Eating & Drinking
"Il Cervo" in Decontra will offer you a mouth-watering variety of local delicacies, and you may also get a chance to join a sumptuous home-cooked feast prepared by Marisa Sanelli at the Agriturismo Pietrantica. There is a choice of other restaurants and pizzerie in Caramanico and nearby villages, including “Il Carro” in Abbateggio which serves up a superb blend of Abruzzan and Sardinian cuisine, and the Locanda del Barone in San Vittorino which prepares delicious local dishes and excellent pizzas.The regional cuisine includes delicious game: boar and venison antipasti and pasta dishes, arrosticini (tiny cubes of lamb on skewers), and a colourful medley of fresh vegetables, beans and pulses. Bread is made from local grain, and the fresh pecorino sheep's cheese comes from the flocks you will encounter on your walks. The red Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine is robust and highly drinkable, and Italians come from far and wide to replenish their drinking water supplies from the Decontra village fountains.
