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Abruzzo Guide Books & Maps – our shortlist

January 17, 2018

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Must-have books and maps about Abruzzo In this modern digital age, planning a trip abroad is so much easier than it was even 10 years ago. We can book flights, compare accommodation options and even buy bu... Read More...

The Valle Peligna Street Library Project

The WTS Team

January 10, 2018

Books

268

New English Language Book-Borrowing Service A couple of years ago, a small number of local anglophones (mostly holiday home owners and some permanent ex-pats) collected and donated a few hundred English langua... Read More...

How to Set Up & Run a Successful Holiday Rental – Anywhere

Katy

June 21, 2017

Books

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There are those who just dream and then there are those who do… Who hasn’t been on holiday here in Abruzzo and thought (at least for one fleeting moment) ‘I could live here and maybe run a small business…’? D... Read More...

Ovid – short biography of a son of Sulmona

The WTS Team

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

The WTS Team

March 13, 2015

Books

6

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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 evoca... Read More...

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

The WTS Team

January 22, 2015

Books

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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...

The Bradt Travel Guide to Abruzzo: a review and a give-away

The WTS Team

July 18, 2014

Books

4

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...and the Chicken & Egg of Travel Guides Traditionally, free-spirited independent travellers never needed travel guides. Before the internet they would turn up in a new destination and find their way arou... Read More...

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Abruzzo Guide Books & Maps – our shortlist

The Valle Peligna Street Library Project

How to Set Up & Run a Successful Holiday Rental – Anywhere

Ovid – short biography of a son of Sulmona

Walking in Abruzzo

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

The Bradt Travel Guide to Abruzzo: a review and a give-away