The Alessandri palace, with its external staircase, in the San Pellegrino quarter

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Walk through the medieval San Pellegrino quarter

Walk · 1 h · Free · Stone streets with external staircases, arches and towers, next to the Palace of the Popes

Information

Duration: 1 h
Season: All year
Who it's for: Everyone
With a dog: Leashed

San Pellegrino is the best-preserved medieval quarter in Viterbo, a few minutes' walk from the Palace of the Popes: grey stone houses, external staircases with their balcony, the profferlo, arches, towers and fountains. You cross it from Piazza San Lorenzo to Piazza San Pellegrino and, if you keep going, you reach the Fontana Grande, the oldest Gothic fountain in the city. It is free and takes an unhurried hour.

As a familyWith teenagersWith a dog

Directions See all of Viterbo and Villa Lante

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

Round off the plan

Where to eat, where to stay and what else to do

To eat nearby

Il Richiastro

Restaurant · Viterbo · €€€€

What to order: the salsine with warm bread, the lombrichi alla vitorchianese and the tozzetti with ippocrasso

Diners eating in the restaurant, with the thermal pool behind the windows

Aqvamadre, at Terme dei Papi

Restaurant · Viterbo · €€€€

What to order: the seasonal menu with local produce; if you are going to the pool, the Bistrot 2.0 is the quick option

To stay nearby

A room with a double bed and a breakfast tray

Mini Palace Hotel

40 rooms · 200 m from the centre · Indoor parking · Breakfast included

Why we like it: Four-star hotel with 40 rooms about 200 m from the historic centre of Viterbo, with its own car park and breakfast included.

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A double room with an upholstered headboard and warm light

Hotel Niccolò V, at Terme dei Papi

Inside the spa complex · Thermal pool · Spa · Three restaurants

Why we like it: Superior four-star hotel inside the Terme dei Papi spa complex, with the thermal pool and spa a few steps away.

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Useful services

Train from Roma Ostiense to Viterbo Porta FiorentinaRegional train from Rome (Ostiense) to Viterbo Porta Fiorentina station, next to the wall of the centre.

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