Albergo Ristorante Paradiso — Restaurant in Spoleto

The Albergo Paradiso was a highlight of our entire trip. Only perhaps a 15 minute drive from Spoleto (up a windy but easy road), the top of the mountain has cool lush woods, wonderful trails, several hotels and restaurants, a large field on which people played soccor and frisbee, and a field with some market stalls. It was a welcome and shady change of pace from the big cities and the hot vinyards where we spent the rest of June. Spoleto was interesting and close by to visit.||||The Hotel Paradiso was a good value. It is lovely and has the flavor of a European hotel. We were the only Americans we encountered the two days we were there, but they have English and American guests regularly as well. We met Italian, French, and German guests during our visit. My parents and I shared a traditional hotel room, very clean with all the necessities, reached by elevator. The main bedroom had a small connecting room for my extra twin bed. Plenty of hot water in the ensuite bathroom. Even better -- our room had a huge balcony overlooking the property, the stone railing topped with graceful sculptures. The common rooms were bright and cozy. My only caution is that their internet station had a slow, almost unusable connection. ||||I have to tell you about dinner. It was fantastic. Everything was homemade by the fabulous cooks in the family. I would go back to Italy just to eat that dinner again. Fixed price, they brought food of all types (or you could limit it to certain choices). Seriously -- don't worry about what they are bringing or the cost (it's reasonable, I think around 35 or so euros each), just enjoy. I still dream of the millefolgie al porcini (a buttery featherlight lasagna with thinly sliced mushrooms in cream -- and I don't usually even like mushrooms). The host grilled Siennese pork right in front of us, just for us, and it melted in the mouth. Breakfast the next morning was included and very relaxing, on the same gorgeous patio surrounded by trees and flowers where we'd eaten dinner the night before.||||The hosts were a warm, friendly family who know how to run the place comfortably. They were truly glad to have us as their guests. It helped that I speak a little Italian, but you could definitely get along with English, pointing at things, and a smile. I was reminded of the way Italy was 20 years ago. Staying -- and eating! -- at this hotel was a slice of "La Dolce Vita."||||I almost hesitate to share this recommendation because our stay was perfect just the way it was! We will...

A friend and I visited spoleto for a day, to look at some of the pieces at their museum of modern art for a project we were working on. I must say that the help we recieved at this hotel was probably the best we've ever come accross...to begin with me muddled up our train schedule and arrived at spoleto at about midnight, when no taxis were around. The owner of the hotel went through the trouble of picking us up at the station (and had we known the distance she had to travel, we would have slept in the station). The next day, the woman insisted she give us a lift down to the town centre, and told us she'd be returning to the hotel at night if we needed a ride...there was honestly nothing this woman wouldn't do to make us feel at home. Breakfast was good, the room was very comfortable and had a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside (the hotel was set on very high grounds).||I'd reccomend this hotel to anybody staying in spoleto (but rent a car since it's quite out of the way...should you be planning a short stay, ensure that you arrive during the day for adequate transport, since the city is quite dead...

A friend and I visited spoleto for a day, to look at some of the pieces at their museum of modern art for a project we were working on. I must say that the help we recieved at this hotel was probably the best we've ever come accross...to begin with me muddled up our train schedule and arrived at spoleto at about midnight, when no taxis were around. The owner of the hotel went through the trouble of picking us up at the station (and had we known the distance she had to travel, we would have slept in the station). The next day, the woman insisted she give us a lift down to the town centre, and told us she'd be returning to the hotel at night if we needed a ride...there was honestly nothing this woman wouldn't do to make us feel at home. Breakfast was good, the room was very comfortable and had a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside (the hotel was set on very high grounds).||I'd reccomend this hotel to anybody staying in spoleto (but rent a car since it's quite out of the way...should you be planning a short stay, ensure that you arrive during the day for adequate transport, since the city is quite dead...