The Sleeping Giant, Corno Piccolo & His Cerqueto Orchid Trail
Cerqueto reveals its unexpectedly abundant technicolour orchid trail, with sublime views of Abruzzo’s “Sleeping Giant” the Corno Piccolo
Our pick of some of the many wonderful walks and bicycle rides across all of Abruzzo’s 4 provinces. Abruzzo’s abundant wildlife flourishes, no doubt due to the fact that 1/3 of the habitat is protected parkland – ‘Abruzzo is Europe’s biggest park’.
Cerqueto reveals its unexpectedly abundant technicolour orchid trail, with sublime views of Abruzzo’s “Sleeping Giant” the Corno Piccolo

It’s a short display, some 14 days, but the long & slender Acacia trees lining roads under Abruzzo’s Corno Grande create the ultimate blossom-lined road trip

The beginning of May behoves tiptoeing thanks to the carpet of crocus flowing across what appears to be a high valley garden up at Vado di Corno

It’s funny the facts you can find out walking in Abruzzo, in Salinello Gorge the stalks from the giant fennel were the whipping stick of choice for Romans







