The addresses from the villa's welcome booklet: the historic pizzeria, our favourite ice-cream shop, the markets and the tables we recommend to our guests.
At the villa, every guest receives Stéphanie's welcome booklet with her addresses. Here are the essentials, starting with Calasetta's speciality: cascà, a couscous with vegetables and chickpeas inherited from the Tabarkin families who came from Tunisia.
The Calasetta institutions
The Pizzeria Tore, on the town-hall square, is the village's historic pizzeria: try the pizza al taglio and the farinata, a local speciality made with chickpea flour. For dessert, head to the Gelateria il Pinguino, Via Palestro, our favourite ice-cream shop.
The tables of Sant'Antioco
On the Sant'Antioco side, three addresses. Zefiro, Via Carducci, for traditional Sardinian cooking. Raices, Via Nazionale, for more creative cooking that mixes influences: our pick for a gourmet dinner. And the Rubiu brew pub, Via Bologna, for original pizzas and beers brewed on site.
For the morning bread, the Panificio Calabrò, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, bakes excellent traditional Sardinian bread. Bring it back to the villa still warm, with a few pardule in spring.
Markets and everyday shopping
Calasetta's open-air market is held every Wednesday on the port. In Sant'Antioco, go on Tuesdays and Fridays to Piazzale Pertini, Friday being dedicated to local and organic producers, in small quantities that go fast. For small purchases, the Nonna Isa minimarket on Calasetta's seafront is handy, and the Conad and Lidl supermarkets in Sant'Antioco cover the week's shopping.
And part of dinner grows in the villa's vegetable garden: tomatoes and basil picked the same evening, Calabrò's bread and a bottle of Carignano, at the table under the pergola.
