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Arrival, information and accommodation
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Spoleto is easily reached by
train
, with regular services on the main Rome-Ancona line and local links with Foligno, Terni, Orte and elsewhere. The train station is just northwest of the lower town; shuttle buses to the centre depart from outside the station (get tickets from the station newspaper stand), as do services for Norcia
; other
buses
leave from Piazza LibertA and Piazza Garibaldi. The Spoleto
tourist office
is at Piazza LibertA 7 (daily 9am-1pm & 4-7.30pm; tel 0743.220.311,
info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
).
Inexpensive rooms are hard to come by when the festival's in full swing, but otherwise you shouldn't have too many problems. Pensione dell'Angelo is very central, above a busy trattoria at Via Arco del Druso 25 (tel 0743.222.385; L90,000-120,000/a?¬46.48-61.98), but small and slightly dingy. Otherwise try the good, if slightly overpriced, Aurora , a perfectly situated pensione in an alley off Piazza LibertA at Via dell'Apollinare 3 (tel 0743.220.315; L90,000-120,000/a?¬46.48-61.98), or the seven quiet and excellent rooms above Il Panciolle restaurant at Via del Duomo 4 (tel 0743.45.677; L90,000-120,000/a?¬46.48-61.98). If you're prepared to spend more, the best of the central three-stars is the Nuovo Clitunno , Piazza Sordini 6 (tel 0743.223.340, fax 0743.222.663; L120,000-150,000/a?¬61.98-77.47), or the Charleston , Piazza Collicola 10 (tel 0743.220.052, fax 0743.221.244; L120,000-150,000/a?¬61.98-77.47) by the church of San Domenico. The lower town is very much a second choice, but there are more likely to be rooms available, and it's still handy for the medieval highlights. The place to try here is the potentially noisy but well-renovated Anfiteatro , Via dell'Anfiteatro 14 (tel 0743.49.853; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48).
Campsites
are also a possibility. Closest is
Camping Monteluco
(tel 0743.220.358; April-Sept), behind San Pietro and an easy downhill walk from Piazza LibertA , with (officially) only 35 places. The
Il Girasole
(tel 0743.51.335) in the village of
Petrognano
(10km northwest of Spoleto; hourly buses from the train station) is a bigger and flashier affair, with a public swimming pool nearby and tennis courts. Other useful information
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