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ing area. The delicious, ample breakfasts include everything from home-raised eggs to in-
triguing Modican sweets.
B&B Il Cavaliere
( 093 294 72 19;
www.palazzoilcavaliere.it
; Corso Umberto I 259; s €39-59, d €65-80, ste €95-130; )
Stay
in aristocratic style at this classy B&B in a 19th-century
palazzo
, just down from the bus
station on Modica's main strip. Standard rooms have less character than the beautiful front
suite and the large, high-ceilinged common rooms, which retain original tiled floors and
frescoed ceilings. The elegant breakfast room has lovely views of San Giorgio church.
B&B
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Hotel Relais Modica
( 093 275 44 51;
www.hotelrelaismodica.it
; Via Campailla; d €85-110; )
Guests are assured of a
warm welcome at this inviting old-school hotel. Housed in a converted
palazzo
just off
Corso Umberto I, it's an attractive hostelry with 10 bright, cheery rooms, each slightly dif-
ferent but all spacious and quietly elegant. There's free internet in reception and satellite
TV in the rooms.
HOTEL
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Eating
Dolceria Bonajuto
( 093 294 12 25;
www.bonajuto.it
;
Corso Umberto I 159; 9am-1.30pm Mon-Sat, 4.30-8.30pm daily)
Sicily's
oldest chocolate factory is the perfect place to taste Modica's famous chocolate. Flavoured
with cinnamon, vanilla, orange peel and even hot peppers, it's a legacy of the town's
Spanish overlords who imported cocoa from their South American colonies.
CHOCOLATE
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Taverna Nicastro
( 093 294 58 84; Via S Antonino 28; meals €14-20; dinner Tue-Sat)
With over 60 years of history
and a long-standing Slow Food recommendation, this is one of the upper town's most au-
thentic and atmospheric restaurants, and a bargain to boot. The carnivore-friendly menu
includes grilled meat, boiled veal, lamb stew and pasta specialities such as ricotta ravioli
with pork
ragù
(meat sauce).
SICILIAN
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Fattoria delle Torri
( 093 275 12 86; Vico Napolitano 14, Modica Alta; meals from €35; closed Sun evening & Mon)
This is
one of Modica's smartest restaurants. Housed in an elegant 18th-century
palazzo
, it has a
SEAFOOD
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