Pietracamela
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Pietracamela clings to the north side of the Gran Sasso beneath a great boulder, its tall stone houses built mostly in the 15th and 16th centuries. Stepped lanes, small balconies and lintels carved with coats of arms fill the compact centre, which looks over the Rio Arno valley. Above it rise the ski slopes of Prati di Tivo and the Corno Grande, where Apennine chamois were reintroduced in 1992.
Highlights
- San Leucio, the parish church with baroque altars and an 18th-century organ
- Corno Grande nature reserve, home of the reintroduced Abruzzo chamois
- Skiing at Prati di Tivo, at 1,450 metres
- Old beech woods of the Aschiero on the steep slopes around the village
- The Ippovia del Gran Sasso horse trail, which passes through the village
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Pietracamela (IT), Pietracamela (EN)), Wikivoyage (Pietracamela). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 218
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Leucius
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Pietracamela). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Abruzzo
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Confetti di SulmonaSweet
Ventricina vastesePublic domainVentricinaCured meat
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina abruzzese). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
11 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 10
- Mountain huts 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Lu Vurghe · ~1 h 24 by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Castelli · 14 km
- Santo Stefano di Sessanio · 21 km
- Castel del Monte · 23 km
- Amatrice · 25 km
- Campli · 25 km