Wine Bar Hescanas In Orvieto

Great spot for drink and coffee

Place facing the cathedral, good but unsmiling service, good drinks accompanied by excellent cured meats and cheeses.

If you’re reading this in the height of summer then this review is not for you. The best time to visit the classic towns of Tuscany is not in the scorching summer heat. It’s now in that warm spring time of blue skies, empty streets, and joyful birdsong. Orvieto echoes with car-free silence, carefree simplicity, and church bells chiming the quarters. Its heart for a millennium has been the square in which sits the duomo. You can pay 8€ each to go inside, offer your prayers amidst the inevitable school group on tour, and marvel at its austerity from within in a relatively short time. However perhaps instead you might prefer to see it in its setting, with an espresso and (large) plate of local sheep cheeses, for which the surrounding countryside is renowned. From the sunlit table outside the Bar Hescanas the duomo rises to the occasion. Its horizontally striped facades, a challenge for any artist, take time to absorb. Life at this leisurely pace is why you’re here. The cost of the culture, food and coffee is cheap at the price even if they weren’t outstanding. There is no price on enjoying a moment of peace in a world of hustle. The whole experience is made even more valuable by having excellent loos and Roberto, the manager who runs it with such grace.

Esperienza dolceamara: cortesi e porchetta buona, ma 9 € per un panino (servito al tavolino, dopo averlo scelto alla vetrina) e 6,5 € per un bicchiere di vino della casa… nemmeno in autogrill. Tra l’altro, prezzi non esposti