The snowy peaks of the Gran Sasso are just a short drive from the sea
Halfway down the eastern side of the Italian leg, Abruzzo confidently unfurls between the high Apennines and the blue Adriatic. This is a region of wild, majestic landscapes where modestsized settlements sit surrounded by vast expanses of the natural world. Indeed, this is known as Italy’s ‘greenest region’ and a full third of Abruzzo’s land area is protected national parkland.
The region’s far west provides an arresting, celestial backdrop of mountain peaks, while the east meets the warm sea with more than eighty miles of clean, golden beaches. And the distance between these two extremes is not so great.