Acireale  

The name Acireale was given to the town by Philip IV, king of Spain and Sicily, who made it a direct royal domain.
To visit: Chiesa di S. Sebastiano ,second half 17th c., with its fine baroque facade and bell-tower, which is not at the side but in the body of the church, an original architectural arrangement that is common in the Val di Noto: it is in fact an extension of the facade.

  

Chiesa di S. Sebastiano in  Piazza Vigo

       In one wide baroque square stand the Cathedral, the Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo and the Town Hall (1659), characterized by finely shaped pilasterstrip, balconies, grotesque corbels, and the palchetto balustrade ,an excellent example of 17th c. Sicilian provincial architecture.

 
 How to reach it 
Motorway A18 exit : Acireale  

To eat tipical sweet 
 Castorina ,church front, have a good ice scream nuts

Restaurant  
L'oste scuro in Vigo square Acireale 

 S. Tecla: Barone Restaurant 
 S. Maria la Scala: Il mulino Restaurant,                              trattoria la grotta    
Stazzo "La Conchiglia" Restaurant, pizza . Piazza Mantova n. 7 - Stazzo  - tel. 095 7641575