7 modern european restaurants worth the trip across Italy, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Italy.

Duanima ★ 4.5 · Cagliari

San Benedetto · Via Sebastiano Satta 28, 09127 Cagliari

Duanima in Cagliari is chef Luca Floris's small contemporary room on Via Satta, a short menu rewritten every week around Sardinian produce and market fish.

Tip: Only Saturday and Sunday have a lunch sitting; the rest of the week it is dinner from 20:00 and the room fills fast.

Duanima ★ 4.5 · Cagliari

San Benedetto · Via Sebastiano Satta 28, 09127 Cagliari

Duanima in Cagliari is chef Luca Floris's small contemporary room on Via Satta, a short menu rewritten every week around Sardinian produce and market fish.

Tip: Only Saturday and Sunday have a lunch sitting; the rest of the week it is dinner from 20:00 and the room fills fast.

Terra ★ 4.4 · Cagliari

Marina · Piazza Deffenu 4, 09125 Cagliari

Terra sits on the ground floor of Palazzo Tirso in Cagliari, a central design kitchen turning Sardinian seasonal produce into a gourmet carte.

Tip: The same hotel runs the Cielo terrace upstairs, so book Terra for dinner and move up for a drink over the Golfo degli Angeli.

Old Friend ★ 4.4 · Cagliari

Villanova · Via Giuseppe Abba 51, 09124 Cagliari

Old Friend in Cagliari is Dario Torabi's Villanova bistrot, where offal, spice and BBQ oysters are plated for people who came out to be surprised.

Tip: Torabi opened the place in 2016 and moved it to Via Abba; dinner only, and the menu changes with what the boats and gardens bring.

Terra ★ 4.4 · Cagliari

Marina · Piazza Deffenu 4, 09125 Cagliari

Terra sits on the ground floor of Palazzo Tirso in Cagliari, a central design kitchen turning Sardinian seasonal produce into a gourmet carte.

Tip: The same hotel runs the Cielo terrace upstairs, so book Terra for dinner and move up for a drink over the Golfo degli Angeli.

Old Friend ★ 4.4 · Cagliari

Villanova · Via Giuseppe Abba 51, 09124 Cagliari

Old Friend in Cagliari is Dario Torabi's Villanova bistrot, where offal, spice and BBQ oysters are plated for people who came out to be surprised.

Tip: Torabi opened the place in 2016 and moved it to Via Abba; dinner only, and the menu changes with what the boats and gardens bring.

Saporium ★ 4.4 · Florence

Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini 69r, 50125 Firenze

Saporium in Florence is Ariel Hagen's Michelin-starred farm-to-table room sourced from the Borgo Santo Pietro estate, a tasting carte built off the kitchen.