Tuscan Bean Soup is one of those quick, easy Italian favorites that you can prepare in a little over 30 minutes.

It’s also one of these great Italian recipes which has no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ recipe. The two staple ingredients are tomatoes and Cannellini beans – but aside from those, you can pretty much ring the changes to suite your taste.

(You could be trying this delicious Tuscan soup tonight… Click on the main headline above for the recipe.)

This is where you go locally for that special meal – especially for lunch in summer, when you can sit outside on their lovely shady terrace with views of the Majella National Park…

(Where ? Click on the main headline title to find out…)

Aside from ‘Where’s best for walking ?’, ‘Where’s good to eat ?’ is the question we get asked most frequently by Villasfor2 guests.

It’s a harder question than you might think. Not because there’s a shortage of good places – but because there are almost too many.

(Here’s our first selection of five of the best restaurants to try on your Abruzzo holiday. All tried, tested and approved by us !)