Italy 2018: moving on to Narni by Rieti

one of the many frescoes we saw today

Friday, 8 June 2018: leaving our comfy Tivoli appartment and moving on to the next place: Narni.

But on our way visiting the town of Rieti where we had a really awesome lunch, with the most yummie freshly baked focaccia we had until now. 

Arriving in Narni we visited 2 churches and were surprised by the amazing quality of the frescoes.

First (coffee) stop at lago del Turano (road side cafe, but what a view):

Second (photo) stop: the small village Colle di Tora

 didn't have a photo of 'the Volvo in Italy' yet

Next stop Rieti, where we had a really marvelous lunch  at restaurant Cintia for soo little money we almost felt ashamed, therefore we tipped well :-)  

antipasto lunch to share

After lunch we visited the old basilico of Rieti, the Capella del Madonna del Popolo, where we made these photos of amazing frescoes

view on Rieti

Giardini del Vignola 

Moving on to Narni, our next stop: Le Stanze del Giglio, rooms above a popular cafe in a very old building in the middle of the historic centre.

We weren't very happy with our room, BUT we managed to get a change tomorrow to a larger room, and the cafe downstairs is great with friendly helpful people. We went out to discover the city of Narni, which isn't that large.

Wow, the 2 churches we discovered had really awesome frescoes; nobody there, we loved it. 

Chiesa Santa Maria Impensole

 Next church we visited with a lot of frescoes on the columns; the Chiesa S. Francesco

We had dinner at Restaurant Loggia 1981, which is situated in a historical building with a lovely secluded garden:

our antipasto

Before going to sleep we had to pass our bar :-) and had one for the road; interesting to watch 'bar life'

the hard core guys ;-)

It was an interesting day.