Hills around Pontremoli

Spent most of the morning driving through the hills around Pontremoli. Had coffee in Patigno in the Zeri valley. Beautiful scenery however many of the villages were too remote for us for a holiday house. We want something fairly close to the main motorway.

Everyone was very friendly and the lady in the Patigno cafe was very interested in my map - the fact that it was from England and I had a local butcher and restaurants mentioned.

Headed to a restaurant in Crocetta di Mulazzo (Rustichello) only to find it was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays - a bit of a recurring theme we found. Absolutely stunning view though. Eventually we returned to Pontremoli and had lunch in a place we had visited before. Nice balcony overlooking the river.

Afterwards we headed back to the hotel for an afternoon siesta and swim. As normal for this time of year there was thunder, lightning & rain in the afternoon - followed by sunshine.
Salad on the hotel balcony for dinner

View from Mulazzo, view from hotel, hotel pool