Torre Archirafi (II)

L'Ancora Restaurant

L'Ancora restaurant is one of the seafood restaurants in Torre Archirafi that I mentioned in the previous post. It's a friendly, family-run affair with two kitchens, one of which is strictly Pizza. We sometimes like to get a pizza takeaway in the evening and to eat it on the balcony of our apartment, watching the bats. My favourite is their Americano pizza, which is basically the pizza of your choice topped with chips (French fries)!


Fresh fish on display at L'Ancora restaurant.

One evening in June 2005 I was allowed into the pizza kitchen in order to make this short video. I think it gives a good impression of the place and I love to hear the soundtrack again with all that lovely clipped Italian being spoken.

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Torre Archirafi

Torre Archirafi

My partner and I are lucky to have friends living in the Province of Catania in Sicily. When we visit we often rent their holiday apartment in Torre Archirafi – a home from home.


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Torre Archirafi is a quiet fishing village which we have found to be a good base for exploring the Catania region. Acireale, Giarre, Riposto and Taormina are all easily reached by local bus and train, although we usually choose to walk along the promenade (Lungomare Pantano) to Riposto and Giarre. We'd take the train from Giarre when visiting Taormina.



We tend to alternate our days of exploring the region with stay-at-home days. Torre Archirafi is great for lazy days such as these. We'd normally shop for fresh bread, cheese, tomatoes, marinated olives, and then breakfast on the balcony to catch the morning rays. Once we'd had enough of the sun we'd read under the shade of the trees in the garden, or I'd busy myself with a video camera waiting for something to happen – like the lizards coming out to play.



At some stage we'd go for a walk around the village and maybe stop in at the butchers, buy fresh veg and fruit from the greengrocers or from the van that comes around at certain times of the day, or we'd plan to eat out later at one of the fish restaurants, and instead of shopping have a drink or two and snack on orancinas at the bar on Via Marina.

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Torre Archirafi (II) – L'Ancora Restaurant