Life in Abruzzo is your daily connection to beautiful Abruzzo with ideas, tips & tales for holidays, buying and living in Abruzzo and ancestry, roots and culture.

Our Life In Abruzzo community is a vibrant and diverse collective of Abruzzophiles from all over the world who love to share and exchange all about Abruzzo, Italy’s rocky heart and recognise the importance of us being an Italian registered ‘Associazione Culturale’ a not-for-profit cultural association.

We are a thriving broad church, a mix of all ages from 2 to 90, those who live and work in Abruzzo, some who have retired in Abruzzo to enjoy the 7% Flat Rate Tax and others who live in Italy, Europe, The Americas, and Australia.

Many of our members have Abruzzese ancestry, some have ancestral family homes here whilst others have holiday homes or just simply adore visiting the region on holiday.

How Many of us Are There?

In 2023, more 117,000 unique visitors read content on our website, we reached 760,000 on social media and our newsletter! Do join our private Facebook group it’s free and in May 2024 has 7000 members who love to know more about living and visiting Abruzzo and an ideal first base to make friends in the region.

No Fees

We don’t require a membership or readership fee from our community, there are no contracts and we don’t make a profit from any of our pop-up activities.

We believe the best way we can help people learn about Abruzzo and stem the depopulation of rural communities is to keep all our information optimised, free and available to everyone to read, and when time allows to come together for events offline and online.

"Your writing certainly led me to Abruzzo and to places beyond my ancestral town, I am deeply grateful"

Christina

Fostering Independent Connections On and Offline

We seamlessly come together both online and offline to share stories and recipes, knowlege, tips.

Our aim is to foster genuine connections and local knowledge through the All About Abruzzo Blog that allows everyone to share a story. We support businesses and artisans through our Abruzzo Directory that in turn allows us to be independent and sustainable, create small gatherings and pop-up adventures in villages, cities, walks, wine tastings, lunches, and fundraising events.

We are NOT tour guides, but rather arrange informal online and offline pop-up events with passionate members of our community who possess an ardent desire to share their knowledge and love for this enchanting region. These range in size, from intimate gatherings to larger affairs, exemplified by the recent assembly of 50 enthusiasts for our urban tour and goats cheese tasting in Atri, our ‘Sunday Live in Abruzzo’ slots on Zoom saw over 100 members regularly coming together to take part in our forums during the pandemic.

"Life In Abruzzo is the best online community in Abruzzo and we are grateful and proud to be part of it"

Marta Il Monte Farmhouse

We take pride in creating a cross platform community that transcends traditional boundaries. As an independent body we actively use our collective English language voice for campaigning on environmental and animal (domesticated and wildlife) issues within the region and increase awareness outside Italy of Europe’s greenest region.