Abruzzo: Ancient Fishing Machine, National Park and Traditions
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Abruzzo: Ancient Fishing Machine, National Park and Traditions
Our journey will start from the “Costa dei Trabocchi” where stony beaches and rocky coast mix, to discover old fishing machine hanging from wooden pier. We move on to the countryside to explore on foot Majella Nation Park… Abruzzo is the real green heart of the Mediterranean! Among woods, forests and caves we will visit many ancient churches and hermitages, witnesses of the importance of these region for Christian spirituality. Abruzzo is full of little beautiful villages too. We will visit Castel del Monte and Santo Stefano di Sessanio, the most famous with the outstanding Calascio Fortress. To understand in the best way the complexity of Abruzzo, our trip will also focus to food and wine tradition: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, “arrosticini”, sheep cheese are just some of the delicious wines and typical yummy that we will taste.
May - June / September - October
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1st Day
Meeting at the airport and transfer by private minivan to the hotel in Abruzzo.
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2nd Day
We are moving to the villages of Fossacesia and San Vito Chietino to hike along one of the most fascinating tracks of Costa dei Trabocchi, an alternation of rock coasts and stone beaches made unique thanks to the strange shape of these old machines used for fishing and held up on the sea. After, we visit the Roman Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere and its unbelievable sight to the Golfo di Venere, which make it one of the most beautiful and visited locations of Abruzzo. We’ll conclude with a fish-based dinner inside a spectacular “Trabocco” at pile over the sea, held up in one of the most attractive tracts of the Adriatic coast, a really unique location for an unforgettable experience!
Beginners ★★☆☆
3 hours, 10 km lenght, 50 m elevation gain.3
3rd Day
Breakfast and transfer to the wonderful Punta Penna for a easy hiking in the precious Natural Reserve of Punta Aderci that protects a tract of the just unpolluted Costa dei Trabocchi, in which the Mediterranean vegetation, wide sand beaches, old “trabocchi” are mixed and the green of cultivated fields plunges into the Adriatic Coast. When finished the excursion, we are going to greet the “Costa dei Trabocchi”, by tasting wines in a small farm, to discover one of the food-and-wine treasures of the region: Montepulciano. Dinner and overnight stay.
Turist ★☆☆☆
3 hours, 7 km lenght, 50 m elevation gain.4
4th Day
We are moving to the Trail of the Spirit of Majella National Park, to reach the Hermitage of San Bartolomeo in Legio. This is surely one of the most attractive religious locations of the whole National Park: it is difficult to understand where the cave finishes and the hermitage begins. Here, there is a chapel and two spaces obtained in the rock and destined to the hermits, but the access among four stairs derived from rocks is still more suggestive. We will keep going to Scalelle trail in Orfento Valley.
Beginners ★★☆☆
3/4 hours, 8 km lenght, 450 m elevation gain.5
5th Day
Breakfast and transfer to one of the most beautiful villages of Italy: Castel Del Monte, where we’ll have the opportunity to visit the authentic Museum of popular traditions, placed at the inner part of the old walls. From here, we are moving to the infinite tableland of Campo Imperatore, “Tibet d’Abruzzo”. The vertical walls of Canyon Dello Scoppaturo throw us to the scene of a western movie. Return to Fonte Vetica and here, in front of the hot “fornacelle” (kind of barbecue) we familiarize with the cooking of the famous “arrosticini”, a must of Abruzzo cooking tradition. The Vegetarian people will have the possibility of tasting cheeses or grilled vegetables. After lunch, we go to Calascio and reach on foot its fortress. We’ll move to Santo Stefano di Sessanio, small village saved by deterioration and the depopulation. We’ll walk among the streets of the most authentic and well conserved Mediceo village. Dinner and overnight stay.
Beginners ★★☆☆
3/4 hours, 10 km lenght, 80 m elevation gain.6
6th Day
Breakfast and transfer to the calm water of Tirino river for a relaxing guided canoe tour. The temperature of waters of this river is constant during all the year and goes around 10 grades. Taking here a swim will be a thrilling experience! We will then follow the river course on foot until San Pietro ad Oratorium church. In its front facade, there is an upside-down inscription… the real meaning is still unknow but interpretations are several. In the afternoon, we will visit Stiffe Caves.
