Sometimes we in Abruzzo can be immune to the wonders around us, the incredible mist, cloud and play of the light in the mountains, we almost take it for granted! Then some fresh eyes come along to pull us back and say wow, making us appreciate this magical region on the doorstep of Rome, in...
One of the best family adventures to have in Abruzzo is a morning's donkey trekking from the small Medici town of Santo Stefano di Sessanio up to Rocca Calascio that is in National Geographic's list of Top 10 European castles
“Chi si fa pecorella, i lupi la mangiano”. Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you. People have been sheltering and living ‘at the top’ in Calascio for 45,000 years. Its rooftop views over Abruzzo’s Campo Imperatore, the Valle del Tirino basin and rich Navelli Plain magically banish brain fog, whilst the ability...
Rocca Calascio's crenelated turrets are particularly good to ramble around in Winter, when the snow & soft low light warms its grey stone bones
