Savoca
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Michael Corleone asked to meet Apollonia at Bar Vitelli in Savoca, still open today, and other scenes of The Godfather were filmed outside the church of San Nicolò. The medieval village rises on a rocky double-peaked hill facing the Ionian coast, among citrus groves, vineyards and olives. Once the leading town of the Agrò valley, it kept many of its seventeen churches.
Highlights
- The putridarium in the crypt of the mother church, where nobles were mummified
- Santa Maria in Cielo Assunta, with its lava-stone rose window
- San Michele church, with two Gothic Chiaramonte-style portals
- Bar Vitelli, the café seen in The Godfather
- Holy Week performances at the Chiesa del Calvario
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Savoca (IT), Savoca (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,724
Things to see
Events through the year
- Holy Week ritesHooded confraternity Via Crucis and a living Passion
- Feast of Saint LucyA girl as Lucy resists the devil on three rounds of the village
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Savoca). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Pani cunzatu (IT)Bread and pastaWood-oven bread dressed with local olive oil, salt, chilli or preserves
- Granita with zzuccarataSweetLemon granita served only here with a crunchy sesame biscuit
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Adapted from Wikipedia (Savoca). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Forza d'Agrò · 4.6 km
- Castelmola · 12 km
- Novara di Sicilia · 19 km
- Castroreale · 19 km
- Castiglione di Sicilia · 21 km