Abruzzolavanda - 3 Original Rental Homes in Pollutri & Villalfonsina

Special offers for all 3 houses: Weekly discount: 10% off 7 days or more; Monthly discount: 30% off 28 days or more

We’d like to share our 3 Abruzzolavanda special rental homes with you in Pollutri & Villalfonsina (CH), all close to wonderful beaches and featuring fantastic interiors and views

• Renovated characteristic houses
• In the Abruzzo countryside with nearby villages
• Characterful with original tiles, vaulted ceilings and special interior designs

If you’re looking for a holiday or longer-term rental, I’m sure we can help you. Only 40 mins from Pescara airport, great for Stansted flights, good coach links for all Rome airports and only 10 mins from so many great beaches, every day you can go and explore a new one. Living, working, and even running a lavender farm here, we can help you with so many things, as we want to make your stay the best it can be.

Villa Adriatica: Minimum stay 3 nights: daily rate €250, view Villalfonsina CH on map
140m²; 3 bedrooms, one with an iron top bath, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room with sofa bed, roof terrace with table, chairs and bbq, fully air conditioned, wood burning stove, washing machine, dishwasher, TV, WiFi, fully furnished

La Cantina: Minimum stay 2 nights: €80 low season, €115 high season, view Villafonsina on map
45m², a fully furnished air-conditioned vaulted home with mezzanine sleeping floor, living room with sofa bed, bathroom with shower and bidet, washing machine and microwave, WiFi and olive grove garden with picnic and seating area

Il Melograno: Minimum stay 2 nights: € 90 low season, € 130 high season, view Pollutri on map
45m² air-conditioned and centrally heated furnished house with bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom. Washing machine and dishwasher. WiFi.  Outdoor decking dining area, expansive lavender gardens with private, picturesque patio and woodland hammocks

Local Culture & Heritage
Villalfonsina : Madonna della Neve 5th August
Casalbordino : Madonna degli Miracoli 10th /11th August
Pollutri : San Nicola 5th/6th December ( cooking of the beans) 1st Sunday of May (throwing of the taralli)

Food & Drink
Polo Nord - Casalbordino (Award winning homemade ice cream)
Bistro 69 - Casalbordino Marina ( lunch drinks and aperitif)
San Nicola Cantina (best place to buy wine ,especially with their wine petrol pump)
La Frasca restaurant - Scerni(great pizza, arrosticini and all types of meat and pasta)
Vasto has many bars, restaurants, theatres, cinema, sports centre and swimming pool.

Beach & Coast
Casalbordino Lido - free beaches and lidos -10 min drive
Le Morge - lovely family sandy beach- 20 mins
Punta Penne - Vasto direction 20 mins
Punta Aderci - Vasto direction 15 mins wild free beach, driftwood shelters
Along the coast, there are secret public beaches where you can park for free and walk down to the little beaches.

The Great Outdoors
The Trabocchi coastal bike path, parallel to the coastline, is a popular cycle route, ebikes available to rent from numerous places.
Skiing at Passo Lanciano
Many trekking routes on the Maiella mountain
Canadian and British war cemeteries
18-hole golf course.(40 minutes by car)

Festivals & Events
Pollutri - Prosit Poluuthar -November (stalls, wine tasting, music, local food,)
Scerni - Le Ruelle de lu Paes- August (stalls, food, music, bands, wine tasting)
Vasto - la Festa di San Michele ( around 29 September: procession,concerts, fairground and food and drink)

Community Life
Vasto expat community: meetups and coffee mornings

Town / Area Origins & History

Villalfonsina, the location of Villa Adriatica and La Cantina: a small Italian village famous for its proximity to the Trobocchi fishing platforms and its wine and olive production.

Pollutri, the location for Il Melograno House, is called The City of Wine. Most farmers take their grapes to the cooperative winery in September, and in October, their olives for pressing.

Local Wine & Food Produce

• The local grape is Montepulciano, which is made locally into a great red wine, Cerasuolo is a superb rosè and Pecorino is a classic white wine.
• Ventricina is a spicy salami which can also be found in pasta dishes.
• Famous for arrosticini(lamb kebabs) and Pallotte cacio e uova (poor man’s vegetarian meatballs).

Drive Times

• Pescara airport is 40 minutes by car.
• The nearest beach is Casalbordino beach, a 10-minute drive 
• Vasto is 20 minutes by car, a super historical town.
• The Majella nature reserve and ski resort is 1 hour and 20 minutes

Supermarkets

• Conad - Casalbordino (10 mins by car from Pollutri, 5 mins from Villalfonsina) Open every day, including Sunday
• Eurospin (10 mins by car- open every day 8.30-20.30)
• Pollutri - mini market (5 mins by car)
• Scerni- 2 supermarkets (5 mins by car)

Market

• Scerni: Wednesday morning ( cheeses, cold meats, vegetables, clothes, plants)
• Casalbordino: Sunday morning (local farmers market, plants, cheese and fish)
• Vasto: Saturday morning ( 2nd hand clothes and general market/ Santa Chiara - local farmers market: every morning)

Health

• Villalfonsina Chemist
• Pollutri Chemist
• Casalbordino  health centre and 3 chemists
• Vasto hospital  
• Lanciano hospital