The Borgo Vecchio is Termoli's medieval quarter, occupying a small rocky promontory that juts into the Adriatic. It is small enough to walk in under half an hour but dense enough that you can easily lose an afternoon to it: pale limestone houses pressed together along narrow lanes, frequent staircases dropping down to viewpoints over the sea, and pots of geraniums and basil on most windowsills.
The defensive walls still ring most of the borgo, and the Vico II Castello — supposedly the narrowest alley in Italy at around 38 centimetres at its tightest point — connects two of the seaward streets. Wander rather than navigate; the borgo's character lives in the small details, the painted doors and ceramic house numbers and the occasional grandmother emerging from a wood-fired bakery with a tray of focaccia.