Abruzzo is one of the greenest and least crowded regions in Italy: stone villages clinging to the mountainside, solitary hermitages, boundless highlands and three national parks where chamois and wolves still roam. Authentic, wild destinations far from mass tourism, where nature sets the pace and the towns preserve flavours, silence and traditions that have vanished elsewhere.
23 guides in Abruzzo · 🛏 Dove dormire in Abruzzo
Fortresses crowning hilltop villages, via ferrate and trails, Marsican brown bears, the realm of Frederick II. The Abruzzo between the Apennines and the Adriatic that most travelers never see.
Jul 18, 2026
Guide on what to see in Pescara in 2 days: from D'Annunzio's seafront to trabocchi, from the D'Avalos Pine Forest to the inland Abruzzo villages.
Jul 12, 2026
Guide to L'Aquila's flavors: from arrosticini to Aquilano saffron, the best rebuilt center trattorias, osterias and tips for Abruzzo's strong and gentle cuisine.
Jul 11, 2026
Complete guide on where to stay in L'Aquila: from the historic centre reborn after the earthquake to Gran Sasso villages, B&Bs near the 99 spouts, alberghi diffusi and mountain refuges.
Jul 11, 2026
Guide on what to see in L'Aquila in 2 days: from the Basilica of Collemaggio to the Spanish Fort, post-earthquake rebirth, Romanesque churches and Gran Sasso.
Jul 11, 2026
Complete guide to reaching L'Aquila by train, car, plane and bus. A24 motorway, railway station, Pescara and Rome airports, local transport in Abruzzo.
Jul 11, 2026
From Sulmona to Isernia through snowfields, abandoned villages and vertiginous viaducts: the slowest and most beautiful journey across the central Apennines.
Jul 9, 2026
In the Maiella National Park, straddling the provinces of Chieti and Pescara, lunar plateaus and deep gorges shape Abruzzo's 'mother mountain'. A vast, wild massif, tucked away beside the nearby Gran Sasso and still little visited.
Jun 30, 2026
The Monti della Laga, on the border between Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche within the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, are the only sandstone and marl mountains of the central Apennines: for this reason they hold water and fill with streams, waterfalls and beech forests. They stay deserted because everyone rushes to the nearby Gran Sasso or the Sibillini.
Jun 30, 2026