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Option 1 - Romans and Marsicans

Option 1 - Romans and Marsicans

Start the day with a tour of the Roman Ruins at Alba Fucens. Walk in the steps of the Gladiators. For lunch, you experience the creations of one of the best chefs in all of Italy. On the way home, you take a walking tour of a town full of murals. 7 hours. Comfortable shoes. Moderate mobility..

Option 2 - Vistas, Villages, and a Cool Chapel

Option 2 - Vistas, Villages, and a Cool Chapel

You start with a drive up the Gran Sasso Massive to a 10th-Century fortress overlooking the Tirino Vally. Lunch in a local restaurant in the village of Santo Stefano where the buildings are stacked on top of each other. Then you see church frescos that were done in 1263 - 250 years before that other Chapel in Vatican City. 8 hours. Good shoes. Moderate to difficult mobility to see fort. The rest is easy.

Option 3 - Take a Hike

Option 3 - Take a Hike

The Apennine Mountains dominate Abruzzo’s interior and give you the opportunity for stunning hikes and walks. Whatever level of difficulty you want. Just let us know what difficulty level and length you want and off we go.

Option 4 - Cooking Class and Wine Tasting

Option 4 - Cooking Class and Wine Tasting

In the morning, you learn the secrets of making fresh pasta and sauces from our amazing chefs, and you get to eat your work at lunch. In the afternoon, we do a flight tasting and judging of local premium wines in our historic wine cellar. Yum.

Option 5 - A Spectacular High Plain Tours

Option 5 - A Spectacular High Plain Tours

Today, we take a breathtaking drive up to and through the plains of Campo Imperartore, one of the most unique landscapes you’ll ever experience at more than two kilometres above sea level. Lunch at a BBQ joint where you grill your own meats and take in the views. 8 hours. Easy mobility. Winding roads.

Option 6 - Bike the Adriatic Coast

Option 6 - Bike the Adriatic Coast

Abruzzo’s Adriatic Coast is varied and dramatic with a special bike path running along most of it. See ancient monasteries, unique fishing platorms, pristine beaches and have a great fish lunch. Bike or ebike rentals - extra 50 euro.

Option 7 - Local market, ceramics artist, and a winery

Option 7 - Local market, ceramics artist, and a winery

Visit the local market in the beautiful town of Sulmona and see Abruzzese culture up close. Your lunch comes from the market food trucks, then it’s off to visit the studio of a ceramics artists, and you wind up the day with a tour of a family-run winery. 7 hours. Easy mobility.

Option  8 - Cultural Immersion with Serena

Option 8 - Cultural Immersion with Serena

Spend the day with our wonderful guide Serena and her family in her village of Pietranico. See their houses and farms. Learn how to make ricotta cheese and traditional pasta with chickpea soup.. After lunch, see the ancient and mysterious wine rocks scattered around the village. 7 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 9 - Day at the beach

Option 9 - Day at the beach

We take you to one of the many Blue Flag beaches on the Adriatic Coast for a day of sun, surf and seafood.

Option 10 - Wine, wine, and wine

Option 10 - Wine, wine, and wine

In the morning, we take a drive through our wine region with stops at a couple small villages to see the sites. Lunch at a small family run winery and a private tasting in our cantina with a local winemaker before dinner. 7 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 11 - Coast Tour

Option 11 - Coast Tour

Take a trip to the coast to see fishing platforms only found in Abruzzo. First you visit Giovanni in Venere, a medieval abbey built on top for a former Roman temple. Then drive the spectacular coast and stop at a Trabocco, like the one in the tour picture, for a fresh fish lunch and a glass of vino. Later you take in the Adriatic views up the coast and stop at the Canadian WWII cemetery near Ortona. 8 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 12 - A gorge, a picnic, two villages and jewels

Option 12 - A gorge, a picnic, two villages and jewels

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. Winding roads..

Option 13 - A cool cave, big lunch, and Roman ruins

Option 13 - A cool cave, big lunch, and Roman ruins

Today, you visit an amazing cave. It’s more than a kilometre long with a river running through it, complete with waterfalls and big cavernous rooms with statue-like stalagmites. Have a great tasting plate lunch of local specialties, and if you have any engery left, make a quick stop at an active Roman ruin archeological dig. 8 hours. Moderate to difficult mobility. Good shoes required.

Option 14 - Shepherd for a Day

Option 14 - Shepherd for a Day

Walk the hills with a local shepherd, his flock and his awesome dogs, and discover the art of cheese making. Lunch at a farm restaurant. Cheese making experience after lunch. Minimum 8 people. Extra cost for less than eight people. 8 hours. Difficult mobility. Proper shoes required. This tour is weather dependent; generally offered May to November,. Not available in August.

