UNDER CONSTRUCTION (at the agriturismo several guides, maps and tourist information in the various major languages are available to guests staying). I parchi Nazionali e Regionali, le Oasi e zone protette e, in generale, tutto il territorio interno della Regione Abruzzo solo di recente sono diventati meta di turismo, grazie all’istituzione dei suoi importanti Parchi. [...]
The hermitage of Celestino V
The region’s most remarkble hermitages are to befound in the area of Roccamorice (fewwminuts to farmstay), and the most important is the hermitage of Santo Spirito a Majella. The hermitage of San Bartolomeo di Legio is also magnificent, hidden in the sheer face of the grat, rugged Santo Spirito valley.It was rebuilt in abosut 1250 [...]
The sacred wood of Luco and pagan worship at St. Tommaso
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (at the agriturismo several guides, maps and tourist information in the various major languages are available to guests staying) Nell’alta Valle dell’Orta il paesaggio offre nuovi sorprendenti scenari ancora una volta diversi dal canyon carsico di Bolognano. Assolutamente da non perdere la suggestiva piana del Luco che, con i suoi torrioni monolitici che [...]
The old sheep track to L’Aquila: nature, historical towns and castles
The territory covered, revolving around the Gran Sasso- Laga Mountains National Park, offers a whole range of encounters with extremely significant history and art, and the unique traits of the entire Region are condensed into a single area, against a backdrop of rugged mountains.This is a karstic landascape, reaching hig altitude, where there are many [...]
San Clemente a Casauria abbey
The abbey is but short distance from farmstay. This is one of the Abruzzo Region’s most significant architectural and artistic structures, the result of a series of alterations implemented from the late 12 th C., up to the restoration work carried out beteween the late 19 th C. The abbey , built in the 9 [...]
The highest castle in the Apennines mountains and the feud of Medici
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Una delle cose più belle, sicuramente da vedere durante il soggiorno in Abruzzo, è l’abbinata del borgo mediceo di S. Stefano di Sessanio con il castello di Rocca Calascio. L’antico paesino, pur non presentando monumenti o edifici di particolare pregio architettonico, ha un fascino incredibile. Le vie strette e contorte, il continuo saliscendi [...]