Abruzzo is touted as the greenest region of Italy due to the number of national parks within its borders and most towns sit off dramatic cliff faces or with imposing mountain ranges as their backdrop.

Halfway up Italy's "boot" on the Adriatic Sea, Abruzzo is a rural region dotted with ancient mountaintop towns and a more modern coastline of beach resorts and small fishing villages. Abruzzo's ...

For the visit Pope Benedict the XVIth made yesterday to the Abruzzo region in Italy, the area struck by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, Fiat has made available a special version of the Ducato Panorama.

Central Italy's Abruzzo has always attracted visitors thanks to its enviable snow season, but up until recently the majority were European. Now the region, a world away from modern Italy, could be on ...