What to do on Sunday in Catania?
Whether you are a tourist or a local the question is always the same: “What are we doing today?”
And Sunday is the day when you are even more confused. This is why we are here to advise you, take you to our Sunday rituals among flea markets, great food and cultural routes through the city streets.
Sunday Morning: The flea market
If the morning has gold in its mouth … then let’s go look for it among the stalls of the flea market that is set up every Sunday morning under the arches of the marina, near the entrance to the port of Catania .
Here you can search for antiques collectors’ pieces, books of all kinds and era of publication, antique jewelry and many other vintage items. There are a thousand stories that can be told by the sellers of this small market, adventures that tell of a Catania made up of nobility, workers and waters that cut the arches, all documented by the photos that you can always find here.
After having refreshed ourselves from shopping, it is time to satisfy even the stomach: it is not for nothing that we are in one of the cities with the best culinary folklore in the world. So from the port you go towards via Etnea, reaching via Umberto – the road that begins in front of the Villa Bellini. Proceeding along via Umberto, on the right we find Via Santa Filomena, one of the most famous places for those who love to eat well because of the many restaurants that populate it.
Via Santa Filomena: Il Curtigghiu restaurant
At lunch you cannot miss a nice plate of pasta and a second course worthy of home tables. As we know, Sicilians are very fond of family and good food, which is why Sunday lunch is a sacred ritual. Reproducing the feeling of celebration and a full stomach is easy when you sit at Il Curtigghiu restaurant . Here we can order typical first courses such as Pasta alla Norma (do you want to read what is the origin of Pasta alla Norma? Click on it ), with zucchini, with swordfish and much more.
Secondly, we recommend the horse meatballs with grandma’s salad, or with tomato, onion and salted ricotta. For meat lovers it is an experience not to be missed, a typical meal of any self-respecting Catanese.
Info and Contacts:
Via Santa Filomena 43
Reservations on 095 586 1352
Open on Saturday and Sunday for lunch and every evening for dinner
Sunday Afternoon: from the Greek-Roman Theater to the Ursino Castle
At lunch you cannot miss a nice plate of pasta and a second course worthy of home tables. As we know, Sicilians are very fond of family and good food, which is why Sunday lunch is a sacred ritual. Reproducing the feeling of celebration and a full stomach is easy when you sit at Il Curtigghiu restaurant . Here we can order typical first courses such as Pasta alla Norma (do you want to read what is the origin of Pasta alla Norma? Click on it ), with zucchini, with swordfish and much more.
Secondly, we recommend the horse meatballs with grandma’s salad, or with tomato, onion and salted ricotta. For meat lovers it is an experience not to be missed, a typical meal of any self-respecting Catanese.
Info and Contacts:
Via Santa Filomena 43
Reservations on 095 586 1352
Open on Saturday and Sunday for lunch and every evening for dinner
Sunday Afternoon: from the Greek-Roman Theater to the Ursino Castle
Elegant, sober but not in taste. This restaurant as well as offering traditional dishes in a modern way and with high quality local products, is proud of one of the best pizzas in Catania . The dough is left to rest for 48 to 72 hours, and you can choose between white flour or 9 cereals, all to enhance two fundamental characteristics: digestibility and taste.
From focaccia to traditional pizzas or pizzas with a stuffed edge, it is easy to understand how there is a certain refinement of the ingredients, which make the pizzas of this restaurant unique. Among the most popular we indicate the Estate – with morsels of buffalo mozzarella from Campania, fried zucchini, toasted breadcrumbs, pine nuts and basil pesto – and the Presidia – with a rim filled with aubergine cream and tomato sauce, mozzarella, fried aubergines. , salted ricotta and fresh basil.
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Info and Contacts:
Via Santa Filomena 10
Reservations at 095 316 888
Open every evening for dinner