Effortlessly blurring country and creative (think truffle caviar followed by smoked veal carpaccio), this agriturismo restaurant is also well known for its delicious wood-fired porchetta (suckling pig). Comprehensive tasting menus are good value and excellent craft beers from Nicosia's very own Birrificio 24 Baroni are a real surprise in this sleepy Sicilian hilltown. Book ahead for Friday and Saturday night.
Baglio San Pietro
Central Sicily
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