Borgo Petrarca

Arquà Petrarca is a tiny town spread out over a hiilside, with an upper village and a lower village. Borgo Petrarco is a "guest house" right between the upper and lower villages. As a guest house it provides limited services - towels are changed every three days, there is no breakfast on site, etc. But there is a lovely small swimming pool, the staff is around much of the time and is very helpful, there are several excellent restaurants within a few minutes walk, and breakfast is provided at a bar a few minutes walk away. There are only 2 basic choices for breakfast, but they are both good, and the owner of the bar is very pleasant. The bar does a good trade in the mornings with a lot of people dropping in for a quick coffee on the way to work, and the selection of baked goods is excellent. Borgo Petrarco has evidently been relatively recently renovated in a modern Italian style. Our rooms were fairly basic but very nice and well equipped. It is an excellent choice (perhaps the only one?) if you want to stay in town. Getting to Borgo Petrarco was something of a challenge because you have to go on roads that I think are closed to normal traffic (if you let them know your license plate in advance you get some sort of special dispensation!), and to get to the parking for Borgo Petrarco you have to go 50 meters down a narrow road down a hill that most Americans would not think was a road that cars could go on. But you get used to it, and we were able to park right at the hotel. There are a lot of hiking/walking trails that you can access directly from the hotel, so you can walk and eat well without nhaving to drive anywhere.

This place is absolutely incredible. The people that own and run it are as friendly as can possibly be. The location is superb. The rooms are very clean, big, and comfortable. The pool is phenomenal, boasts great views and is the only one in the area. We met the owner, Fabio, and his close friend Max paratrooper and they were the friendliest people ever! Great food recs, great wine recs, incredible stories, all you could ever want. We are definitely coming back here!