Abruzzo is a region full of vegetation where large areas of unspoilt nature offers scenery of rare beauty. This is the italian region with the largest area of protected parks (more than a third of the entire territorial extension) where animal species in danger of extinction found refuge, as the wolf and the Marsican bear, especially among the highest peaks of the apennines. A bike ride in Abruzzo develops on a territory almost exclusively hilly and mountainous, with a single plain belt along the adriatic coast, where golden beaches and a blue sea create seductive games of contrast with the green hills and the blue of the mountains.
In Abruzzo the bike paths are a paradise for mountain bikers and road cyclists, and the territory lends itself perfectly even to the most quiet cyclists, thanks to countless paths along secondary roads where everyone can make excursions on the basis of its own capacity.
In Abruzzo bike itineraries will surprise you for the harmony between naturalistic elements and urban succession between countries and places of great historical and cultural interest. Cycling in the Abruzzo Region offers the vision of beautiful medieval villages, castles and monasteries, but also rural landscapes, where you can still meet the taste of traditions that are tied to the land and grazing. In a few tens of kilometers from the coast, you can climb the highest peaks in the region, including the mountain chain of Gran Sasso and Sirente mountains, and dense woods interrupted by deep ravines or lush lakes. The bike trails in Abruzzo are developed in a unimaginable quantities of dirt paths in the woods and the high places from Abruzzo, with increasing levels of difficulty, until real extreme routes for more experts bikers. For those who prefer to ride in harmony with the rhythms of nature, there are paths along green river banks and highlands picturesque, that endow you with serenity and unforgettable emotions. A mountain bike holiday in Abruzzo is undoubtedly the best way to discover the most remote and less tourist corners of this region, among the ancient Romanesque churches, hidden hermitages and enchanting villages gone astray. Among these, our bike hotels in Abruzzo advise Anversa degli Abruzzi, Scanno, Introdacqua, Castel Del Monte, Rocca San Giovanni, and others all inserted in the circuit of the “most beautiful villages of Italy“. The Abruzzo bike hotels also offer many opportunities for partners of cyclists with the possibility of excursions in Chieti, Vasto, Sulmona, Teramo, Pens, Lanciano, all beautiful cities of art together with L’Aquila, which in short we hope to return to admire the splendours that are damaged by the devastating earthquake of 2009. Here it is really worth it stop and savor the flavors that characterize this land, as first of all “spaghetti alla chitarra”.
A bike ride in Abruzzo also passes through its flavors, and it should be noted that this region is among the largest producers of wine and olives, among which the “Montepulciano d’Abruzzo” the “Colline Teramane”, the “Trebbiano d’Abruzzo”, the “Tollum”, the “Controguerra” and others. Come in the Abruzzo bike hotels and discover a rich flavors cuisine with dishes such as the sheep or lamb “arrosticini”, the meatballs with eggs and pecorino cheese, the “mortadella di Campotosto”, a superfine ricotta, the “scamorza” (kneaded paste cheese), but also seafood dishes, such as the “brodetto”, or the extraordinary “Scapece”. Delicious are the sweet delights too, such as the real refinements of taste, the “Sugar-coated sweets of Sulmona”, “the Cicerchiata”, the “Parrozzo”… We will give you the chance to discover the rest during your bike holiday in Abruzzo!
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