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Abruzzo’s spectacular Sulmona seizes and captivates your heart – you won’t ever want to leave! A few days is not enough to explore the must-sees of this fabulous underrated city. Where is Sulmona? Have you heard of Italy’s Sulmona? With an invitation to spend a few days over Easter in Sulmona with friends, I’m not crazy enough to pass up this oppor...

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The abbey of San Giovanni in Venere has a millenary history, before the advent of Christianity was the place of worship of the goddess Venus, in this place you can experience atmospheres that are lost in the night of the centuries. In addition, the Abbey offers a breathtaking landscape. We are in the heart of Abruzzo, in one of the most important h...

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The contrast in colours from the 3 delicate red stigmas cloaked by purple petals on an Abruzzo Autumn day couldn’t be stronger; the saffron crocuses of Navelli are worth their weight in gold, and knowing that no Risotto Milanese is complete without it, they provide a never-ending market that is not reliant on fad or fashion. Navelli’s Saffron Queen...

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Per la vendita dei libri nelle librerie ci sono due processi collaudati, ma di basso rendimento. Nel primo caso, le case editrici premono sulle librerie per farsi ordinare i  nuovi libri. Con l'interno dei loro negozi pieno di libri invenduti, le librerie ignorano l'80% delle richieste. Delle offerte rimanenti ordinano una o due copie per titolo, c...

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Although, not everyone can or feels comfortable to travel at the moment, we can use this downtime to dream and plan our next perfect trip. Abruzzo with its dramatic mountains, picture-perfect medieval towns and long stretches of beautiful beaches has been winning the hearts of discerning travellers in search of lesser-known corners of Italy, away f...

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In the heart of the Abruzzo region there is one of the most fascinating and characteristic places in Italy, one of the most popular destinations for hiking and trekking lovers. The Regional Nature Reserve "Calanchi di Atri", was established in 1995 and in 1999 became a WWF Oasis with the aim of preserving about 600 hectares of nature, flora and fau...

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Each June, Nunzio Marcelli gathers his flock of 1,300 sheep and leaves his home near the medieval village of Anversa degli Abruzzi in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. Walking some 30 miles over three days, 65-year-old Marcelli, his shepherds, and a few guests curious about this region’s traditional way of life herd the animals to an alpine...

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We are in the municipality of Roccamorice, a few steps from another hermitage, that of Santo Spirito a Majella, here it is located on a rocky spur of about 50 meters at 700 m above sea level in the Majella, the hermitage of San Bartolomeo. The history of its foundation must be traced back to the Middle Ages. The hermitage is prior to the 11th centu...

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I bought my house in a small mountain village in Abruzzo 12 years ago but I still can’t get enough of the views that I see from my balcony: in the south, majestic snow-capped peaks of the central Apennines, to the east – a turquoise stretch of the Adriatic Sea, in between – olive groves and picturesque old towns scattered over the green hilltops. ...

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ROCCASCALEGNA IS A SMALL VILLAGE in the Majella region of Abruzzo in central Italy. The village, thought to be founded by the Lombards around 600, sits at the foot of the impossibly-built Castle of Roccascalegna. This extraordinary fortress is perched on the edge of a massive basalt cliff, and was likely built to guard the Secco Valley below. The r...

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