Cuore della Città
Sulmona, Abruzzo
Location & Surroundings
The beauty of Sulmona, just outside your door
Staying on Via Panfilo Scudieri means immersing yourself in the most authentic rhythm of Sulmona. Once you step outside, you won't need a map or a car: historic alleyways, striking piazzas, century-old cafés and centuries of architecture reveal themselves all around you, just a short walk away. A privileged location that lets you experience the city not as a mere tourist, but as a true protagonist.
- Complesso della Santissima Annunziata
Sulmona's landmark monument: a late-Gothic and Renaissance façade side by side, today home to the Civic Museum.
- Cattedrale di San Panfilo
Built over an Italic-Roman temple: a crypt and Romanesque origins dedicated to the city's patron saint.
- Statua di Ovidio, Piazza XX Settembre
A tribute to the Latin poet born in Sulmona: "Sulmo mihi patria est," as he himself wrote in the Tristia.
- Piazza Garibaldi
The city's living room, lined by the arches of the medieval aqueduct: this is where the Giostra Cavalleresca takes place.
From Sulmona, all four provincial capitals are within easy reach: Chieti in about 50 minutes, Pescara in an hour, L'Aquila in about an hour and a quarter, Teramo in about an hour and a half. A strategic base for exploring the whole region, from the Adriatic coast to the peaks of the Gran Sasso and the Majella.