Pescocostanzo

Just outside Pescocostanzo sits Bosco di Sant’Antonio, an enchanted oblong-shaped ancient beech grove that is regarded as Central Italy’s finest ‘Biotope’.  It has been held sacred by locals since Roman times, and is today revered as one of the best areas for snow-shoeing, tree-climbing and picnicking in Abruzzo

Skiing in Italy never used to quite have the kudos of some of its European neighbours such as Switzerland, but in the last decade its reputation has grown