Nature & Hiking
Violas Vie With the Purple Haze for Vado di Corno’s Crown
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
Life in Abruzzo
May in Abruzzo – What to Expect – Where to Go – What to Eat
Here are our favourite ways to spend a poppy-filled May in Abruzzo. Must visit Abruzzesi sagre includes the Cocullo Snake Festival and do look at our list of pop up events like ‘aperte cantine’ that you can join if you are travelling that weekend. Most of all here’s what to expect from the beautiful springtime flora and fauna if you go walking and the delicious seasonal local foods that May delivers.
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Abruzzo’s Succulent Spring Grass – Agretti
Raving about succulent spring grass is something normally reserved for those rearing animals rather than cooking but agretti is something to shout about
Last of the Wild Asparagus & Start of Unofficial Summer
Unofficially Summer has begun as the last of the wild asparagus is picked or rather not available to be picked
Erba Sulla – Abruzzo’s Sweetest Mountain Crop
Sulla, not just a memorable Roman General that Plutarch wrote about & Mozart composed operas around, but the name of an even greater sweetly-fragranced crimson flower
Getting Slippy at the Cocullo Snake Festival
Italy’s May Poppy Riot in Abruzzo
