Prettiest outdoor restaurants in italy
Sit on the terrace of this romantic hotel and watch the picturesque landscape of Taormina and the waters below. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to watch the lava erupting from Mount Etna, it is thanks to this active volcano and the fertile soil, that you taste the most incredible produce, full of flavour, that you just can’t beat.
Ristorante Timeo: Grand Hotel Timeo, A Belmond Hotel, Taormina, Sicili
Sit on the terrace of this romantic hotel and watch the picturesque landscape of Taormina and the waters below. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to watch the lava erupting from Mount Etna, it is thanks to this active volcano and the fertile soil, that you taste the most incredible produce, full of flavour, that you just can’t beat. Be sure to make a reservation so you can stay for longer than a drink and enjoy some local Sicilian dishes; stuffed courgette flowers with ricotta cream, caponata, and pistachio pasta.
La Sponda Restaurant, Le Sirenuse: Positano Italy
One of the most beautiful hotels in Positano, Le Sirenuse, has two stunning outdoor dining spots. You must make a reservation months in advance if you want to experience either, and count yourself very lucky if you do score a booking.
Aldo’s, the more informal of the two, is best if you want to get lunch and enjoy fresh seafood, pasta, and caprese salads. You’ll be perched up high with amazing world renouned views of Positano, it’s the perfect spot to people watch, all while being close to the hotel pool.
La Sponda, the hotel’s formal restaurant, has hundreds of candles lit every evening, with bougainvillaea climbing the walls, awarding it the prettiest restaurant. At night you can gaze out at the coloured houses scattered against the most beautiful sunsets that Positano always delivers, and over the water to the Siren Islands.
Belvedere Restaurant: Belmond Hotel Caruso, Ravello, Italy
Ravello hits up high on a limestone throne on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, from the terrace of the Belvedere restaurant the impossible blue sea of Tyrrhenian sits below. If you can visit at sunset for a cocktail, the music playing in the evening and the colours of the sky around the gothic arches of the hotel will make your eyes sparkle. If you can then dine for dinner and enjoy classic Amalfi dishes as you watch the lights come along the hillside it’ll make for a very memorable night.
