ZASH — Loungebereich im beleuchteten Zitrusgarten am Abend

Archi · Riposto, Sicily — between Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea

ZASH Country Boutique Hotel

Name: ZASH Country Boutique Hotel
Address: Archi · Riposto, Sicily — between Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea

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ZASH sits where Mount Etna meets the Ionian Sea: in an old country estate near Archi, a hamlet above Riposto on Sicily's eastern coast. From a former winery and manor house came sixteen rooms and suites, set into 130,000 square metres of citrus groves. Lava-stone walls, aged plasterwork and old wine presses meet clear contemporary volumes — and a kitchen that has held a Michelin star since 2019.

Location: Archi · Riposto, Sicily — between Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea
Best for: Couples · Design lovers · Food · Slow travel · Spa
Best season: April–Oktober · April–October (ganzjährig geöffnet)
Price: €€€€
Visit hotel website: zash.it

Transportation Options

Flughafen Catania (45 km)
Catania (31,5 km)
Strände (1,7 km)
Hafen Riposto (3,6 km)
Taormina (32,7 km)
Ätna Nord / Piano Provenzana (33,2 km)

Basic Information

Number of rooms: 16

Hotel Features

16 Zimmer & Suiten — Herrenhaus, Weinkeller, Garten & Pool-Villen
Ristorante Zash — 1 Michelin-Stern (Chef Giuseppe Raciti)
Pool aus Ätna-Lavastein, von Zitrushainen umgeben
Spa: Sauna, Türkisches Bad, Emotionsdusche & Pool mit Sprudelmassage

Gallery

ZASH — Poolterrasse und Lavasteinmauer mit Blick auf den Ätna in der blauen Stunde

ZASH — Außenlounge zwischen den Zitrusbäumen am Pool

ZASH — das Restaurant im ehemaligen Gärtank unter Gewölben aus Kalk- und Bimsstein

ZASH — Pool Villa mit raumhohen Glaswänden und Blick auf Baum und Rasen in der Dämmerung

ZASH — Innenpool des Spa, umgeben von einer Wand aus Ätna-Lavastein

ZASH — Panoramablick über Zitrushaine auf den schneebedeckten Ätna

ZASH — versenkte Lounge-Terrasse mit Pergola und warmem Licht am Abend

ZASH — Pool Villa & SPA, private Terrasse zwischen Orangenbäumen

ZASH — SPA Suite mit runder Badewanne und Blick in den Garten

Our take

Why we love it

The restaurant in the old fermentation tank — Giuseppe Raciti's starred cooking beneath vaults of lava, limestone and pumice.

Architecture by Antonio Iraci that keeps the historic fragments and dissolves the glass into the citrus groves (PIDA Award 2013).

130,000 m² of citrus groves where you pick your own oranges — and a pool made of Etna lava stone.

Food & Drink

The restaurant inside the old fermentation tank where wine once aged: an intimate room beneath vaults of limestone and pumice, where Giuseppe Raciti serves his Michelin-starred Sicilian cooking.

Ristorante Zash — 1 Michelin Star

Inside the old fermentation tank, where wine once aged, sits the intimate restaurant — beneath vaults of limestone and pumice, a product of the still-active volcano. Chef Giuseppe Raciti cooks a Sicilian cuisine that draws on the honesty of its products and retells tradition in a modern key. In summer the gourmet restaurant moves to the terrace above the citrus grove.

Pool Bar & Summer Terrace

An aperitif facing Mount Etna: a bottle from the cellar of Sicilian and international labels, gourmet bites in the historic millstone, on one of the terraces or at the pool bar in the citrus grove.

ZASH — Poolbar und Liegen mit Blick auf den Ätna in der Dämmerung

From Winery to Hotel

Architecture by Antonio Iraci

ZASH grew out of the restoration of an old manor house and winery between Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea. Architect Antonio Iraci, with Carla Maugeri, followed the spirit of the place: a rural country house whose traces of the past — lava-stone walls, dusty plasterwork, wooden wine presses — are deliberately left visible, set in contrast to the contemporary work.

