Just half an hour away by car from the Maiella and Gran Sasso National Parks, an hour away by car from the National Park of Abruzzo and the Sirente Velino Regional Park, Cittą Sant'Angelo is the ideal base for experiencing the wonders of the mountains without having to do without beaches and modern city life. Abruzzo is now one of the greenest regions in Europe and offers visitors here wild unspoilt landscapes and natural wonders and surprises unique the world over: this is a land where ancient customs and traditions are still carried out with the simplicity and involvement of times pasts, by a people famous for being "strong and kind".