Eat & Drink
From mountain locanda and artisan wineries to coastal seafood and ancient recipes. The flavours of a region that has never needed to try too hard.
Nine doorways into Abruzzo cooking. Tap the title to see everything in that category, or tap the card to read the latest piece.
Today's markets and what's coming up across Abruzzo.
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Browse all August events →Heritage cooking by course. Pasta alla chitarra, mountain lamb, fiadone and cellina drinks. Free recipes from across the region.
The grains, oils, cheeses, lentils and lamb that shape Abruzzo cooking. Heritage produce and the people growing it.
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Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Trebbiano, Cerasuolo, Pecorino. Plus genziana, ratafia, mosto cotto and vino cotto. The full glass.
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Trabocchi seafood huts, mountain locanda, family-run trattorie, and the chefs putting Abruzzo on the map.
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Roll your own chitarra. Learn pasta from nonna. Hands-on lessons across the region with people who actually cook this food every day.
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The businesses and people we vouch for.
Restaurants & Trabocchi
Family trattorie, mountain locanda, fishing huts and the chefs we trust.
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Places to Stay
B&Bs, agriturismi, holiday rentals and long-stay homes hand-picked by Sam.
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Workshops & Classes
Cooking lessons, language courses, craft workshops and Italian schools.
See what's on →Truffle hunts, vino cotto nights, mountain cheese days. The food calendar that runs Abruzzo year-round.
The Festa & Legend of Lucrezia Borgia’s Flight to Abruzzo
The Pentecost Harvest in Abruzzo: Wheat, Hay and Cheese
Easter in Abruzzo: Traditions and Flavours in a Snapshot
December’s Sacred Fires of Abruzzo: Immacolata & Ancient Rites
Each province has its own kitchen and its own glass. Four food regions, one Abruzzo.
Teramo
Teramo
Le virtù soup, mozzarella di campo, montepulciano vineyards, and the Adriatic mozzarella tradition.
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L’Aquila
L’Aquila
Navelli saffron, Santo Stefano lentils, mountain pecorino, and the high-altitude wines of the Sirente.
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Chieti
Chieti
Trabocchi seafood, olive oil DOP, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo heartland, and the wine roads of the Sangro valley.
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Pescara
Pescara
The fish markets of the port, Maiella mountain butchers, Loreto Aprutino olive oil and the brodetto of the coast.
Explore Pescara →The guides above are free. If you want a deeper relationship with Abruzzo, two ways in.
Abruzzo Insiders Club
Monthly long-form letters from Sam, members-only excursions, quarterly seasonal magazines, and a growing library of guides covering the towns most visitors never reach.
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A one-to-one call with Sam to plan your trip, talk through a relocation, or trace your family roots. Twenty years of honest, unsponsored local knowledge, in 60 minutes.
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A Registered Italian Cultural Association
Life in Abruzzo is an Associazione Culturale, a not-for-profit registered in Italy. Independently covering this region since 2007. Started by a Nonna. Built by a community.
See & Do
Walks, beaches, castles and parks. Eleven national parks worth of wild, mapped by locals since 2007.
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Property, tax, schools. The everyday business of building a life here.
Open the section →Ancestry & History
Family research, returning to the homeland, the diaspora stories that shape the region.
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