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with satellite TV; nine rooms have air-con. There's also a sunny roof terrace and conveni-
ent parking (€8).
Agriturismo Antica Sosta
( 0761 25 13 69;
www.agriturismoanticasosta.it
;
SS Cassia Nord; s/d €40/65, restaurant meals €25-35;
)
Just off the main Siena road 5km north of Viterbo, this hospitable
agriturismo
is
housed in a 17th-century roadside inn. Rooms are spacious and tastefully decorated and
there's an excellent in-house restaurant serving succulent steaks and tasty thin-crust piz-
zas.
AGRITURISMO
€
Eating
Gran Caffè Schenardi
( 0761 34 58 60; Corso Italia 11-13)
The Schenardi has been operating since 1818, and the
wonderfully ornate interior looks like it hasn't changed much since, though the coffee and
cakes are nothing out of the ordinary.
CAFE
€
Ristorante Tre Re
( 0761 30 46 19; Via Gattesco 3; meals €35; Fri-Wed)
This historical trattoria dishes up
steaming plates of seasonally driven dishes and tasty local specialities such as
pollo alla
viterbese
, excellent roast chicken stuffed with spiced potato and green olives.
TRATTORIA
€€
Information
Tourist Office
(
0761 32 59 92;
www.provincia.vt.it
;
Via Filippo Ascenzi 4;
9am-noon Mon-Fri &
3-4.30pm Tue & Thu)
Getting There & Away
From Rome, Cotral buses (€5, 1½ hours, half-hourly) depart from the Saxa Rubra station
on the Ferrovia Roma-Nord train line. Catch the train (standard BIT ticket) to Saxa Rubra
from Piazzale Flaminio (just north of Piazza del Popolo). Viterbo is covered by a zone 5
BIRG ticket (€12).
