Location: Province of Chieti
Top Things to do in Province of Chieti
What to do and see in Province of Chieti, Italy: The Best Places and Tips
The province of Chieti (Italian: provincia di Chieti) is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 53,163 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 392,763 inhabitants as of 2015 and spans an area of 2,599.58 square kilometres (1,003.70 sq mi), giving it a population density of 151.09 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is divided into 104 comuni (comune) and the provincial president is Mario Pupillo.
Restaurants in Province of Chieti
1. Loggia Amblingh
Overall Ratings
5 based on 300 reviews
Reviewed By Leongus - Highmount, NY
My husband is from Vasto so we come here every year. When friends come from the US to visit, they don't want to leave the town as it is truly beautiful, known by Europeans, but few Americans. This beautiful walk is truly breathtaking and I never tire of the view after 23 years. There are a number of restaurants along the wall and if you are on a budget, stick to a pizza! During the day, the color of the Adriatic Sea is amazing. An early morning walk will offer views of the fishing boats coming in with the daily catch.
2. Gole di Fara San Martino
Overall Ratings
5 based on 122 reviews
Reviewed By G C - Geneva, Switzerland
Quite impressive entrance, and surprising discovery of the monastery. Go with a guide (info in front of the "municipio"): for 10€ you'll get a lot more out of the visit and she'll be able to get you inside the monastery and explain its history.
3. Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 112 reviews
Reviewed By Clara1953 - Eastern Canada
If you visit the Museo Battaglia de Ortona honoring Canadian soldiers participating and/or killed in this battle, you should follow it up with a visit to this cemetery. As with all military Cemeteries around the world, this final resting place is well kept and inviting. As Canadians, we were touched seeing the tombstones of such young men killed in action protecting our freedoms and liberties.
4. Parco Avventura Majella
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 256 reviews
Reviewed By Muggia1946 - Tel Aviv, Israel
This adventure park is inside a huge natural reserve. The various facilities vary according to the children heights, from the younger ones (4 years) to adults. All are very safe, as everybody is secured with a harness.
The team is very friendly and helpful in assistance and guidance.
Worth a special trip if you are not too far.
5. Abbazia di San Giovanni in Venere
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 285 reviews
Reviewed By Biernacki - California, USA
Where else does one find an 11th-century abbey on a promontory overlooking vineyards, profuse orchards, and the sea? Plan to take your time. Frescoes in the basement are hard to beat but few folks venture there. As a guide, the official website is: www.sangiovanninvenere.it/ . There's a sign on the coastal road directing you how to wind up the hill.
6. Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 204 reviews
Reviewed By Lukeanthonywflorida - Saint Francisville, Louisiana
This is where an 8th century monk was dubtful about the Real Presence of Jesus. During his celebration of Mass the host turned into flesh and the wine into blood. There is a monstrous with the host turned into heart muscle and wine turned into blood. What an impressive sight to behold.
7. Costa Dei Trabocchi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
Reviewed By Biernacki - California, USA
These slender piers are ageless and mesmerizing. Unfortunately some of the mariner villages have been over-commercialized. My rating of "average" is intended as an advisory. It is probably best to head toward the preserves around Vasto, like "Riserva Naturale di Punta Aderci," reviewed on TripAdvisor, to appreciate a Traboccho without ugly business signage and tourist come-ons. The grace of this whole stretch of coastline is undeniable. Note: the older, recently abandoned low coastal railway route has been converted into a straight long path (gravelly) for mountain bikes.
8. Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 204 reviews
Reviewed By Emyr1 - Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
This museum has the fantastically important and enormously impressive 'Capestrano Warrior' and associated stuff, which are must-sees. There are other amazing exhibits too, like the lifelike Roman-era bust of an old man, and much else, presented in a very uncluttered way.
9. Centro Storico di Vasto
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 178 reviews
Reviewed By Joseph G - Montreal, Canada
The historic center of Vasto has Roman origins and has kept many traces of its medieval and later eras.
In our visit we first stopped to admire Piazza Rossetti where you have the Caldoresco Castle, ruins of a past era, nice buildings and a monument dedicated to Gabriele Rossetti - poet, revolutionary and scholar who was born in Vasto in 1783 and died in London, England in 1854. From the piazza there are a number of little streets that are enjoyable to walk leading to the Belvedere (next to the Avalos Palace) where you have a stunning view of the beach in Vasto marina and beyond that make for a great
photo op. Close by you have another photo op popular with tourists and that is the coloured staircase close to the house where Vasto's favourite Gabriele Rossetti lived.
Along the way you can see the Vasto Cathedral (San Giuseppe) and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore (largest and oldest with a tall bell tower).
The area is dotted with cute bars, cafés and restaurants - the ones on the Belvedere street provide an amazing view of the sea and the countryside.
This was truly a magical visit enhanced by the sunny and warm weather that we were blessed with that day.
10. Castello di Roccascalegna
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 298 reviews
Roccascalegna is a small town of 1,400 inhabitants, situated on the hills surrounding the Sangro river. Probably the founders of Roccascalegna were the Longobards that, coming from the North of Italy, from 600 AD occupied permanently the current southern Molise and Abruzzo. Because of this the Byzantine garrisons rallied on the Adriatic Sea coast. The construction of the first watch tower by Longobards can be explained as a result of the logic of such conflict as well as the Castle. After the end of the conflict between Longobards and Byzantines, except a note of an accounting in 1320, there are no historical source concerning the Roccascalegna Castle until 1525. In this year we can see a description of the structure of the restored castle, in compliance with the new requirements necessary with the advent of firearms. In the 1705 another deed describes the restoration of the entrance steps of the castle of Roccascalegna. Since 1700 the Castle was abandoned for three centuries, during which the bad weather and the thefts of the local population helped to ruin its structure, until the donation, appenened in the 1985, by Croce Nanni, the last feudal family to the Local Council of Roccascalegna. Immediately began the restoration work that reported the Roccascalegna Castle to its former glory in 1996.
Reviewed By Marvi E - Cape Town Central, South Africa
In all probability , the founders of Roccascalegna were the Lombards , who, from 600 AD, occupied permanently the current southern Abruzzo and Molise, having descended from northern Italy .
Consequence of this was the alignment of the Byzantine garrisons on the shores of the Adriatic. This conflict explains the construction, by the Lombards, of the watch tower before, and the castle, later, on the imposing mass of rock overlooking the valley of the Rio Secco (tributary of the Aventine).
The most famous legend concerning the Castle of Roccascalegna has it that, in 1646 the elusive baron Corvo de Corvis, reintroduced the medieval practice of the " Jus primae noctis" (Right to the first night), under which every bride in his feud, Roccascalegna, was obliged to spend the wedding night with him instead of her groom.
A new husband disguised himself as his bride and stabbed the Baron in his bed.
As he was dying, he left his bloody palm print on a rock of the tower, which collapsed in 1940 .
Although the man tried to wash the blood off the rock, it continued to resurface and there are still older people who claim to have seen the "hand of blood ".
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