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Vespasia
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One Michelin star plus a Michelin Green Star, inside Palazzo Seneca in Norcia. The Bianconi family has been running hotels here for five generations; the kitchen is led by head chef Fabio Cappiello, a veteran of the Bianconi family's kitchens for over fifteen years.
Norcia is the Umbrian truffle and salumi town, half-rebuilt after the 2016 earthquake, and Vespasia is its anchor restaurant. Dinner is inside the 16th-century Palazzo Seneca: terracotta columns, wooden ceiling, leather armchairs, none of it overdone. The cooking pulls from the Sibillini mountains: lamb, lentils, black truffle, river fish. The signature dish, Nursino Ramen, marries mushroom and ham consommé and is why the Michelin inspectors keep coming back. Five tasting menus including a vegetarian one. Dinner only; Wednesdays closed; book by 8 p.m. the night before.
- Neighborhood — Dinner only
- Price — €€€€
- Order — Nursino Ramen + a Sagrantino pairing
- Michelin — 1 Michelin star
- book ahead
- Norcia · Via Cesare Battisti 10
- 1 Michelin + Green Star
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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