Visiting Abruzzo
Three national parks, mountain villages, the long coastal cycle path. Wild walking and slow lunches, food and festas, the Italy that takes a bit more finding.
Travel Guides
All guides →In-depth guides written from the ground. Walking, eating, slow travel and the places worth planning a whole trip around.
Don't Miss This Week
Full calendar →Today
European Museum Night 2026 in Abruzzo
Step into the magic of culture after dark during the European La Notte dei Musei, when museums across Abruzzo open their doors for an unforgettable evening of art, history, and…
Read more →Find a Market Today
Open the full map →Around 280 weekly markets across Abruzzo, mapped by day. Today's running markets are shown below. Click any province for the full list, or open the live map for filters, distance search, and the summer coast evening markets.
Explore by Province
Map of Abruzzo →Abruzzo is four provinces, each with its own character. Pick the one that fits your trip, or use it to plan a multi-day route across the region.
Teramo
Teramo
Adriatic beaches, Gran Sasso ridges, and the historic cycle path running the coast.
Explore Teramo →
L’Aquila
L’Aquila
Medieval villages on inland plateaus. The regional capital, Roman ruins, three national parks.
Explore L’Aquila →
Chieti
Chieti
Hilltop towns, wine country, and the Trabocchi coast with its fishing pier-houses.
Explore Chieti →
Pescara
Pescara
The coast and the Maiella. Regional capital, the long beach, mountain villages an hour inland.
Explore Pescara →Just Published for Travellers
All See & Do →
Explore Abruzzo
All See & Do →Nine ways into the region. Pick the door that fits your trip.
Eat Like a Local
All Eat & Drink →Pasta alla chitarra, lamb and saffron, the trabocchi seafood huts. The food traditions worth planning a trip around.
When to Visit
Spring lambs and festas, summer beaches, autumn harvest, winter on the slopes. The right month for what you came to see.
Read the seasons guide →Getting Here
Pescara airport, Rome train, regional buses, your own car. The realistic options and what each takes.
Read the travel guide →Map of Abruzzo
Find your way around by province and village. The region's geography at a glance.
Explore the map →Important Websites
The official sites for getting to and around Abruzzo. Save the page or take a screenshot before you travel.
Tours, Workshops & Heritage
Browse the directory →Cooking holidays in stone farmhouses, walking tours with park rangers, ancestry research with people who know the records. Run by the people who live here.
Stay in Abruzzo
All accommodation →Stone farmhouses, hilltop boutique hotels, beach apartments. Holiday rentals from the people who run them.
Living in Abruzzo
Property, tax, schools, the everyday business of building a life here.
Tracing Your Roots
Family research, returning to the homeland, the diaspora stories.
Events Calendar
Festas, sagre, market days. What's on across the region all year.
Connections Directory
Tours, workshops, accommodation, restaurants. Locally vetted businesses.
A Registered Italian Cultural Association
Life in Abruzzo is an Associazione Culturale, a not-for-profit registered in Italy, the cultural organisation behind the new Abruzzo Insiders Club. Independently covering this region since 2007. Started by a Nonna. Built by a community.
Beaches & Coastline
The Trabocchi coast, the long cycle path, the free beaches and where to eat.
Open the guide →Food Traditions
Heritage recipes, seasonal cooking, the people who feed us, the trails worth walking for lunch.
Read more →Festas & Sagre
Saint days, harvest festivals, the gatherings that mark the year across the region.
Browse the calendar →