Guide
The Alto Sangro guide
Where to eat, where to ski, which trails to walk and where to stop for coffee: what we recommend to our guests.
Where to eat
Where to eat in Alto Sangro: the restaurants not to miss
From Pescocostanzo to Castel di Sangro, the best-loved restaurants in the area: mountain cooking, handmade pasta, arrosticini and a three-Michelin-star table.
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Skiing in Alto Sangro: Aremogna, Pizzalto and Monte Pratello
The largest ski area in central and southern Italy, with one ski pass for Roccaraso, Rivisondoli and Pescocostanzo: where to ski, which area suits whom, and some practical tips.
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Trails and hikes: from the Bosco di Sant'Antonio to Monte Rotella
An ancient beech forest you can walk round in under an hour, panoramic peaks facing the Majella and easy walks above the villages: the hikes we recommend, from the easiest to the most demanding.
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Cafés, pastry shops and bakeries: sweet stops between Pescocostanzo and Rivisondoli
Cinnamon pizzelle, traditional biscuits, fresh egg pasta and a good glass of wine at the end of the day: where to stop between one walk and the next.
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Pescocostanzo, Rivisondoli and Roccaraso: the villages to see
One of Italy's most beautiful villages with its bobbin lace, a living nativity staged since 1951 and the ski capital of the Apennines: three villages a few minutes apart.
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The flavours of Alto Sangro: what to taste in the mountains
Arrosticini, cheese-and-egg balls, chitarra pasta with truffle, pecorino and pizzelle: a short dictionary of Abruzzo mountain food, with where to find it.
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