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Abruzzo Cherry-Picked; the Holiday & Lifestyle Guide to Italy's Rocky Heart 
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Furry things with four legs like wolves and bears get a lot more coverage in Abruzzo than this recent I Spy with -
Abruzzo's flower power is extraordinary; wandering in Abruzzo becomes a voyage of botanical discovery. Throughout May uncover Naked Man (Orchis Italica)
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It’s rare when the most common is everyone’s favourite, but this is the case with the poppies in Abruzzo.
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One recommended Abruzzo gentle springtime valley walk, tracing the footsteps of Lucrezia Borgia no less, is around the nature reserve of Fiume
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It felt like Abruzzo’s bees were out in force the first week of April 2009. When other countries like the UK
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Great news regarding Abruzzo's brown bears! The electric fences that the WWF donated alongside planting apple trees have been successful in
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Walking in one of the biggest parklands in Europe - the carpeted woodland of Abruzzo in winter, is a scramble of textures
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Although we don't have mosquitoes up in Bascianella there are other little things to watch out for whilst holidaying in Teramo province,
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Up close[ish] for a quick view of 2 minutes (no longer please!) - boars are simultaneously beautiful, comic, scary (their tusks can
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Abruzzo’s abundant wildlife flourishes, no doubt due to the fact that 1/3 of the habitat is protected parkland – ‘Abruzzo is Europe’s biggest park’.
Walking in the lofty Apennine Mountains’ forests & juniper framed pastures you can enjoy the fact that you’ve a shared environment with shy WWF-protected Marsican Brown Bears, wolves, Chamois & red deer & of course more than a few boisterous boars.
High in the skies enjoying Abruzzo thermals you can frequently spot Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons & Alpine Chough birds of prey. For those more earthbound look out for the dancing Apollo Butterfly & 100 of its sister species including the Blue-spot Hairstreak Butterfly.
Abruzzo olive groves & beech woods host Firecrests, Crossbills, Serins and Coal Tits & fauna that includes Lady’s Slipper & Pyramidal Orchids. Truffles (Tartufo) yes plenty of those too … the delicious black, white, Muscat & Scorzon.
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