Bar Canasta

Spoleto


With prime Piazza della Libertà patio seating and an airy dining room overlooking the Teatro Romano, this simple cafe-restaurant serves a well-rounded surf-and-turf menu offering classic Italian and Umbrian staples. Its signature dish is its highly rated spaghetti alla carbonara, served here with an optional (and decidedly untraditional) shaving of truffle.

Cut the decadence a bit by pairing your pasta with a crisp Grecante grechetto white wine.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Spoleto attractions

1. Teatro Romano

0.04 MILES

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2. Museo Archeologico

0.06 MILES

Spoleto's archaeological museum, housed in a 15th-century monastery on the western edge of Piazza della Libertà, holds a well-curated collection of Roman…

3. Arco di Druso e Germanico

0.06 MILES

This ancient arch, built in the 1st century AD and named after the Emperor Tiberius' sons, originally formed the monumental entrance to Spoleto's Roman…

4. Museo del Tessile e del Costume

0.09 MILES

Housed in Palazzo Rosari-Spada, this museum holds a collection of antique noble finery from the 15th to the 20th century, donated from the wardrobes of…

5. Casa Romana

0.14 MILES

With its intact floor mosaics and vaulted ceilings, this small house gives visitors a peek into what a typical Roman villa would have looked like in the…

6. Palazzo Collicola Arte Visive

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The 18th-century Palazzo Collicola houses Spoleto's premier collection of modern art. The collection, named after its late former director and noted art…

7. Duomo

0.26 MILES

A flight of steps sweeps down to Spoleto's pale-stone cathedral, photogenically set on a graceful hillside piazza. Originally constructed to a Romanesque…

8. Rocca Albornoziana

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Dominating the skyline above Spoleto, this formidable fortress was built on the summit of Colle Sant’Elia as part of a 14th-century campaign to reassert…