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Experience a trully rustic Abruzzo, staying at this beautiful farm.

Le Cicale is tucked away in a valley below the village of Spoltore and is surrounded by the green rolling hills of Pescara. This charming Agritourismo farm extends over 8 hectares of cultivated fields, making it the perfect setting to relax and have dinner outdoors.

This beautiful Abruzzo farmhouse has three independent studios, which can each accommodate 2 to 6 people. Each centrally-heated studio has its own bathroom and a fully equipped kitchen. This house is surrounded by a large garden, which is perfect to sit back and relax or to dine al –fresco.

The facilities at Le Cicale are excellent. Whether you want to lie back and enjoy the nature, take a dip in Le Cicale’s outdoor swimming pool, visit the many local areas of cultural interest or get involved with the farm’s organised activities. For those who want to keep fit whilst on holiday, there is also a gym.

Nearby facilities include a minimarket, laundry, hairdresser, wine bar, post office and restaurant, meaning that everything you need to enjoy your holiday at Le Cicale.

Spoltore, Abruzzo

This farm house is located in the middle of a beautiful valley, totally immersed in the tranquillity of the countryside. Whilst the nearby town of Spoltore is not far, with all its facilities, the larger town of Pescara is within striking distance. Just 8km from the sea, it is an ideal destination throughout the year.

Why Holiday in Abruzzo?

Traditionally visitors to Italy prefer the "picture postcard" beauty of the north, but to travel to Abruzzo and other southern regions is to witness a traditional Italian lifestyle that has not changed for centuries. Here you'll find ancient beechwood forests inhabited by wolves and bears, century-old pathways still used by colourfully-attired shepherds and their flocks, ominous castles which now guard nothing but desolate stretches of wilderness where the only sign of life might be a soaring royal eagle or a lone family of mountain goats.

Though Italians traditionally think of Abruzzo as a remote, mountainous region, its eastern border is marked by vast sandy beaches stretching along the Adriatic north and south of Pescara. Venture west from here and you will indeed soon enter the hills, which rise quickly to become the infamous Abruzzo mountains, dotted with some of the least visited hill towns in Italy.

This is what our grandmothers called God's country, site of the vast and extremely well administered Abruzzo National Park, one of the most important in all of Europe. Nearby is the newly-designated Maiella National Park, along with several regional parks. Flora and fauna abound in these protected areas, where thick forests and flowering meadows give way to barren high plains and snow-capped granite peaks. Europe's southernmost glacier, the Calderone, extends from Corno Grande to Corno Piccolo, in the shadow of Gran Sasso, the tallest point on the Italian peninsula.

The region is served with direct flights to Pescara, although Rome and Ancona are handy alternatives.

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How To Get There

The region is served by direct flights to Ancona and Pescara airports. You can take direct flights from Stansted and Luton to Ancona and Pescara with Ryanair, from Monday-Sunday.

Alternatively, it is easy to fly to Rome and enjoy the hour and a half drive across the mountains and national parks running down the spine of Italy, going due east from Lazio into Abruzzo. You can fly to Rome with low-cost carriers from most UK airports.