Large floor-to-ceiling glass walls dissolve the line between inside and out, until the citrus trees themselves become the walls of the rooms. Oak floor boards, vast volcanic-stone cladding and a restrained, precise design are the only additions. In 2013 the hotel received the PIDA International Architecture Award (Ischia) for excellence in architecture in hospitality.

ZASH — kunstvoll angerichteter Fisch mit Kaviar und Blattgold von Chef Giuseppe Raciti

ZASH — gefüllte Pasta mit essbaren Blüten, sizilianische Küche neu interpretiert

ZASH — Angießen einer Sauce am Tisch im Restaurant Zash

ZASH — Gericht der sizilianischen Sterneküche von Giuseppe Raciti

ZASH — Dessert mit Sorbet und Streuseln von Chef Giuseppe Raciti

ZASH — kreatives Gericht mit lokalen Zutaten, modern angerichtet

Giuseppe Raciti

One Michelin star since 2019

At 22, Giuseppe Raciti cooked under Maestro Santin (2 Michelin stars), and a year later with Massimo Mantarro at Principe Cerami in Taormina (2 stars). In 2014 he took over the ZASH kitchen. Recognition followed — best young chef in southern Italy, a place among the Bocuse d'Or finalists in 2016 and 2017 — and in November 2019 the first Michelin star, which the restaurant has held ever since.

His cooking puts Sicily centre stage: charcoal-grilled tuna ventresca with smoked aubergine, grapefruit, red onion and teriyaki; seared lobster with vanilla mayonnaise, caramelised peaches and basil; a crisp poached egg with velvety squash, Maiorchino fondue and Etna porcini. Tradition, invention and terroir in one unmistakable signature.

ZASH — Türkisches Bad des Spa mit Naturstein und Liege

ZASH — Sauna des Spa in warmem Holz und goldenem Licht

ZASH — Detail im Wellnessbereich mit Lavastein und Kerzenlicht

The Spa: Lava and Water

Mediterranean and volcanic nature

Nothing here is left to chance: the pool is made of Etna lava stone, dark and powerful. Bare feet touch water and wood, while the warmth of intimate spaces meets the aromas of the island. In this private retreat, Mediterranean and volcanic influences combine into a wellness experience that belongs entirely to this place.

The wellness area, free for hotel guests, includes a sauna, Turkish bath, emotional shower and a pool with air-bubble massage. Massages and beauty treatments for face and body are available on request — and two of the pool villas bring the spa into the intimacy of your own refuge, with a private sauna and hammam.

ZASH — Gartenlounge unter Rankpflanzen, abendlich beleuchtet

The Citrus Garden

130,000 m² between lava and sea

Around the house lie 130,000 square metres of garden and citrus groves — grown on the "sciara", the cooled lava of Mount Etna, where Arab citrus and Greek olive trees thrive side by side. The paths between the rows are not only for walking: you pick oranges and tangerines and enjoy them right there in the garden, or as fresh juice.

With its pool and solarium, a former 140 m² wine cellar and a terrace overlooking the landscape, ZASH is also one of Sicily's most sought-after settings for private events and destination weddings — the pool, the orchard and the winepress rooms can all be given over to the occasion.

Accommodation

Rooms & Cottages

Historic Room

2 Personen

On the first floor of the old manor house, with high vaulted ceilings and full-length chestnut windows — Mount Etna on one side, the Ionian Sea on the other.

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Location

Italy

Archi · Riposto, Sicily

Strada Provinciale 2/I-II n.60, 95018 Archi, Riposto (CT), Sicily, Italy

ZASH lies near Archi above Riposto on Sicily's eastern coast — where the "sciara", the cooled lava of Mount Etna, meets Arab citrus groves and Greek olive trees. The beaches are just 1.7 km away, the harbour of Riposto 3.6 km. Catania and its airport are about 45 minutes to the south, Taormina and Etna's northern slope (Piano Provenzana) each a little over half an hour away. All around: the Alcantara Gorges, the baroque towns of Catania and Acireale, the wines of Etna and lively Taormina.

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