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Solaris Via Colonello Berte 70 333 605 0091, bedandbreakfast.milazzo.info.
Bright and welcoming B&B a block from the port, with five cheerfully decorated
rooms with a/c and fridges. All the rooms have balconies and one has a small covered
terrace. €90

Il Vicolo Via Salemi 14 349 504 6851, ilvicolobeb.it. Located in a quiet side
street on the Ponente (eastern) side of town, 30m from the beach and just a 5min walk
from the port, this B&B has three spick-and-span rooms with en-suite bathrooms, and

a fourth with a bathroom outside. All have use of a fully equipped kitchen, and there’s
a courtyard for outside dining. Facilities include a washing machine, and the use of
bikes. €80

EATING AND DRINKING

There’s a small but worthy range of restaurants and trattorias in Milazzo’s centre;
those furthest from the port tend to do the best food. The town’s passeggiata is one of
the liveliest in Sicily, with baby buggies, scooters and cars clogging up Lungomare
Garibaldi, and a swarm of couples and families dropping in for ice cream at the bars
along the way, most of which stay open late in summer. There are plenty of pubs

dotted around the Borgo, too, open every evening in summer, at weekends in winter.

RESTAURANTS

Bagatto Via M. Regis 11 090 922 4212. You can sample local salami and
cheeses as well as more substantial dishes (€10–16) at this chic wine bar and
restaurant. Try the tagliata of seared, thinly sliced rare beef (€16). There’s a great

selection of wines and a cool, laidback ambience, with some tables outside. Mon–
Tues & Thurs–Sun aperitivo & dinner.

La Casalinga Via R. D’Amico 13 090 922 2697. Local favourite for fish, where the
speciality is spaghetti polpa di granchi (with crab sauce). First courses are €8 or €9,
mains €7–16. Worth booking. Daily lunch & dinner; closed Sun Oct–April.

Il Covo del Pirata Lungomare Garibaldi 47–48 090 928 4437. With wooden
ceilings, stone walls and piratical decor, this has more atmosphere than most local

eateries, and the food is occasionally superb. Downstairs is a pizzeria, but you should
go upstairs for the sea view. First courses include linguine tuttomare, a seafood
extravaganza (€14) – other pasta dishes are around €10. Closed Wed. Mon–Tues &
Thurs–Sun lunch & dinner.

Giardino di Sicilia Via Santa Maria Maggiore 29 090 922 2191,
giardinidisicilia.net. Amiable family-run restaurant and pizzeria, where you eat in a

garden courtyard in summer, serving what may be one of the best pizzas (from €4) you
ever eat, their crisp, tasty feather-light bases the result of a dough fermented for 48