Our B&B is at a short distance from the Sanctuary of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata, in the county of Isola del Gran Sasso. The Sanctuary, dedicated to the popular saint, patron of youths, is one of the most celebrated in Italy and every year about 2 million people visit it, coming also from abroad. The adjacent ancient monastery, founded by San Francesco from Assisi in 1215, includes an old cloister with 15th century porches and a 16th century series of frescoes. The new Basilica of San Gabriele, a suggestive wide and modern church, houses also the International Biennale of Church Art.

At a short distance from our B&B there is Castelli. This picturesque village, situated on the top of a gravel spur between two rivers and immersed into an unfouled environment, owes its prosperity to its ceramics, well-known in all the world. In the suggestive Monastery of the Frati Minori Osservanti is hosted the Museum that conserves and displays the ceramiche castellane made in the past centuries. In the vicinity there is the San Donato Church with its wonderful 17th century majolica roof, unique in Italy, which Carlo Levi called “the Cappella Sistina made in majolica".

Unequalled for its beauty is Santo Stefano di Sessanio village, in the Aquila county area. Situated on the top of a high incline (1250 m.a.s.l.), it maintains all the traditional and architectural characteristics of a 14th or 15th century town. In the vicinity there are the ruins of Rocca Calascio (1520 mts), built in the 11th century, in a wondeful white limestone (A little curiosity: the stronghold was the set of the famous movie “Lady Hawke”). From the citadel you can enjoy a spectacular panorama on Campo Imperatore and the Gran Sasso chain. At a short distance from Rocca Calascio  we can also visit the Santa Maria della Pietà Church.