La Tavernetta, Cascia
La Tavernetta, Cascia
- Type
- Restaurant
- Municipality
- Cascia (PG)
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La Tavernetta in Cascia is a restaurant in the historic center, a step from the Basilica of Santa Rita. The Di Crescenzio family has run it for more than forty years, in carefully furnished surroundings. It is part of a small property that also includes a hotel.
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La Tavernetta: location
The restaurant is in the historic center of Cascia, a short distance from the Basilica of Santa Rita, so lunch or dinner can be combined with a visit to the sanctuary. The full list of places is on the page Cascia restaurants.
La Tavernetta in Cascia: what it offers
The cooking features typical Umbrian products. Appetizers include ciauscolo (a soft spreadable salami) with a crostone topped with truffle pâté, mountain prosciutto and brown trout carpaccio. First courses include homemade strengozzi alla casciana, pappardelle with wild boar ragù and Monteleone farro soup. Main courses range from grilled Cascia sausage to mountain mutton (castrato) and sausages with Castelluccio lentils. There is also a truffle menu.
The property also has rooms with TV and free Wi-Fi for guests.
What to see near La Tavernetta in Cascia
A few steps away is the Basilica of Santa Rita, which holds the saint's remains. It was consecrated in 1947 and raised to the rank of basilica in 1955. It has a facade in white travertine from Tivoli and a Greek-cross plan. The lower basilica holds the tomb of Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce, abbess of the monastery. The Circuito Museale Urbano di Cascia (the town museum circuit) is also nearby.
Nearby
What to see nearby
- Palazzo Santi (Cascia)Museum or art galleryunder 100 m
- 200 m
- 200 m
Where to stay
- Mini Hotel, CasciaHotelunder 100 m
- under 100 m
- under 100 m
Where to eat
- Il Caminetto, CasciaRestaurantunder 100 m
- Caffè 2000, CasciaBar and caféunder 100 m
- Civitas Cassiae, CasciaBar and caféunder 100 m
Straight-line distances.