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er in his 1840 oil painting. To maximise the incredible vista, slip on a pair of comfy shoes
to walk the 6km
Giro dei Condotti
, which takes you along sun-dappled woodland trails to a
lookout with a classic postcard view of the bridge, valley and fortress-crowned hilltop.
Festivals & Events
Spoleto Festival
(
www.festivaldispoleto.it
;
late Jun-mid-Jul)
The Italian-American composer Gian Carlo
Menotti conceived the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in 1958. Now
simply known as the Spoleto Festival, it has given the town a worldwide reputation.
Events at the 17-day festival range from opera and theatre performances to ballet and art
exhibitions. For details and tickets, visit the website.
ARTS
Sleeping
Stop by the tourist office for info on
affittacamere
(rooms for rent), hostels, campsites and
agriturismi
in the surrounding area. Prices rocket during the festival and drop consider-
ably during low season; good deals can often be snapped up at the following places by
prebooking online.
Much of the pedestrianised old town is off-limits to traffic - hotels generally give you a
free pass to park outside the medieval walls.
L'Aura
OFFLINE MAP
(074 34 46 43; Piazza Torre dell'Olio 5; s €40-50, d €60-70; )
You'll feel as snug as an Italian
bug at this cute B&B on the top floor of a 200-year-old
palazzo
. Claudia makes you wel-
come and gives excellent tips on Spoleto. It's a tidy, homey place, with bright, wood-
beamed rooms and a terrace overlooking rooftops to the hills beyond. There's no lift, so
be prepared to schlep your bags up the stairs.
B&B
€
Hotel dei Duchi
OFFLINE MAP
HOTEL
€€
( 074 34 45 41;
www.hoteldeiduchi.com
;
Viale Giacomo Matteotti 4; s €75-85, d €90-200;
)
Next to a tidy park just outside the old town, this is a purpose build rather than a renova-
tion. So although the rooms are spacious, contemporary and well kept, they aren't exactly
