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honey-tinged Vespa Bianco, a 'superwhite' blended from sauvignon, chardonnay and a
dash of Picolit: Friuli in a bottle. Email ahead to visit.
Information
Cividale Tourist Website
(
www.cividale.com
)
Look to the 'lodging and eating' section of the
city's website for a comprehensive listing of
agriturismo
(farmstay accommodation) and
farm restaurants.
10am-1pm & 3-5pm)
Has information
Tourist office
(
0432 71 04 60; Piazza Paolo Diacono 10;
on walks around the medieval core.
Getting There & Away
Ferrovie Udine Cividale
( 0432 58 18 44;
www.ferrovieudinecividale.it
)
Private (and cute) trains
connect Cividale with Udine (€2, 20 minutes), at least hourly.
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San Daniele del Friuli
POP 8200
Hilltop San Daniele sits in an undulating landscape that comes as a relief after the Vene-
tian plains, with the Carnic Alps jutting up suddenly on the horizon. While ham is un-
doubtedly the town's raison d'être, it's also got a general gastronomic bent, with many
good
alimentari
(grocery stores), and other culinary industries springing up such as sus-
tainably farmed local trout.
Sights & Activities
Frescoes are another of San Daniele's fortes and you'll find some colourful examples
etched by Pellegrino da San Daniele, aka Martino da Urbino (1467-1547), in the small
Romanesque
Chiesa di San Antonio Abate
(Via Garibaldi)
. Next to the church, the
Biblioteca
Guarneriana
( 0432 95 79 30;
www.guarneriana.it
;
Via Roma 1; guided tours €3; Wed-Sat, by ap-
pointment only)
is one of Italy's oldest and most venerated libraries. Founded in 1466, it
contains 12,000 antique books, including a priceless manuscript of Dante's Inferno.
If you want to get out into the countryside, three cycling itineraries, each 22km, take
you past pristine lakes and through the castle-dotted hills around the village; ask at the
