his traditional and modern works, and
Ceramiche
Failla
(
CERAMICS
093 33 40 00; Scalinata di Santa Maria del Monte 45)
on the main
scalinata
.
Orientation
Caltagirone is divided into an upper and lower town, with everything of interest in the up-
per town. Orientate yourself around Piazza Municipio, the upper town's focal square.
From here, the Scalinata di Santa Maria del Monte rises to the northeast, while shop-lined
Via Vittorio Emanuele heads off west and Via Luigi Sturzo runs northeast to Viale Regina
Elena, a ring road with useful parking. Just south of Piazza Municipio, Piazza Umberto
connects with Via Roma, which runs down to the Giardino Pubblico. Buses stop in Piazza
Umberto.
Information
Tourist information desk
( 093 34 13 65;
www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
; Galleria Luigi Sforzo, Piazza Municipio;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat)
Near the bottom of the Scalinata di Santa Maria del Monte.
Getting There & Around
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