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span rooms (most with balconies), a restaurant serving Umbrian home cooking (breakfast
€5, lunch or dinner €20), tennis courts and a romantic arched walkway, this is a cracking
base for a mountain holiday.
AGRITURISMO
€
La Citadella
( 0736 85 63 61;
www.cittadelladeisibillini.it
;
Loc Citadella, Montemonaco; s €55-65, d €80-100, meals
€15; )
At this serene
agriturismo
just north of the village of Montemonaco, goat bells
are likely to be your wake-up call. Rooms are pretty simple, but with a great restaurant
serving homegrown fare, a swimming pool and easy access to the Monti Sibillini walks
you probably won't spend much time in them. Minimum stay two nights.
Information
The official park website (
www.sibillini.net
)
has a wealth of information on where to say,
what to do and how to get around. There are also 11 'Casa del Parco' visitor information
centres, including at Norcia (
Click here
)
and
Amandola
(
0736 84 85 98; Chiostro di San
10am-12.30pm & 3.30-6.30pm)
.
Francesco, Largo Leopardi 4;
Getting There & Away
Monti Sibillini is best reached by bus from Ascoli Piceno or Macerata. The services are
busiest when school is in session, so can be spotty for tourists. Check with tourist offices
in Ascoli or Macerata, or with the bus companies:
Contram
( 0733 23 09 06;
The nearest train stations are in Ascoli Piceno to the south and Tolentino to the north.
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Sarnano
Spilling photogenically down a hillside, its medieval heart a maze of narrow cobbled
lanes, Sarnano looks every inch the Italian hill-town prototype, particularly when its red-
brick facades glow warmly in the late-afternoon sun. It is a charming, hospitable base for
exploring the Monti Sibillini range.
The tranquil flower-filled garden at
Albergo La Villa
(
0733 65 72 18;
www.hrlavilla.com
;
)
is reason enough to stay, but the total silence,
Viale della Rimembranza 46; s/d €36/€56;
