In Abruzzo, fireworks are a spectacular feature of fairs, feasts and festivals. We’re just back from the dazzling display marking a medieval banquet in Fara San Martino.

Fara San Martino is an ancient village nestling 1500 feet up under the lowering heights of the Majella about 20 minutes away from your Abruzzo villa for two. Last Friday, Fara staged ‘Il Visitatore’, a medieval-themed pageant and banquet, which ended with a stupendous midnight firework display…

(There’s fireworks…then there’s Abruzzo fireworks…For the full story - and some pretty good firework pictures too - click on the main headline title above)

How to spend an Abruzzo summer ? OK. Get up late. Spend the day by the pool at your Abruzzo villa for two. Each night, you’re spoiled for choice. This is anything but mainstream Abruzzo tourism. This is what Italians do on their holidays. Here are just a couple of snapshots to give you a taste…

One of the region’s biggest festivals. And for one night only - Elvis in Casoli !

(Click on the headline title above to discover what you could’ve been eating and drinking at the ‘Notti di San Lorenzo’ - and see The King performing live in Casoli. With pictures !)

La Sagra dei Saraceni commemorates the miraculous delivery of the nearby village of Villamagna from Saracen raiders in 1556.

On the outskirts of the village, a young girl dressed in beautifully-coloured robes suddenly appeared before them and caused a curtain of fire to halt their advance…

(Click on the headline title above for the full story of a day out at an Abruzzo sagra - with pictures !)