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  • Abbateggio Bacchanalia

    Abbateggio Bacchanalia

    Abbateggio Via Roma 8, Abbateggio, Pescara, Italy

    Abbateggio celebrates San Martino with its Bacchanalia festa, when members of the community open their cellars of this sweet town for delicious food and Vino Novello served by local wineries. 

    Free
  • San Martino, Pietracamela

    Pietracamela – San Martino Festa

    Pietracamela Vicolo Stretto, 1,, Pietracamela, Teramo, Italy

     A beautiful location to celebrate San Martino is the 'I Borghi più Belli d'Italia' village of Pietracamela sits under Prati di Tivo.  The village's excellent restaurants have come together to create a polenta feast, wine and roasted chestnuts for just €10. 

  • Fiera di Santa Caterina

    Barisciano (AQ) – Santa Caterina Fair

    Barisciano Piazzale della fonte grande, Barisciano, Aquila, Italy

    The sweet town of Barisciano celebrates Santa Caterina by hosting a bustling fair.  Today in many countries Caterina is more commonly known today by the firework named in honour of her rather unpleasant death on a wheel, but local Gran Sasso farmers used to believe the milk that flowed from her neck nourished and protected their fields!

  • Hand made Pieriogi Abruzzo

    Polish Flavours Lunch & Edible Christmas Gifts

    Il Monte Farmhouse il Monte Farmhouse, Contrada Colle Zingaro 106,, Torricella Peligna, Chieti, Italy

    Have you ever tasted home-made pierogi (in the picture), or light and delicious chałka with creamy pate? Join us for a journey through rich flavours of our home country, and take a break from pasta and pizza???? Tickle your tastebuds and spend a lovely afternoon in great company at our cosy Farmhouse!

  • 4 Courses, 4 Wines Christmas Lunch

    COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LUNCH

    Life In Abruzzo Casetta Lucciola, Colledara, TE, Italy

    Join us to celebrate the feasting season and an early Christmas in Abruzzo on Monday 12th December! The holiday season is a time of cheer, and we are looking forward to coming together and sharing fantastic food and Famiglia Febo wine at Spoltore’s Osteria La Corte.

  • Pettorano sul Gizio: The Sagra della Polenta Ragnosa

    Pettorano sul Gizio Piazza Zanelli, Pettorano sul Gizio, L'Aquila, Italy

    Pettorano sul Gizio's delicious Polenta Ragnosa Sagra celebrates a unique type of polenta that was traditionally made and eaten by the workers of the village who were charcoal burners. 

  • Opi Fiaccolata, Polentata e vin brûlé

    Opi: Fiaccolata, Polentata e Vin Brule’

    Opi Via S. Giovanni, Opi, AQ

    The small community of Opi dress up in traditional clothes at dusk and with hand-held flickering torches feast and light up the night the day after Epiphany. 

  • Colledimezzo: Festa Tradizionale San’Antonio

    Colledimezzo Ex Scuole Elementari, Via Roma, Colledimezzo, Chieti, Italy

    Colledimezzo invites you to join them to discover the local traditions associated with one of the most important saints celebrated across Abruzzo, San Antonio Abate!

  • Tapas, Meze Antipasti

    Castelvecchio Calvisio: Tapas, Meze Antipasti Lunch

    Delizie della Fattoria Valle Magica Via Delle Vigne, Castelvecchio Calvisio, L'Aquila, Italy

    We're having a Life In Abruzzo group lunch and you're invited to the Delizie della Fattoria Valle Magica Bistro! It sits just 30 minutes down the road from Rocca Calascio for those that would like to see it sprinkled with a bit of snow!

    €20

  • Castelvecchio Calvisio: Heritage Fusion Lunch

    Delizie della Fattoria Valle Magica Via Delle Vigne, Castelvecchio Calvisio, L'Aquila, Italy

    We're having a Life In Abruzzo group lunch and you're invited to the Delizie della Fattoria Valle Magica Bistro! It sits just 30 minutes down the road from Rocca Calascio for those that would like to see it sprinkled with a bit of snow!

    20€30

We will do our best to keep this calendar up to date, however in the case of last-minute cancellations due to adverse weather conditions, Covid outbreaks and so forth this may not always be possible.  In these cases, you should contact the event organiser for a refund as we are not responsible for the events on the calendar, only compiling them into an easy list.  As soon as we have news from an organiser when any event will be rescheduled we will update the calendar accordingly.

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