Our June Abruzzo roadtrip from Bascianella to Aragno was one of those experiences when the journey is better than the destination. We had looked up this little medieval Abruzzo town located 1067masl, just 12km outside L’Aquila in the midst of the Gran Sasso National Park and been promised 6 fountains

Late April to mid May is the best time to visit Abruzzo for a holiday or long weekend break; it is still untouched, wild, with nature at its most flirty. The landscape is a textural riot with every imaginable petal & blossom open to announce the beginning of the warm weather softening the Gran Sasso

Overlooking our cottage in Bascianella and part of the Gran Sasso Mountain range is Italy’s highest mountain, ‘The Corno Grande’ (nicknamed Italy’s Rocky Heart). Our magnificent neighbour stretches its Dolomite & Lias Limestone form up 2,912 metres above sea level and is approximately 200 million years old -