UNa fresh marine breeze, the sloping of the waves, the blue of the sea, can only make a lunch or dinner more pleasant.
There is a corner of Liguria, in Savona, where almost a century of history overlooks the beach. In Spursun-A It is transparent elegance between glass and terraces suspended on blue. Simone Perata’s cuisine is essential and safe: each dish arises from the ingredient, which commands and inspires.
Suspended between heaven and sea, Elsa in Monte Carlo It is a place of rare grace. Marcel Ravin’s expert hand leads the vision, but it is the young Domenico D’Antonio who gives her forms: light dishes, marine, refined. Here also a salad tastes of high cuisine, between waves and horizons. Set in an intimate bay, Marinella in San Terenzo It combines the scent of the stain with the sound of the waves. The cuisine, fresh and creative, caresses the territory with lightness and respect. The context – rocks, castles and silences – is pure poetry.
Between lawn, river and sea wind, Capannina Ciccio in Bocca di Magra He lives in his history. For eighty years he has been a refuge for those who love simple and sincere cuisine. The portions are abundant, the deep taste, the weather seems to slow down.
Along the Lake of Como, The golet accompanies dinners with water light. Between perfumed panzanelle, trofie, jumping and caramelized fish, you can breathe the quiet of natural, informal but well -kept elegance.
Further south, on the beach of Follonica, Eatè It is a pearl hidden in the green of the park. Intimate, essential, surprising: the chef Parisi transforms the Tuscan flavors into ethical and multisensory experiences, always with lightness and precision.
On the terrace of a hotel overlooking the sea, in Sorrento, the Vesuvio Panoramic Restaurant It is a hymn to the Campania tradition. Nicola Celentano reinterprets with respect and imagination: citrus scents, homemade pasta, fresh fish. Each dish tells an ancient story in a new voice.
On the beautiful, long beach of Savona, a restaurant that can now count about 100 years of glorious history. The beautiful glass room and the tables on the terraces, a few meters from the sea, are already, in itself, a very inviting frame. The sea cuisine then adds pleasure to pleasure. Local ingredients, freshness and seasonality: raw materials and territory have always been at the center of the gastronomic proposal of chef Simone Perata. Determined, with clear and well -defined flavors, personal: thus describes his cuisine the chef, who creates freehand but with the ingredient always the protagonist. Among its signatures the millefeuille of foie gras, red tuna, nori seaweed, marinated daikon and Sumiso; or a special thin cappon; or the spaghettone with Murici (sea snails).
The service is excellent and attentive. On € 100 excluding drinks
In Spursun
Savona, via Nizza, 41.
Tel:. 019 862263
www.aspurccacciun-a.it
Elsa, Monaco
Certainly one of the most pleasant restaurants in the Principality. A balcony in front of the sea, with the feeling of touching the waves, is so beautiful that here also a salad would seem a large dish. And in addition, under the signature of Marcel Ravin and with the young but very good resident chef Domenico D’Antonio, Elsa offers high -level gastronomy. Like a balcony in front of the Mediterranean, its unique and committed culinary universe is inspired by the marine world with delicacy and creativity. It is no coincidence that it can boast a Michelin star.
Excellent, nice and smiling the service. On the € 150 excluding drinks.
Elsa
Monaco-Av. Princesse Grâce, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco
Tel: +377 98 06 50 05
https://www.montecarlosbm.com/it/ristorante-monaco/elsa
La Marinella, San Terenzo – Lerici
In a small, secret bay, under the Castle of San Terenzo and overlooking Lerici and the imposing castle,
A place of enchantment. On a series of terraces, dug in the rock, in the shade of centuries -old holm oaks, a fresh and inventive cuisine and excellent local wines such as those of the Pian della Church.
At the Marinella you come to have dinner, but also, a lot, for the fantastic atmosphere. You feel the “flavor of the sea” but also of nature and history: an unparalleled cocktail.
The kitchen is varied, with some traditional dish and some “inventive”: excellent, for example, the ceviche of fish with lemon gel or the tomato gazpacho and yellow peppers with caponata; Among the most traditional dishes: excellent lacquered octopus on cream of potatoes and taggiasca olives or the sea bass fillet with caramelized onions. Exquisite ice creams. Note the great attention to the use of “ecological” materials, with minimal environmental impact. Excellent service curated by the patron Giovanni Braga Dettoni.
On 60 €.
