Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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Typical dishes of Taormina
The specialities to try here, and their stories.
Pasta alla Norma pasta with fried aubergine, tomato, basil and salted ricotta
Fried aubergine, tomato sauce, basil and a snowfall of salted ricotta: Catania’s signature dish is named after the opera by Bellini, a native of the city.
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Pitone messinese fried half-moon pastry filled with escarole, tuma cheese and anchovies
A thin sheet of dough folded into a half-moon and fried, with escarole, tuma cheese, anchovies and black pepper inside: Messina’s street food, to eat hot straight from the rosticceria.
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What to see 15
Teatro Antico di Taormina · Isola Bella · duomo di Taormina and 12 more
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Villa Fiorita Boutique Hotel 9.8 · Villa Mabel Boutique Hotel 9.7
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Pancras, Friday 9 July
Getting there
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 40 km away
Near Taormina
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
