Boutique hotels
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Sextantio Albergo Diffuso
- Style
- Fortress conversion
- Setting
- Scattered around Santo Stefano
Abruzzo Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+39 (0)862 899019)
La Locanda sul Lago
This small inn is at the bottom of Santo Stefano, with views of the lake and village and hearty mountain food, such as the region’s classic lentil soup and lamb reared on a nearby plateau.
Via del Lago, 67020 Santo Stefano
(+39 (0)864 52284)
Ristorante Clemente
As well as home-made pasta and grilled cuts of meat, the antipasti is what impresses at this Sulmona restaurant, especially the cheese-based ones: baked hunks of pecorino, warm, fresh ricotta and fried cheese pastries.
(+39 (0)862 21094)
Ristorante Ernesto
This atmospheric trattoria in L’Aquila serves the Abruzzese favourites, including the maccheroni alla chitarra, with saffron and sausages.
22 Piazza Palazzo, 67100 L’Aquila
(+39 (0)864 41139)
Taverna de li Caldora
All the regional classics are served up to perfection at this traditional taverna in Pacentro, the mediaeval village where Madonna’s grandparents were born.
13 Piazza Umberto 1, 67030 Pacentro
(+39 (0)862 899110)
Tra le Braccia di Morfeo
Head here for traditional dishes made with regional ingredients in a half-restaurant, half-gallery setting.
Cafés
Gelateria la Rotonda
This ice-cream haven in Sulmona is right next to the San Francesco della Scarpa church. Sit on the steps with your scoops and views of the distant mountains.
161 Ovidio, Sulmona
