Shops and services
Levanzo is a tiny place and there's not much in the way of shops and amenities. The few businesses in the village keep quite restricted hours, and when there aren't enough tourists ashore to stimulate demand, you may find it hard to find service. There's a bakery and an alimentari food store on the main street, both behind rather anonymous doorways. Opening hours are limited - morning is the best chance of finding them open. There are two small bars on the street, both with seaview terraces (and toilets), and up the slope above the ferry jetty there are two hotel-restaurants. Around lunchtime, when we made up some of the eleven tourists we estimated to be on the island, we found the alimentari closed, and that the bakery had shut at 1pm. One bar had closed since our visit in the morning; the other served drinks and sweet snacks, but nothing savoury. As we sat on the terrace nibbling our pastries, the manageress closed the bar.