Beginners ★★☆☆
2 hour, 5 km lenght (canoe) 1 hour, 3 km lenght, 100 m elevation gain.7
7th Day
Hiking from Tussio to Bominaco, where we are going to visit the castle that dominates the tableland of Navelli by breathtaking sights on Gran Sasso and Sirente-Velino. Packed lunch.
Turists ★☆☆☆
2 hour, 6 km lenght, 200 m elevation gain. From the castle, we will go down to the oratory of San Pellegrino to see the marvellous cycle of frescoes of the XIII century, which is defined for its beauty the “Sistina Chapel of Abruzzo”. Back to Tussio, we keep going along the track of Regio Tratturo L’Aquila-Foggia, from the Roman city of Peltuinum to Santa Maria de’ Centurelli church. Dinner at restaurant with local specialities.Turists ★☆☆☆
3 hour, 8 km lenght, 100 m elevation gain.8
8th Day
Transfer by private minivan to the airport of Rome Fiumicino. End of our services.
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Difficulty code
Physical training level: is this tour fitting you? Read our difficulty code:
Touristic
Touristic
Itineraries on road or large track that don’t require specific training or bearing skills. However, it is necessary to don’t have reduced mobility or cardiovascular disease. 200 m maximum gain and 3 h maximum walking (break excluded)
Difficulty ★☆☆☆
Beginners
Beginners
Itineraries on easy to find tracks. They need a minimum of training and equipment. 400 m maximum gain and 4 h maximum walking (break excluded)Difficulty ★★☆☆
Passionate
Passionate
Itineraries on easy to find tracks, also in snowy area with moderate slope. They need a minimum of equipment and bearing skills, walking training in mountain condition for few hours. 600 m maximum gain and 5 h maximum walking (break excluded)Difficulty ★★★☆
Highlander
Highlander
Itineraries not well marked. They need a reasonable mountain knowledge and absence of vertigo. Physical training should be appropriate to a full day walking. 600 m maximum gain and more than 5 h walking (break excluded).Difficulty ★★★★
TOUR LOCATION
Tour info
Allergies and specific diet: Don’t forget to inform us about your specific dietary need. Last minute request may not be accepted. On the route could be difficult to find detail food like gluten – free. For this reason we higly recommend to bring your own food.Single bedroom: On request with extra cost.
Contacts
Travel Agency Il Ponticello Coop. a r.l. Strada della Chiusa 4/11, 61122 Pesaro (PU) Tel: +39 0721 482607 (lun/ven 9,30-18,30) Cell. +39 338 7145465 / 3703028464 E-mail: info@ilponticello.net IBAN – IT19J0882613300000010102092 SWIFT/BIC – ICRAITRRMY0 Indicate on the payment description:- Name of the activity
- Date and place of the activity
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Price
Price: from € 745 (from 6 to 8 participants)The price includes:
- Minivan rental with 9 seats;
- Environmental and Excursion Guide and driver;
- Guided hiking in Abruzzo;
- Transfer from/to the airport and from/to the hotel in Abruzzo;
- Fuel and tolls costs;
- Fish-based dinner in a typical “Trabocco”;
- Ticket fee to the caves of Stiffe;
- Wine tasting;
- Typical “arrosticini - based” lunch;
- Guided tour of Santo Stefano di Sessanio.
The price does not include
- Packed lunch;
- Drinks during dinner at “trabocco”;
- Insurances and extra personal expenses;
- What is not indicated at the head “the cost includes”.
Insurance
Coverage: Polizza Europassistance Viaggi Nostop Gruppi
On request, we can activate: BASE Insurance Policy It should be requested together with the tour booking because it has to be issued within 24 hours from the booking confirmation. Payment has to be done together with the deposit specifying on the payment description “Deposit and BASE Insurance Policy”. Alternatively, it is possible to activate the TOP Cancellation Policy with 15 days before the departure.
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation within 30 days before the departure: 25% loss of the total cost;
- Cancellation from 29 to 16 days before the departure: 50% loss of the total cost;
- Cancellation from 15 to 6 days before the departure: 75% loss of the total cost;
- Cancellation within 5 days before the departure: 100% loss
Same penalty are applied to everybody lacking of valid ID or Passport.