La Fornace's rather sterile dining room won't win any design awards, but its impressive array of mountain specialties – Nebrodi pork, porcini mushrooms, locally harvested asparagus, and a huge antipasto spread, all accompanied by pizzas in the evening – offers excellent value for money.
La Fornace
Tyrrhenian Coast
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
29.87 MILES
Lipari's best coastal views are from a celebrated viewpoint known as Quattrocchi (Four Eyes), 3km west of town. Follow the road for Pianoconte and look on…
29.72 MILES
Lapped by clean waters and surrounded by sheer cliffs, this dark, pebbly beach on Lipari's southwestern shore is a dramatically beautiful swimming and…
27.33 MILES
For spectacular sea and island views without the physical exertion of climbing Fossa di Vulcano, follow the signposted road to Capo Grillo, about 7km…
29.13 MILES
Down near Lipari's southwesternmost tip, this high perch commands unparalleled views south to Vulcano (backed by Mt Etna on a clear day), and west into a…
6.8 MILES
Turquoise waters lap this gorgeous beach to the east of the point at Capo d'Orlando. Framed by rocky outcrops, with a mix of sand and pebbles and gorgeous…
26.01 MILES
On the island's southern coast, down a sinuous, narrow paved road, Gelso is a minuscule but picturesque port with a pair of family-run restaurants and a…
27.78 MILES
Vulcano's beach scene is centred on this smooth strip of black sand at Porto di Ponente, about 10 minutes' walk beyond the mud pools on the western side…
24.64 MILES
Perched on a hillside 4km south of Castel di Tusa, and accessed through a small olive grove, the scant remnants of this 5th-century-BC Greek city command…
Nearby Tyrrhenian Coast attractions
1. Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
0.37 MILES
The most impressive of San Marco d' Alunzio's churches is Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, where there's a Domenico Gagini statue of the Madonna con…
2. Museo della Cultura e delle Arti Figurative Bizantine e Normanne
0.5 MILES
Next to the 16th-century Chiesa di San Teodoro, in a restored 16th-century Benedictine monastery, is a lovely space showing fresco fragments from the town…
6.8 MILES
Turquoise waters lap this gorgeous beach to the east of the point at Capo d'Orlando. Framed by rocky outcrops, with a mix of sand and pebbles and gorgeous…
19.16 MILES
This ancient Greek holy place was founded by Dionysis of Syracuse after his victory over the Carthaginians in 396 BC. The secluded ruins (a basilica, an…
5. Santuario della Madonna del Tindari
19.29 MILES
This enormous church can be seen from miles around: it sits right on Capo Tindari, its dome glistening in the sun. A sanctuary was built here in the 16th…
19.76 MILES
In the town of Oliveri, just below the ancient settlement of Tyndaris, this sandy stretch of beach makes a good place for a swim, with a series of lidos…
20.92 MILES
Perched north of town at a height of nearly 1000m, the ruins of Mistretta's 11th-century Norman castle make an atmospheric spot to survey the old town's…
24.64 MILES
Perched on a hillside 4km south of Castel di Tusa, and accessed through a small olive grove, the scant remnants of this 5th-century-BC Greek city command…