Option 15 - Walking, Tasting, Shopping Pescara

Option 15 - Walking, Tasting, Shopping Pescara

Pescara is Abruzzo’s cultural and business hub. It has a cool pedestrian downtown, great food and fashion, a beach front and much more. We’ll go for a walk with you in the morning, have lunch, and then you are free to explore, or not. It’s a great way to spend a day. 7 hours. Easy Mobility.

Option 16 - Monks, Mountains and Shepherd Village

Option 16 - Monks, Mountains and Shepherd Village

After an incredible drive, visit Santo Spirito Hermitage high on the Maiella mountain. It was founded in the 1300s by a famous pope and was home to Celestine Monks. Have picnic lunch in a shepherds’ village made of stone huts, and stop for gelato on the way home. 6 hours. Difficult mobility. Lots of stairs.

Option 17 - Do nothing Day

Option 17 - Do nothing Day

The villa and the pool are pretty nice. Why don’t we just relax.

Option 18 - Museum Day

Option 18 - Museum Day

Visit the Abruzzese People’s Museum in Pescara or the National Archaeology Museum in Chieti where the 6th Century B.C. Warrior of Capestrano is housed. Lunch in a local restaurant. 6 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 19 - Underground Roman Ruins + Miracles

Option 19 - Underground Roman Ruins + Miracles

Lancianco is sometimes called the “lasagna town” because it has pre-Roman, Roman, Medieval and Renaissance layers stacked on top of each other. It’s also called the “City of Miracles” because two, and maybe even three, bonafide miracles happened here. Take a tour then have a wine tasting lunch at a family run winery. 7 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 20 - Local Day

Option 20 - Local Day

Our hometown of Torre de’Passeri is rich in history and interesting things to see, including one of the most important monasteries in Abruzzo. The locals are fun to hang with too. We have lunch at the villa, and In the afternoon, we take a country drive to a few sites around us, including a Roman fountain. 7 hours. Easy mobility.

Option 21 - Gastronomy Abruzzese Style

Option 21 - Gastronomy Abruzzese Style

Today we visit the town of Bucchianico and a centuries old olive oil press. Your host Francesca will explain the finer point of extra virgin olive oil production then delight your taste buds with oil and wine tastings and samples of traditional Abruzzo cuisine. Later, you take a drive through the foothills and pretty town of the Majella Mountain.

Option 22 - Peligna Valley Tour

Option 22 - Peligna Valley Tour

Today you will experience the beautiful Peligna Valley and taste its fruits. You will visit the medieval towers in the village of Pacentro, lunch and sip at the Margiotta family Winery, and explore the natural springs of Popoli. A bit of everything. 7 hours. Moderate mobility.

23 - Ebike Ride

23 - Ebike Ride

Explore the quiet backroads of Abruzzo on a half-day or full-day ride through stunning scenery on our eight high-quality Yucatan Winora ebikes. We feature dozens of routes from moderate rides through the hills around our town to challenging routes over the nearby mountains. Stop along the way to see castles, medieval towns and villages, rivers, vineyards, and more. All rides require a decent level of fitness

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Option 1 - Romans and Marsicans
Option 2 - Vistas, Villages, and a Cool Chapel
Option 3 - Take a Hike
Option 4 - Cooking Class and Wine Tasting
Option 5 - A Spectacular High Plain Tours
Option 6 - Bike the Adriatic Coast
Option 7 - Local market, ceramics artist, and a winery
Option  8 - Cultural Immersion with Serena
Option 9 - Day at the beach
Option 10 - Wine, wine, and wine
Option 11 - Coast Tour
Option 12 - A gorge, a picnic, two villages and jewels
Option 13 - A cool cave, big lunch, and Roman ruins
Option 14 - Shepherd for a Day
Option 15 - Walking, Tasting, Shopping Pescara
Option 16 - Monks, Mountains and Shepherd Village
Option 17 - Do nothing Day
Option 18 - Museum Day
Option 19 - Underground Roman Ruins + Miracles
Option 20 - Local Day
Option 21 - Gastronomy Abruzzese Style
Option 22 - Peligna Valley Tour
23 - Ebike Ride
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Address
Via 3 Vico Fossato 5/7
Torre De'Passeri (PE)
Italia 65029
Email
amazingabruzzotours@gmail.com
Telephone
+39 328 972 6093