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Web Site For English Speaking Tourists
What can I do in a week?
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!)
The Monastry at Badia
Should be open to go inside
Sulmona Confetti
Try the Confetti Museum
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” at the Museo Universitario
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!
Cantina Zaccagnini
Art, Sculpture
and Wine
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
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).
Ovindoli & Rocca Di Mezzo
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.
Ovindoli
Circular Walk and Picnic Area
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)
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 (on the way to Pescara)
Aielli (Near to Celano)
A short trip to the most picturesque village in abruzzo is well
worth it for families and children.Have fun ticking off the Murals
on your map which, if it is open, you can pick up at the kiosk
before you wander around.
Check if the Tower is open and, for a small charge, get the lowdown on Astronomy then get to look at the sun through
the telescope on the roof terrace.
Chieti Museums
Aielli (Colourful village near Celano)
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
Sulmona Confetti
Try the Confetti Museum
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).
Ovindoli & Rocca Di Mezzo
Ovindoli
Circular Walk and Picnic Area
Rocca Di Mezzo
Market Day every Wednesday
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.
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
as you may need to go in the morning!
Zacagnini Wine cellers
Art, Sculpture
and Wine
Zaccagnini Wine Cellars
On the way to Pescara
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”
© PC Senior All Rights reserved
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”
