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Rocca Calascio
A ruined hilltop fortress at one of Italy's highest castle sites, surveying the Apennine peaks of Abruzzo.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Abruzzo, Italy · Europe
Farindola works well as a base: 10 minutes from Montebello di Bertona, 15km from Rocca Calascio.
Farindola is a town located in Abruzzo, Italy. With a population of 498, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Farindola 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 Farindola to your route.
On the afternoon of 18 January 2017, an avalanche occurred on Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, one of the mountains above Rigopiano, impacting and destroying the four-star Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, Abruzzo. The disaster killed 29 people and injured 11 others, making it the deadliest avalanche in Italy since the WhiteRead more
Friday avalanches in 1916, and the deadliest in Europe since the Galtür avalanche in 1999.
Two factors which contributed to the disaster were a series of earthquakes that struck the region earlier in the day, and record snowfall which occurred in the region over the preceding days.
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Farindola is located in Abruzzo, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 42.4429 latitude, 13.8214 longitude.
Farindola has a population of approximately 498 people, making it a town in Italy.
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castle
A ruined hilltop fortress at one of Italy's highest castle sites, surveying the Apennine peaks of Abruzzo.
15 km · about 30 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
A vast high-altitude plateau beneath the Gran Sasso peaks, an 'Little Tibet' drive in Abruzzo's national park.
21 km · about 25 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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