1st Day

Arrival in Abruzzo late in the morning and pick up at the Pescara Airport by Gran Turismo Coach. You will reach your 3-star hotel on the Coast accommodation in the reserved rooms. Lunch in hotel. Early in the afternoon you will leave towards the Abruzzo’s hinterland where you will find interesting historic villages, amazing Romanesque churches and olive groves.

Arrival in Loreto Aprutino, an important medieval hamlet, that lies on a hill where the sight runs from the Gran Sasso Mountain to the Adriatic sea . In the rural area around it you will visit the 13th century church Santa Maria in Piano. Inside there is a special 14th century painting, featuring The Last Judgement. This is the rare witness of ancient beliefs that represent the difference between the Catholic religion and some other eastern ones.  You will see the wonderful pottery collection of the Baron Acerbo and you will be explained by the inhabitants the strange tale of the patron Saint and his weird celebration.

Then, you will reach Moscufo to see the 12th century Romanesque church of Santa Maria of the Lake. It is situated in a place considered sacred since the Pagan age and then linked to the Knights Templar. They have left strange witnesses and particular tales still told by the inhabitants of that area actually. Inside the church you may admire a well-conserved polychrome pulpit of the 1159 a.D., the most beautiful medieval masterpiece of our Region. You will visit an oil press where growers use only olives of the environs, and you will have a guided sample of their Aprutino – Pescarese DOP fine oil-Protected Denomination Origin. In the evening coming back in hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

2nd Day

Breakfast in hotel and leaving by Gran Turismo Coach. In the morning you will have a short visit to the great Romanesque Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria. It is among the greatest artistic monuments of the region, with the stone manufacturing as the expression of the Abruzzo’s Romanesque art. Then you will pass through to the Santo Spirito Valley. This rocky valley is crossed by a river that runs deep in a wood and leads to the highest Maiella’s peaks. There you will discover the San Bartolomeo Hermitage, where Pietro from Morrone lived before he became Pope Celestino V. You will reach the hermitage with a two hours walking round trip. Then you will have lunch in a typical restaurant in Roccamorice.

During the afternoon you will have sample and a guided visit to one of the most popular Wine Cellars over Abruzzo where the best Abruzzo’s D.O.C. fine wine is made. Late in the afternoon coming back in hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

3rd  Day

Breakfast in hotel and leaving by Gran Turismo coach towards the Gran Sasso National Park. The road will lead you to Campo Imperatore, a huge plateau 26km long and 10 km wide at 1600 metres over the sea level. This place was considered magic by Emperor Federico II who gave it the name. It became popular also because Sergio Leone shot there his Western movies.  Follows the visit to Santo Stefano di Sessanio, one of the best preserved villages of the inner Abruzzo. It still has all the aspects of the fortified medieval hamlet. You will have lunch in a typical restaurant near L’Aquila. During the afternoon you will visit L’Aquila , that has been for a while Abruzzi ’s capital and has been the theatre for many important historical facts. You will see Santa Maria di Collemaggio Basilica, San Bernardino da Siena Abbey and the 99 Sinks Fountain.

Late in the afternoon coming back to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.  

4th Day

Breakfast in hotel and leaving by Gran Turismo coach towards Termoli. A ferry boat will take you on the Tremiti Islands. It is the only Archipelago on the Italian side of the Adriatic Sea. The islands have Mediterranean colours and aspects. You will have guided visit to the fortified monastery of Santa Maria from the Sea on San Nicola island. Follows an exciting trip by boat around San Domino island, with its grottos, its natural beauties and its giant stones. Free lunch.

Early in the afternoon you will have free time to spend in the island’s woods or on the beach. Ferry Boat back to Termoli late in the afternoon. In the evening coming back in hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

5th Day

Breakfast in hotel and leaving from by Gran Turismo coach. You will arrive in Sulmona, important place for the production of the “Confetti”. After visiting the historical establishment where the Confetti are produced, you will walk in the town centre. After passing through the Gole del Sagittario, you will reach Anversa degli Abruzzi for a pic-nic in a typical farm holidays. In the afternoon you will reach Scanno, well-known holidays place that lies on the shore of a lake surrounded by mountains. You will have a break on the shores of the lake and a walk in the characteristic town centre. In the afternoon coming back in hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

6th Day

Breakfast in hotel and leaving by Gran Turismo coach to Pescara Airport .

 

FARE PER PERSON (MINIMUM 15 PEOPLE) €  412,00

 

The fare includes:

  •  4 HB + 1 FB  in 3 star hotel on the Coast

  •  Accommodation in double room with w.c., direct phone, TV Colour

  • Guided Sample of DOP Abruzzo’s fine OIL

  • Lunch in typical restaurant in Roccamorice

  • Guided Sample of DOC Abruzzo’s fine wines

  • Lunch in typical restaurant near L’Aquila

  • Ferry boat Termoli/Tremiti islands round trip

  • Boat tour around San Domino Island

  • Lunch-pic-nic in a farm holidays in Anversa degli Abruzzi

  • Beverage on meals (¼l wine and ½l steel-water per person per meal) for all meals included in the program

  • Full time guide / group leader

The fare does not include:

  • Extras

  • Entry tickets

  • Everything is not written under “The Fare Includes”

Surcharges:

  • Single room: € 18,00 x person per night

Fare for the 20-seat coach with the services above mentioned € 1.650,00

Fare for the 36-seat coach with the services above mentioned € 2.200,00

 

Our coaches are all G.T. Setra in mint condition (the oldest is 2001) with all the comforts such as air conditioning, VHS player, cd Player, Dvd Player, reclining seats, security systems and they are insured with the maximal of € 10.350.000,00. Our own drivers are all professional. Our Coach fare are VAT and tolls included.

 

NO COMMISION ON OUR SATAM VIAGGI FARES