If you are in Abruzzo in November, and like your autumn nights peppered with gathering outdoors to watch colossal towering pyres lit that evoke rites traditions from the distant past that celebrate new beginnings with song, Vino Novello, Scanno’s ‘Le Glorie di San Martino’ is unmissable!
traditions
Making your own olive oil soap and beauty products is flourishing in Abruzzo, there are some wonderful workshops to take part in if you visit and if you can’t here are 3 traditional natural recipes to try at home
Admire the carved fountain heads, but also the women who toiled at the lavatoi
You may have a beautifully wrapped & decorated panettone, but how do you know if you’re eating the real thing and not a poor imitation!