Get inspired by the spring-time beauty of Abruzzo’s stunning geography, flora and fastinating architecture while getting up close with its people and culture. Great accommodations and service, delicious food and wine, good company, fun times. Two tours to choose from: one for creation on site and a regular tour design to capture inspiration. Don’t wait. Book now.
Details
Eight-Days, Seven-Nights, Saturday to Saturday booking
Beautiful accommodations at Villa d'Abruzzo, Townhouse, Baron’s Estate, Coachman’s Cottage
All breakfasts, lunches and dinners
Local beverages, wine and beer
Choice of two daily excursions and outings in the region each day. One a classic tour aimed at capturing inspiratin, the other aimed at creating on site. (See itineraries below.)
Time each day at your accommodations to create.
All transportation, All taxes
Pick-up and drop-off in Rome or Pescara
Note: Airfare, premium wine not included.
Room choices and prices
Quadruple bookings in Cottage or Townhouse - €2400;
Triple bookings Cottage and Townhouse, or large rooms - €2450
Doubles depending on room size (one big bed or two smaller beds) - €2500 - €2900;
Singles depending on room size - €2900 to €3250
25% deposit required to secure the booking
Booking closes May 1, 2027
Contact amazingabruzzotours@gmail.com with questions or to secure your room.
Itinerary 1
Regular Tour / Capturing Inspiration
DAY 1 - GET HERE, GET SETTLED
Pick up in Rome or Pescara, transfer to Villa d'Abruzzo or the Baron’s Estate. Welcome drinks and check in. Explore Torre de'Passeri, lounge by the pool, relax. Dinner and review of your trip plan.
DAY 2 - GASTRONOMY ABRUZZESE STYLE
Today, we visit the town of Bucchianico and a centuries old olive oil press. Your host Francesca will explain the finer points of extra virgin olive oil production then delight your taste buds with her oil and wine and samples of traditional Abruzzese cuisine. Later, you take a walking tour of the beautiful town of Pretoro. 6 hours. Comfortable shoes. Moderate mobility
DAY 3 - THE ADRIATIC COAST
A trip to the coast to see fishing platforms only found in Abruzzo. Visit San Giovanni in Venere, a medieval abbey built on top of a Roman temple. Experience the Canadian WWII cemetery near Ortona. Seafood lunch on a unique fishing platform over the sea. 7 hours. Comfortable shoes. Easy Mobility.
DAY 4 - VISTAS AND VILLAGES
You start with a drive up the Gran Sasso Massive to a 10th-Century fortress overlooking the Tirino Vally. Lunch in a local restaurant. Visit Santo Stefano where the buildings are stacked on top of each other. Then you see chapel with frescos done in 1263 - 250 years before that other chapel in Vatican City. 8 hours. Walking shoes. Moderate to difficult mobility to see fort. The rest is easy.
DAY 5 - MARKET, CERAMIC ART, AND WINE
This morning, you go to the town of Sulmona for market day. People watch, tour the town, live like a local. Lunch and wine tasting at a family run winery. After you visit a local ceramic artist's studio. 8 hours.
DAY 6 - PESCARA, WALKING, SHOPPING, BEACH, FOOD
The city of Pescara is Abruzzo’s cultural and business hub on the Adriatic Sea with a beautiful beach right next to the central district. It has a cool pedestrian downtown, great food and fashion, and much more. We’ll go for a walk with you in the morning sampling food, or set you up on the beach, have lunch and then you are free to explore or just lounge the day away. Before dinner you have a wine tasting in the villa cellar.
DAY 7 - THE GORGEOUS GORGE
Today, we spend the day in the breathtaking Sagittario Gorge, a World Wildlife Fund reserve. You visit the sweet town of Scanno, walk its streets and experience traditional jewelry in a centuries old shop owned by the same family for nine generations. Lunch is an enormous lakeside picnic provided by our chef Angela. Learn about some local miracles, and then take a walk in Orazio’s hometown Villalago. 7 hours. Easy mobility.
DAY 8 - After an Abruzzese celebration and final dinner, we shuttle you to Rome or Pescara.
Write us at amazingabruzzotours@gmail.com to book.
Itinerary 2
Plien Air / Create on Site Tour
DAY 1 - GET HERE, GET SETTLED
Pick up in Rome or Pescara, transfer to Villa d'Abruzzo or the Baron’s Estate. Welcome drinks and check in. Explore Torre de'Passeri, lounge by the pool, relax. Dinner and review of your trip plan.
Day 2 - CERAMICS AND BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE
This morning you try your hand at ceremics painting at one of Abruzzo’s best known studios in the town of Rapino. Lunch in the nearby town of Pretoro, one of the prettiest in Italy, and then time create using the town as inspiration.
DAY 3 - ADRIATIC COAST
Spend the morning creating in and around a Trabocco fishing platform only found in Abruzzo. Lunch on the platform. In the afternoon, be inspired by the somber yet beautiful Canadian WWII cemetery outside the town of Ortona.
DAY 4 - MOUNTAIN TOP FORTRESS
National geographic says Rocca Calascio is one of the 15 most beautiful castles in the world and today that 1000-year-old fort high in the Appennine mountains is your muse. Lunch at a local restuarant in the stunning village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio with time to create after.
DAY 5 - TIRINO VALLEY POPPIES
Today, we take you to the Tirino Valley, which is famous for its poppies in early May. We will tour the valley and nearby town of Capestrano and you pick where you want to create. A pinic lunch and more creation.
DAY 6 - TORRE DE’PASSERI DAY
Today, we slow down and our town, Estate and Villa grounds, and the surrounding hills are your muse. Pick your spot and do your thing. Lunch at your accommodations and more creation time in the afternoon.
DAY 7 - THE GORGEOUS GORGE
You choice of creation on the medieval streets of the lovely village of Scanno or at the stunning Lago San Domenico, a spring fed mountain lake in the middle of the gorge. Lunch will be by Chef Angela.
DAY 8 - After an Abruzzese celebration and final dinner, we shuttle you to Rome or Pescara.
Write us at amazingabruzzotours@gmail.com to book.