The Best Restaurant in Ariccia, Side Trips from Rome

A visit to Ariccia isn’t complete without tasting the local gastronomic specialty: porchetta, a delicious roast whole pig stuffed with herbs. The shops on the Piazza di Corte will make up a sandwich for you, or you can do what the Romans do: head for one of the fraschette wine cellars, which also serve cheese, cold cuts, pickles, olives, and sometimes a plate of pasta. You sit on a wooden bench at a trestle table covered with simple white paper, but there's no better place to make friends and maybe join in a sing-along.