Have you ever wondered how Abruzzo got its name? Here is a simple explanation from the author Anne McDonnel taken from her book, In the Abruzzi,
Join English in the Woods at Il Borgo degli Gnomi in Teramo for a unique forest-style English language learning school for its second year this Christmas school holiday.
A beautiful location to celebrate San Martino is the ‘I Borghi più Belli d’Italia’ village of Pietracamela sits under Prati di Tivo. The village’s excellent restaurants have come together to create a polenta feast, wine and roasted chestnuts for just €10.
A must-visit for all polenta lovers is Bellante’s polenta sagra! Pick from the traditional Abruzzese polenta served on a board with a sugo of sausage and pork belly or polenta with mushrooms, sausage and pancetta.
The Tuber Magnatum white truffle festival is located high in the Gran Sasso Mountains in the small medieval town of Poggio Umbricchio. It was once part of the world’s smallest republic Senarica and was aligned to Venice.
Senarica is famous for its Lu’Nzit chestnuts and celebrates them with a large weekend festa each year!
The evocative Castello della Monica is a fascinating Abruzzo folly located in an upper leafy part of Teramo
Did you know Atri was name-checked by Pliny as a famous city of wine? A reputation that grew not just from the fabulous grapes that were cultivated in its surrounding foothills close to the Adriatic, but relied on its superb amphorae that used the clay of the calanchi
Our handy trail of the best places in Abruzzo to grab a slice of pizza (pizza al taglio), which is sold by weight and is Italy’s national ‘fast food’ or to sit back and enjoy a ‘rotondo’ and enjoy the whole plate to yourself!
Succulent blackberries and their tart tree companions in a simple rustic Italian olive oil cake, a recipe from the Upper Tordino Valley in Abruzzo