The Welcome to Sulmona team

31 reasons why Abruzzo spoils you for life

December 21, 2015

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Come and see for yourself why our little corner of central Italy is so very special! It’s the greenest area of Europe with 4 National Parks Abruzzo Natural Parks © Luca del Monaco It sits on the Adria... Read More...

The wonderful world of the Giostra Cavalleresca di Sulmona in numbers

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July 24, 2015

The Joust

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It takes many months of team work, all of it voluntary, to put on a show as spectacular as the Giostra Cavalleresca of Sulmona. Here we have attempted to quantify that work in an infographic to give you some id... Read More...

Re-connecting with Sulmona

The WTS Team

May 28, 2015

Ancestry

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Re-connecting with Sulmona family after 4 generations Sulmona has sent many of her sons and daughters all over the world over many, many decades. Some come back, plenty don’t, but what they all share is a sens... Read More...

Lynda, painting with Abruzzo in her heart

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April 21, 2015

People

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An interview with local artist Lynda Stewart In amongst the market stalls and the bakeries of Piazza Garibaldi in Sulmona, placed strategically between two popular bars, you’ll find a small smiley, blonde lady... Read More...

Ovid – short biography of a son of Sulmona

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March 19, 2015

Books

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Publius Ovidius Naso Sulmona is known worldwide for a small number of significant facts - one if which is as the birthplace of the Roman poet Ovid. Latin scholars and all Italian schoolchildren are introduced ... Read More...

Walking in Abruzzo

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March 13, 2015

Books

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A book review and giveaway This excellent little book, written by part-time Abruzzo resident Stuart Haines, is subtitled ‘Walks in Italy’s Wildest National Parks’. It has a cover photo of Rocca Calascio’s evoc... Read More...

A day trip from Sulmona to find Abruzzo in the heart of Rome!

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February 12, 2015

Daytrips from Sulmona

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Every now and again we feel the need to leave the enchanted valley and so it was with much pleasure that your intrepid reporters made their way to the Eternal City recently for a particularly pleasurable day ou... Read More...

‘A’ is for Abruzzo in Hardy Durkin’s travel mystery series

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January 22, 2015

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Welcome to Sulmona met with Bluette Matthey, author of the new ‘Abruzzo Intrigue’ mystery novel set in Sulmona. Bluette Matthey doesn’t exactly look like a crime writer… but then I guess neither did her q... Read More...

Publio Ovidio Nasone in Piazza venti, Sulmona

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November 28, 2014

Events

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The city of Ovid, the city of Love Sulmona will cloak itself in love from the 6th to the 8th of December for the event ‘Ars, Eros, Cibus’. Join us on the occasion of the third e... Read More...

Top 10 things to eat in Sulmona

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November 20, 2014

Food

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There is no love sincerer than the love of food George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Many first-time visitors to Abruzzo, and of course that includes Sulmona, are surprised to find that the highlight of thei... Read More...

Where to stay in Sulmona

Farm Holidays

B&B’s

Hotels

The WTS Team

31 reasons why Abruzzo spoils you for life

The wonderful world of the Giostra Cavalleresca di Sulmona in numbers

Re-connecting with Sulmona

Lynda, painting with Abruzzo in her heart

Ovid – short biography of a son of Sulmona

Walking in Abruzzo

A day trip from Sulmona to find Abruzzo in the heart of Rome!

‘A’ is for Abruzzo in Hardy Durkin’s travel mystery series

#sulmonainlove

Top 10 things to eat in Sulmona

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