Our ‘all about Abruzzo’ blog is written to keep you connected to Italy’s rocky heart! We explore, discover, and recommend to create a co-operative Abruzzo travel + food blog guide written by those that love Abruzzo. Many of the writers are members on our private LifeInAbruzzo Facebook group, do join us!
Sagne, Guanciale and Broad Beans in a Pecorino Cream
Luciano Coccia tells us about the harvest of his most longed for and ‘endangered’ crop, his broad beans (fave) and shares his Aunt’s recipe for an Abruzzese masterpiece, Sagne and Fave for a springtime treat!
L’ascolto e la visione Exhibition – A Priest’s Ethnographic Record of Teramo’s Mountain Folk
There is a small but wonderful multimedia exhibition in Rome running from May through to August that chronicles the communities of the mountain villages that sit on Teramo’s Gran Sasso range and encircle Cerqueto di Fano Adriano recorded by Don Nicola Jobbi.
Abruzzo Beach Bible – Blue Flag Beaches 2022
Abruzzo has been awarded 13 Blue Flags for the best of its beaches in 2022! These glorious golden sand beaches stretch along the Adriatic coast through 3 provinces, but also inland in L’Aquila on its lakes!
Escher in Abruzzo – A Trail of his Hilltop Towns & Mountain Villages
Escher in Abruzzo – a handy trail of the lithographs and a map of the hilltop towns & mountain villages that Escher depicted in his famous hypnotic, geometrically impossible architectural inventions
Timeless Cocullo: Through Artists’ Eyes
There aren’t many things that don’t change but timeless Cocullo is one of those. Here we look back at the artists and photographers who recorded it in the 20th century, that Pete Austin first put together in our FB group, and which we have extended to include a couple more.
Showing off the Good in Abruzzo
We thought it may be fun to do something similar for Abruzzo that National Parks did in the US, using what some perceive as the bad to show off the good!
First Sunday Free Museum Entrance in Abruzzo: ‘Domenica al Museo’
Each first Sunday of the month, Abruzzo and Italian state museums and archaeological sites open their doors for free as part of Domenica al Museo. This is a fabulous national wide initiative that allows you to explore and discover the history and treasures of Abruzzo.
Cantine Aperte in Abruzzo May 2022
Cantine Aperte in Abruzzo is back on with a bang in 2022 when the very best of Abruzzo’s cantine and wineries fling open their doors on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May and invite wine lovers to come and do some wine tasting
First Sunday: Penne, Coffee, Cornetti and Candlemaking
Would you like to know a little more about the popular town of Penne and join a money-saving workshop learning how to make your own candles?
Albina’s Story
This post was written by Albina, who journeyed to Abruzzo with her Mother following the war in Ukraine. Here’s her account of life as a refugee that she kindly wrote after we had met her as part of our #CookForUkraine fundraising campaign.
Accounts & Donations From the #CookforUkraine Campaign
Accounts and donations to UNICEF from our LifeInAbruzzo #CookForUkraine campaign
Abruzzo Pop-up E-Bike Ride: Lago di Barrea
Join us for a fabulous panoramic e-bike ride with Wildlife Adventures at Lago di Barrea in the middle of the Abruzzo, Molise and Lazio National Park on, Saturday 28th May