mountain pass
Campo Imperatore
A vast high-altitude plateau beneath the Gran Sasso peaks, an 'Little Tibet' drive in Abruzzo's national park.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Abruzzo, Italy · Europe
Castelli is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia, 13km from Campo Imperatore.
Castelli is a town located in Abruzzo, Italy. With a population of 271, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Castelli sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Castelli to your route.
The Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Italian: Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata) is a Catholic religious sanctuary located at the foot of the Gran Sasso, in the municipality of Isola del Gran Sasso, Teramo province, in the region of Abruzzo in Italy. The sanctuary is dedicated to Gabriel of OurRead more
Lady of Sorrows. It receives an average of 2 million visitors a year, making it one of the 15 most visited sanctuaries in the world.
The sanctuary includes four main facilities:
the monastery, belonging to the order of the Passionists, where St. Gabriel died in 1862;
the old church, built in 1908 in honor of St. Gabriel;
the new 1970 church of reinforced concrete, glass and steel, which is usually open on holidays to accommodate the large number of visiting pilgrims (with a capacity of 5 to 6 000 people);
the publishing house of the magazine Eco di San Gabriele, covering the sanctuary's activities
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Castelli is located in Abruzzo, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 42.4848 latitude, 13.7120 longitude.
Castelli has a population of approximately 271 people, making it a town in Italy.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
Full driving guide for Italy6 notable places within an hour's drive.
mountain pass
A vast high-altitude plateau beneath the Gran Sasso peaks, an 'Little Tibet' drive in Abruzzo's national park.
13 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A ruined hilltop fortress at one of Italy's highest castle sites, surveying the Apennine peaks of Abruzzo.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Medici-era stone village on the edge of the Campo Imperatore plateau, restored as a scattered 'albergo diffuso' after near-abandonment. Its lanes, tower and candle-lit cellars sit at 1,250 m in the Gran Sasso national park.
16 km · about 20 min drive
historic highway
At 25.8km the longest track ever to host a Formula One World Championship race, in 1957. The enormous triangle of Abruzzo public roads climbs from the Adriatic into the hills and back down a long coastal straight, all still drivable.
36 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
Art-nouveau café of 1907 on Ascoli Piceno's travertine Piazza del Popolo, home of the anisetta liqueur the Meletti family still distils. Hemingway and Sartre drank here; order the anisetta 'con la mosca', with a coffee bean afloat.
43 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
Hilltop hamlet at 1,452 m above the Piano Grande plateau, where lentil fields erupt into a patchwork bloom of red, blue and gold each June-July (La Fiorita). The drive up from Norcia across the karst plain is one of the Apennines' great reveals.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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