It was the Giro d’Italia after all, so we expected crowds. We had no idea how traffic and parking were going to be affected so we decided to arrive early.
Stage 12 was starting from Città Sant’Angelo Village at 12:05 and was going to make its way hugging the Adriatic until it reached Porto Recanati 206 [...]
We set off early for Sulmona. At around 08:30 I think. That’s probably a bit early to go anywhere you don’t have to be when you’re on holidays, but we had a good reason.
It was a Saturday. Saturday 20th March to be exact. We knew it was market day and we made the assumption that [...]
Still in Spoltore and feeling a bit peckish we looked for a place to have lunch. Local knowledge is always a great help so P asked a butcher and he pointed us to Les Arcs at Via G. Fonzi, 139, the main road through the town.
We were definitely the only tourists in Les Arcs. In [...]