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  1. vecima avatar

    RE: A Strange Dilemma...

    by vecima 29 May 2012

    Hey! I have no idea if these tips are of any use to you but here they are: About a 2 hour drive from Roma there's an area called Abbruzz…

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    RE: Italy for the Nature Lover

    by artemis2 12 May 2012

    Re #7 I must confess that when i've stayed in Abruzzo (one week in a house in a mountain village) i didn't visit any of the beaches of…

  3. neckervd avatar

    RE: Italy for the Nature Lover

    by neckervd 12 May 2012

    Beaches of Abruzzo: http://www.abruzzoturismo.it/tourism/index.php?area=1&sez=2&ss=11&lan=en#verde_blu http://www.abruzzoturismo.it/touris…

  4. seabreeze541 avatar

    RE: Italy for the Nature Lover

    by seabreeze541 11 May 2012

    Where would you recommend a beach visit on this side of Italy, on the Adriatic coast? And why is the Abruzzo area not good for beaches.…

  5. artemis2 avatar

    RE: Italy for the Nature Lover

    by artemis2 11 May 2012

    I second the Abruzzo suggestion for its mountains, but i wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination.

  6. seabreeze541 avatar

    Re: Italy for the Nature Lover

    by seabreeze541 11 May 2012

    I have been hearing a lot about the "hidden Jewel" of Italy, the Abruzzo area on the southeast side on the Adriatic sea. Both beaches…

  7. seabreeze541 avatar

    Abruzzo for two months

    by seabreeze541 11 May 2012

    I plan to visit the Abruzzo area of Italy. Any information about inexpensive places to stay would be appreciated. I plan to fly to Rome…

  8. mike9 avatar

    RE: ROME --> NAPLES... tips?

    by mike9 05 April 2012

    If the only reason you are driving is in the hope of seeing some nice scenery, you really haven't picked the best part of Italy. There…

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    RE: 3 Weeks in Europe...

    by mike9 25 March 2012

    Have you checked the possibility of an open-jaw ticket so you fly out to somewhere in Italy - perhaps Rome or even Naples - and fly back…

  10. frihed89 avatar

    Base of Operations in Puglia or Basilicata

    by frihed89 30 January 2012

    My wife and I are spending the first three weeks in June, 2012 in Italy. We have friends in the Abruzzo and Umbria, but we thought about…

  11. jamfantim avatar

    Abruzzo and Rome

    by jamfantim 27 November 2011

    Great look into Abruzzo: http://hangontothevine.com/ http://www.facebook.com/hangontothevine?sk=wall

  12. bonniegirl avatar

    RE: Nicaragua Itinerary

    by bonniegirl 11 November 2011

    I will bite, but I'm only going to give an abbreviated version. I think if a first-time traveler to Nicaragua had about ten days, he…

  13. gilesfreeman avatar

    Re: Buying a used car in Europe

    by gilesfreeman 02 October 2011

    Hi all, hope it's not off topic. I'm in Casoli, Abruzzo - about 3 hours east of Rome near Pescara. My friends and I drove here in a UK…

  14. CloudSurferGuy avatar

    Going to Italy October 12th for 2 Weeks. Have Lodging

    by CloudSurferGuy 13 September 2011

    Greetings - I'm a single guy from NYC, going to Italy October 12th through October 27th. Looking for female travel partner. Landing…

  15. markschaaf avatar

    RE: Recommendations for a sabbatical on the coast?

    by markschaaf 25 July 2011

    If you are looking for a quiet place I would try somewhere in the Abruzzo region it is on the east coast of Has miles and miles of coastline…

  16. Carol2011 avatar

    Re: Itinerary Feedback

    by Carol2011 15 July 2011

    Hi, I second the suggestion of NOT taking a car into the Naples/Sorrento area. My daughter and I just finished doing that last week with…

  17. mike9 avatar

    RE: Is it safe to travel around Italy?

    by mike9 20 June 2011

    No - stick with it!! Just fly into a nice quiet airport like Pisa or Ancona, (possibly also Lamezia Terme - don't know that area too…

  18. oedipamaas avatar

    RE: Looking to make a memorable Italy Trip

    by oedipamaas 20 June 2011

    Italy is hardly undiscovered, even the "undiscovered" places, but it's easy to get away from the tourist crowds. The best way to start…

  19. shaobell avatar

    RE: Hiking and accomodation near Rome

    by shaobell 16 June 2011

    italy is full of mountains to climb-hike, if you want to stay close to Rome there are the Appennini, in Umbria and Abruzzo especially…

  20. adriaticapescara avatar

    Re: Help with Italy

    by adriaticapescara 11 June 2011

    Hi Sonya, Cinque Terre, Tuscany and Venice are beautiful places to visit but Abruzzo has so much to offer in terms of nature, medieval…

  21. adriaticapescara avatar

    Re: Trip to Italy

    by adriaticapescara 11 June 2011

    Thanks for sharing... other pictures and videos of Abruzzo can also be found here on my blog too: [*Pacentro*|http://www.abruzzo-villas.…

  22. revealedrome avatar

    Re: which region?

    by revealedrome 08 June 2011

    Wait -- you want castles and ruins and nature, but you can't find a place you want to visit in Umbria? Maybe I'm biased here (I love…

  23. pinkgekko avatar

    RE: which region?

    by pinkgekko 02 June 2011

    I think we are a bit picky when it comes to renting the right property. We need a bedroom and a kind of living room with minikitchen as…

  24. frannypants avatar

    RE: which region?

    by frannypants 01 June 2011

    Everything is fine in Abruzzo and in that area; the only places that still have the signs of earthquake are L'Aquila and other little…

  25. frannypants avatar

    Re: which region?

    by frannypants 01 June 2011

    Abruzzo is the perfect region; it's not very well known, but it's full of history, art and nature. The earthquake affected some cities,…

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