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ABRUZZO4U
Web Site For English Speaking Tourists
What can I do in a week?
There’s more than enough to keep you busy in the Abruzzo area for a Month, never mind a
week! If you are new to the area, try our suggestions below which should suit all ages or Search
our Web Site (Activities & Days Out etc) before you come.
Badia & Sulmona
The Monastry at Badia
Should be open to go inside
At Badia, take a look round the largest Monastry in Europe
(ask if they have an English Guide) then drive to the top of
the hill, park outside the little Memorial with cannons outside
it and walk up the hill as far as the Bar, which will not be
open! Then off left up the hill to the Hermitage built into the
rock face. Once you’ve been to the Hermitage, you will be
able to spot it on the hillside whenever you visit Sulmona
(which you must!)
At Sulmona “The City of Art” …. take a leisurely walk
around town, have an ice-cream in a pavement cafe,
visit a Church. Look at the colourful Confetti on sale in
the local shops THEN find your way to the Confetti
Museum just outside town on the road out towards
Scanno.
The Tourist Information Office is most helpful and is
located between the Park and the main square of the town
(Our favourite cafe is just opposite).
Sulmona Confetti
Try the Confetti Museum
Ovindoli & Rocca Di Mezzo
Ovindoli
Circular Walk and Picnic Area
Try the Circular Walk/Picnic Walk (JS11) which is off Left at the large Roundabout
before you get to Ovindoli. In summer you should see the Ski Slopes in the distance
and, hopefully, some Birds Of Prey flying high over the Mountains.
Rocca Di Mezzo
Market Day every Wednesday
You can then easily drive across to Rocca Di Mezzo for a stroll around town and an ice-cream
sat across from the Tourist Information Office. You can also hire a bicycle for an hour or more
and go off on the excellent Bicycle Tracks either side of town. You will need to leave your
Passport or Driving License as security!
Pescara (Beaches & Museums)
Pescara Beach
Free Beach or Paid Areas with
facilities
Pescara Museums
Best to get there in the mornings
As you get near to Pescara, park on the Right of the river at that side of the Pedestrian/Cycle
Bridge. Then you can enjoy a walk over the bridge to the beach where you can Pay for an
Umbrella/Bed or go on the smaller Free Areas at the beginning or far end near the Viking Ship.
On your way back, you can walk across the road and have a look around the Tourist Port
(Ice-Cream, Toilets and free parking) or try one of the Museums in the town area but check the
opening times - you may need to go in the morning!
Zacagnini Wine cellers
Zaccagnini Wine Cellars
On the way to Pescara
Art, Sculpture
and Wine
View over the Vinyards
On your way to Pescara, you can arrange a visit to the Cantina Zaccagnini Wine Cellars - just
off to the right of the Autostrada on the way to Pescara, leaving at the turn off to Torre De
Passeri …. The whole thing is a nice mixture of Wine Making, Sculpture and Art! …. For a
guided tour, you need to ring ahead during normal working hours and you may be lucky to get
an English Speaking Guide.
If you don’t want to drive quite so far, try the Petrotonj Cellars in Vitorino, another of our
favourites!
Chieti Museum
Unknown Warrior
Another thing to do on the way to Pescara is to take in the Museum(s)
in Chieti - check out the Sculptures, especially the famous “Unknown
Warrrior”