Italy Travel And Hotel Guide

The tourist office is on Via Spaventa, just off Corso Marrucino (daily 9am-1pm & 3-7pm; winter closed Sat & Sun afternoons; tel 0871.63.640). An affordable, central hotel is the Garibaldi at Piazza Garibaldi 25, which has rooms with and without bath (tel 0871.345.318; L60,000-90,000/¬30.99-46.48). Around 3km away in the hills to the south-west of Chieti there’s a place worth going out of your way to stay at: the welcoming, well-organized farmhouse guesthouse Il Quadrifoglio at Strada Licini 22, Colle Marconi (tel 0871.63.400, anndora @tin.it ; L90,000-120,000/¬46.48-61.98). There are six newly furnished bedrooms, an apartment with full kitchen and log-burning fire and a lounge, balcony and garden (with swing and climbing frame for children), with olive groves and oakwoods in one direction and far-reaching views in the other. Proprietor Anna Maria D’Orazio will cook an evening meal for guests if they want and also runs gourmet cooking courses (she speaks excellent English). Good-value meals can also be had in central Chieti at Trattoria Nino , Via Principessa di Piemonte 7 (closed Fri), near Piazza Trento e Trieste, and at Primavera on Viale B. Croce 69 in Chieti Scalo (closed Sun).

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