Italy

Seeking The Highest Point in Abruzzo High In The Apennine Mountains Leaving Pescara for the day, we headed for the highest point in Abruzzo in the Apennine Mountains.  On this day trip, we ansi wanted to visit the high town of Rocca Calascio.  But we knew there would be lots of […]

Force Of Nature Hit But L’Aquila Still Recovering We spent a week in Pescara on the Adriatic coast of Italy and explored the Abruzzo region with day trips. Nothing touched us quite as much as the day we saw L’Aquila still recovering from a deadly earthquake many years before. Heading To […]

Heading To Civitella Del Tronto In The Mountains of Abruzzo With map in hand we plotted a day trip north from Pescara and visited Civitella Del Tronto high in the mountains of Abruzzo.  This let us pick up sites missed when we took the train trip from Rimini to Pescara. We were far […]

South of Pescara Coastal Forts Protect The Adriatic Coast We planned to take a day to explore the coastline south of Pescara and see how coastal forts protect the Adriatic Coast as far as Vieste in Puglia. After we finished our week in Pescara, we were headed to Lecce in Puglia for […]

Visiting The Abruzzo Hill Towns Of Sulmona and Scanno To tour around the Abruzzo region in Italy, we rented a car to visit the hill towns of Abruzzo – Sulmona and Scanno.  Every stop we made on our visit to Italy, we planned to get a car.  But have been […]