Restaurants are easy to walk to from this apartment.

We enjoyed the food and service so much at Ristorante Giardiniello we ate there twice on the front terrace. (Giardiniello-Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 17 12 PM- 3 PM, 6:30 PM-11 PM)

Though we didn’t try these restaurants here are a few of the host’s suggestions.

Ristorante a Ricetta, Hostaria del Corso, Taberna 33 Bistro, and Tippico terre di nocciole

Travelmar’s web site has a brief description of the Amalfi Islands they go to here-

https://www.travelmar.it/en/visit-amalfi-coast

They also offer itineraries including one day trip by ferry to see 2 or 3 of the islands.

https://www.travelmar.it/en/tours-on...st-and-pompeii

Molise is known as the region that doesn’t exist. But exist it does and it is well worth a visit. We first visited Molise last year and came back this year to explore some more.

The day we left Minori we took the ferry back to Salerno and then 3 trains to head east to Molise. We are usually a one train a day family. We left Salerno to go to Casserta. Casserta is worth a stop for the palace and gardens alone but we had visited on a previous trip. Next stop was from Casserta to Foggia in Puglia. From Foggia we arrived in Termoli in Molise a half hour later. From Minori to Termoli was about 9 hours.

Walking from the Termoli train station on a Saturday afternoon to our apartment we went down a tree lined street to a square filled with parents watching their young children playing soccer. There was a wide pedestrianized street, Via Corso Nationale, next to the square filled with shops and restaurants. In the distance is the water of the Adriatic, water that is blue to green to the beautiful color of the Caribbean waters in all the colorful turquoise shades. We saw more restaurants walking here than we have ever seen even off season. We heard very few English speakers. Menus are for the most part in Italian. My dh said there were more gelateria shops than churches! Termolisi love their gelato!

Walking from the Termoli train station on a Saturday afternoon to our apartment we went down a tree lined street to a square filled with parents watching their young children playing soccer. There was a wide pedestrianized street, Via Corso Nationale, next to the square filled with shops and restaurants. In the distance is the water of the Adriatic, water that is blue to green to the beautiful color of the Caribbean waters in all the colorful turquoise shades. The sand is like light brown sugar in color and texture. We saw more restaurants walking here than we have ever seen even off season. We heard very few English speakers. Menus are for the most part in Italian. My dh said there were more gelateria shops than churches! Termolisi love their gelato!

Termoli Train Station

The Square

During the weekday, much busier on the weekends!
The road leads to the Adriatic you see in the distance.

The marina where you can take a ferry to the Tremiti Islands.

You had me at more gelaterie than churches! Nice shots.

Thank you, TDudette. We used our cameras on our phones for the most part.

There were weekdays while we were here you could practically have the beach to yourself! The water is clear, the depth is gradual and waves are like ripples. Light brown sugar describes the color and texture of the sand. The beach has both a green flag designation for children, and a blue flag for water quality.


Seas are calm

Looking down at the beach next to the castle of the ancient city

A view down the coast


Another quiet October day at the beach.

A trabucco below the Sveva castle. No boat required, just fishing nets.

Ciao!!

I am LOVING this report! You were so lucky with the weather in Termoli! It looked a lot different, still lovely but different, in the rain and gloom a few days later!! I will be hanging on every word, and photo!!

CIAO, EKScrunchy!
Thank you for your very kind words!
You have been an inspiration for so many of our Italy trips!
Heartfelt appreciation is sent your way!

I was born in Europe. Come to America 44 years ago. I spent 33 Over there drove a car or a motorbike. I visit every year since,
but I will never attempt to drive anything again over there. We here are civilized as far as driving. Not much beyond that, BTW. It is true
driving in Italy scares the hell out of me. firs they are so many, the streets are so narrow and not much of rules are respected.

Hi Bucurillie,
Parking and hoping you have a car when you return adds to the fun! When we visited a town in Puglia my DH swore that they came out at night and switched the signs for the one way roads so you could never enter the town the same way twice.

Last year while browsing holiday rentals I selected indoor pools as a filter and to my surprise I had a hit! The villa was in Oratino and I decided somebody had to stay there! That was our first introduction to Molise. The villa was being newly offered as a B&B. We took a train from Naples to Isernia and arranged a private transfer to the villa. We were the only guests the whole time we were there. The villa now has its own web site in addition to being on other vacation rental sites.

https://villapanoramaoratino.com/



Though a car is preferred to sightsee we managed by walking everywhere!

TC: Was there a town near the villa that you could walk to?

The indoor pool..can you swim laps?

Loving this report!! So glad to read about Molise!!

Hi ekscrunchy!

Thank you for following along! We just got back from a walking food tour in Parma, wow! More info to follow!

The pool is about 14 feet wide by about 28 feet long. It is about 4 and 1/2 feet deep across the whole flat surface of the pool.

Oratino is of one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, as designated by the Borghi piů Belli d’Italia association.

https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/en/borgo/oratino/



Oratino’s medieval village seen in the distance from the villa.

Here’s an incline at the entry to the village.

Some steps to help burn off some calories!

Stone masons built homes and walls and roads here.

The town center.