Just below the walls of the Borgo Vecchio, on the seaward side, the Trabucco di Termoli juts out from the rocks like an enormous wooden insect. It is the only surviving working trabucco in Molise and one of a small handful left in Italy; several others on the Gargano coast are preserved as monuments, but this one is still maintained by a local family who fish from it in the traditional way.
In summer the trabucco operates as an open-air restaurant and the catch is served just metres from where it was hauled in: anchovies, small whiting, sometimes octopus, dressed simply with lemon and olive oil. Sit at one of the wooden tables, watch the net rise and fall over the Adriatic, and you have one of the most memorable meals on the coast.