Your Home Base for Everything Abruzzo
Life in Abruzzo is a registered Italian cultural association, independently covering this region since 2007. Not a property portal. Not a relocation agency. Just honest, editorial coverage of one of Italy's most extraordinary places.
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- Members-only local knowledge you won't find on a property portal
- A community of people at every stage of the Abruzzo journey
- Early access to events, guides and what's on
- Direct access to honest, independent local advice
Whether you are planning a trip, thinking about moving, tracing your roots, or already living here - this is your home base.
About Your Host
Sam Dunham fronts a team of collaborators, contributors and regional experts who between them cover food, culture, history, travel, ancestry and practical life in Abruzzo.
Sam is the founder of Life in Abruzzo and director of the Associazione Culturale Life in Abruzzo. A winner of the Words of Wine award for food and travel writing, in 2013 she organised Let's Blog Abruzzo at Santo Stefano di Sessanio - the first English-language travel event in the region - bringing international travel writers, journalists and bloggers from the US, Australia and Europe to Abruzzo.
Since then, Life in Abruzzo has supported international TV productions, tour operators and universities establishing programmes in the region.
Abruzzo resident and advocate since 2007.
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We are a small, independent cultural association and we read every message personally. Whether you have a question about moving to Abruzzo, want to trace your family roots, need honest advice about a trip, or are interested in working with us - just get in touch directly.
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Work with us →Four wild provinces. Three national parks. One hundred and thirty kilometres of Adriatic coastline. Medieval hilltop villages. The highest peaks in the Apennines. Pecorino, saffron, chitarra pasta and wine that punches well above its price. Bears, wolves and the Marsican chamois living alongside shepherds who still follow ancient transhumance routes.
Abruzzo is an hour from Rome and a world away from it. It is the Italy that most people are looking for and very few manage to find.
We have been here since 2007. We know where to look.