Marinella
San Terenzo – Lerici (SP), via Meneghetti snc
Mob. 388 244 85 83
Capannina Ciccio, Bocca di Magra
In the quiet, sunny, Magra’s mouth, right on the marina, Ciccio is an “institution”; It has been existed for about eighty years and is one of the hundreds of boaters’ meeting centers moored at the mouth of the Magra. You dinner and have lunch in a large veranda, open on a lawn, on the river bank. The kitchen, obviously of the sea, is classic-legend. Traditional dishes with some concession to modern. Antonio Logomarsini, one of the owners says: “If the ingredient is of quality, the dish is already complete”. Among the dishes: the hot sea salad, the cod marinated with the canarine, the muscles with the marinara, and then the caciucco, the frying of paranza. All served in large portions: ancient.
The service is courteous and nice. Excellent wine list with many wines from Lunigiana and surrounding areas. It is part of the restaurants of the good memory.
Around 50-60 €
Capannina Ciccio
Bocca di Magra – Ameglia (SP), via Fabbricotti, 71.
Tel. 0187 65974 –
www.capanninaciccio.it
La Goletta, Bellagio (Co)
In this magical place you dinner where water meets the sky, with a breathtaking view of Lake Como. By the restaurant there is a beautiful swimming pool and a few meters further the waves of the lake- La Goletta is a quality restaurant for both the service and for the kitchen and for the “location”, but the atmosphere is informal. Dishes of traditional Italian cuisine are offered, but with a strong Mediterranean accent; Among the dishes: fish coupons, panzanella with tomatoes, stracciatella and marinated onions; Trofie with pesto; Saltimbocca to the Roman; Caramelled black cod. Of course you can have dinner outdoors.
Well -kept and kind service. On 80 €
The golet
Bellagio (Co), via Teresio Olivelli, 1.
Tel.: 031 956426 –
villaserbelloni.com
Eatè Restaurant, Follonica (GR)
Eatè Restaurant, Follonica (GR) – Viale Italia n.315 – 58022 Follonica (Grosseto)
Tel. 0566.280035 – www.thesenseresort.it
Immersed in a centuries -old natural park and overlooking the Gulf of Follonica, Eatè represents the gourmet heart of The Sense Experience Resort and is an integral part of the Tuscany showcase, the project of the region that promotes food and wine tourism. With only 30 covers, the restaurant is located directly on the beach in a suggestive location to offer an intimate, refined and multisensory gastronomic experience. The cuisine of the Executive Chef Parisi Executive is an ethical and creative journey between the authentic flavors of Tuscany and the Mediterranean thanks to local ingredients, contemporary techniques and a culinary vision focused on sustainability and simplicity as an expression of excellence: Carnaroli Gazzani with cannicicchi and anchovy sauce; “Fabbri” spaghetti with lemon and fine fish eggs; the blue lobster with blown cereals and fennel at the pin; the imperial dentice in herbal crust with Pak Choi and Fasolari; The lamb with carrots at the Madras and onions Borettane in sweet and sour and a series of exquisite desserts. The wine list has excellent quality and a wide choice.
The service is professional and very cared for. On € 95 excluding drinks.
Eatè restaurant
Follonica (GR) – Viale Italia n.315
Tel. 0566.280035
www.thesenseresort.it
Vesuvio Panoramic Restaurant, Sorrento (NA)
Vesuvio Panoramic Restaurant, Sorrento (NA) – Corso Marion Crawford, 85, Sant’Agnello. Tel.: 081 878 1352-www.mediterraneosorrento.com/vesuvio-panoramic-restaurant-sorrento
In the heart of the fascinating Amalfi coast, chef Nicola Celentano del Vesuvio Panoramic Restaurant – Mediterranean hotel of the Authentic Hotels group, offers a highly regional cuisine, based on quality local raw materials, often IGP and DOP, from producers that follow natural and traditional methods. Great attention is paid to paste, in homemade leavened, to fresh fish every day as “the dentice in bloom”, with a menu that reinterprets the Campania tradition in a creative key. Excellent desserts such as “Vietri”, dessert inspired by Sorrento lemon and coastal majolica. The restaurant also offers tasting routes, including the “What surprise!”, 5 -course free hand menu. The wine list, edited by the Sommelier Olimpia Pastore, enhances Italian excellence with particular attention to the bell labels.
The service is deducted and very cared for. On € 100 excluding drinks.
Vesuvio Panoramic Restaurant
Sorrento – Marion Crawford Corso, 85, Sant’Agnello.
Tel.: 081 878 1352
https://www.mediterraneosorrento.com/vesuvio-panoramic-restaurant-sorrento