Suggested itineraries
The Riviera of Molise
A coastline home to a succession of dazzling white sandy beaches, dotted with watch towers built so as to guard against Saracen attack and curious wooden constructions known as "trabucchi". This is the Riviera Molisiana. The signature town of this 35km long stretch of coast has to be Termoli, a lively sea edge town divided in two by its ancient Castle. In the "Borgo Vecchio", the part of the town situated within the old...
On the mountains of the Gran Sasso
The presence of both clay and water around Castelli greatly favoured the production of ceramics in the town, an art form particularly dear to the resident Benedictine monks who manufactured great quantities of the stuff from the 15th century onwards. Today's visitors can admire works in any of Castelli's 52 ceramic workshops and in the Francesco Grue Institute of Art, this latter housing an international collection of contemporary ceramics and...
