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Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga (Arquata del Tronto)

Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga (Arquata del Tronto)

Type
Delicatessen
Municipality
Arquata del Tronto (AP)

Source: site database, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga is a grocery store in Spelonga, a hamlet of Arquata del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. It is one of the delis and pork butcher shops of the area. It lies along the Grande Anello di Arquata del Tronto (GADA), the multi-stage route that crosses the municipal territory.

On the map

Points from the site database. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors · Protomaps.

Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga: location

Spelonga stands at about 950 m and is the most populated village in the municipality. It is reached by leaving the Salaria at Trisungo and climbing past Faete, through a chestnut wood. The village is also the end of the first stage of the GADA (Pretare, Borgo d'Arquata, Trisungo, Faete, Spelonga), which is 8.5 km long. In the square, in front of the Church of Sant'Agata, there is a drinking fountain for refilling water.

Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga: what it offers

It is a village grocery store, serving both the residents of Spelonga and those walking the GADA. To find out which products are available, it is best to contact the shop directly. The mountain cooking of the area is based on game, porcini mushrooms, truffles, chestnuts and trout. Other shops in the municipality are on the page on Arquata del Tronto local products and shops.

Things to see near Alimentari la Vecchia Bottega Spelonga

The parish church of Sant'Agata has a carved wooden high altar from 1631 and frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries. It also keeps the Turkish flag captured during the Battle of Lepanto.

From the village starts the Spelonga loop, which descends toward Faete through the chestnut trees. It passes the Church of Madonna della Neve (878 m) and the Eremo della Madonna dei Santi hermitage (1,128 m). The first downhill section is steep in places.