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EATING

A Castellana Piazza di Caduti 091 814 8667. Right by the castle, this medieval
granary now houses a popular pizzeria-ristorante, with a long list of very reasonably
priced grilled meats and pizzas. Tues–Sun lunch & dinner.

< Back to Cefalù and the Monti Madonie

Parco Regionale delle Madonie

The Madonie mountain range and valleys south of Cefalù fall within the limits of one
of Sicily’s most accessible regional parks, the Parco Regionale delle Madonie. It’s
an area of beech and pinewoods, flower-filled upland plains, craggy rocks, high
passes and soaring peaks (including the highest mountains in Sicily after Etna).
Villages and towns are few and far between, but a couple of places in particular make

good bases for tours and walks, while several remote resort hotels and rifugi offer a
real mountain escape. There’s a minor ski scene in winter, though not one for which
you’d travel to Sicily.

Northern gateway to the Madonie park (pronounced Mad-on-ee-eh) is the attractive
town of Castelbuono, 20km southeast of Cefalù, while right across the mountains on

the south side is the smaller settlement of Petralia Soprana.