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@tequiero21: I'm really bad with names, so I don't really remember... sorry. But in Italy it really depends what you want to eat. In “normal” restaurants they expect you to eat at least a primo and secondo (usually pasta and then meat/fish) That's usually too much for me. So we ended up with just a trattoria most of the times. The best ones in Rome and Florence have always been downstairs in ugly looking houses, but inside everything was nice and clean... Last time in venice DH managed to have lunch for 90€.... (he ordered a grilled fish and seafood platter) no idea how we ended up paying over 100... for our lunch.... they often don't have prices in the menu.... Also drink your coffee standing or else you pay at least double. We once ended up paying 60€ for coffee and cake in Rome because my father is old and needed to sit down... this is very different from where we live. Here the prices need to be fix and it doesn't matter if you sit down, stand at the bar or take your food home.
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I agree with @MrsKoala: ! I lived in Taormina- a small Sicilian city- for a summer and it was amazing. Great food, NOT super touristy, and close to lots of stuff. Easy to get to many beaches and other cities. Mount Etna was cool- we hiked it, it's an active volcano- and agree, Agrigento is beauitfullll. Ruins that rival Greece. I found the arabic influence really interesting - in food and architecture. I also visited the island of Vulcano- I'd probably suggest a different island in that chain (maybe Lipari) because of the sulfuric smell from the natural springs- but there's just an amazing culture in that part of Italy. If you do anything with southern Italy try to hop over to Sicily for a few days. It's very easy to get over from Calabria.
ETA: OH YEAH- Palermo! It's very old-world Italy and just GORGEOUS.
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