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( 075 81 67 67;
www.assisihostel.com
;
Via Valecchie 177; dm €17, d €44; 1 Mar-8 Nov & 27 Dec-6
Jan; )
Snug below the city walls and housed in a beautifully converted 17th-century
farmhouse, this hostel is a charmer. The dorms and handful of private rooms are kept
spick and span and the well-tended gardens have magical views of Assisi, crowned by the
dome of its famous basilica. Find it just off the road coming in from Santa Maria degli
Angeli.
Hotel Ideale
( 075 81 35 70;
www.hotelideale.it
; Piazza Matteotti 1; s/d €50/85; )
Ideal indeed, this
welcoming family-run B&B sits plumb on Piazza Matteotti. Romeo the cat has the run of
the shop. Many of the bright, simple rooms open onto balconies with uplifting views of
the Rocca Maggiore. Breakfast is done properly, with fresh pastries, fruit and frothy cap-
puccino, and is served in the garden when the weather's fine.
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Alla Madonna del Piatto
( 075 819 90 50;
www.incampagna.com
;
Via Petrata 37; d €85-105; Mar-Nov; )
Waking
up to views of meadows and olive groves sweeping up to Assisi is bound to put a spring
in your step at this quiet
agriturismo
, less than 15 minutes' drive from the basilica. Each
of the six rooms has been designed with care, love and character, with wrought-iron beds,
antique furnishings and intricate handmade fabrics.
If you can tear yourself away from the vine-draped terrace, hook onto one of the intim-
ate cooking classes, which Letizia runs (in Italian or English) twice a week. Start the day
in local markets and finish it off with a feast of your own creation. Six-hour classes cost
€120 per person. There's a minimum two-night stay.
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Hotel Alexander
B&B
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( 075 81 61 90;
www.hotelalexanderassisi.it
;
Piazza Chiesa Nuova 6; s €60-80, d €80-140; )
Right by the Chiesa Nuova, Hotel Alexander has just a few rooms. Try to get the one on
the top floor, which is huge and has great countryside views. It can get a bit noisy at
times, owing both to the location and the sparse, modern decor (wooden floors, no rugs),
which provides a nice contrast to the carefully preserved antiquity all around.
Nun Assisi
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