Giorgio & Nicole

We recommend to stay in the main urban centre of Abruzzo, Pescara. In this area, we especially recommend the hotels listed below, all marked with a black arrow on the map. 

Please note that transports to and  from the ceremony and venue will be arranged freely for guests and will depart from the hotels listed. We invite those in other accommodations to feel free to make their way to one of these hotels for our arranged transport.

Bookings can be made directly with the hotels via booking.com 

Recommendation 1 **** - Hotel Carlton, Viale della Riviera, 35, 65123 Pescara. Telephone +39 085 373125 :

Recommendation 2 **** - Hotel Maja, Viale della Riviera, 201, 65123 Pescara. Telephone +39 085 471 1545 : 

Recommendation 3 *** - Hotel Regent, Lungo Mare Colombo Cristoforo, 64, 65126 Pescara. Telephone +39 085 60641:

Hotel Carlton and hotel Maja are in the City Centre, while hotel Regent is a scenic short walk away from it through the Ponte del Mare (Sea Bridge). All three hotels are located on the Riviera, hence overlooking the sea. They will all have options to stay in their reserved spaces on the beach, at a cost of around 10-15€ per day for an Umbrella and a couple of chairs.

Should you want to arrange accommodation yourself, we recommend staying in Pescara City Centre, the area circled in red in the photo map attached. Another good area to stay, very close to the city centre, is the one circled in green, called Pescara Vecchia. 

We'd be more than happy to help you with your accommodation and travel plans - Just call or drop us a message any time.

We generally recommend flying direct to Abruzzo International Airport based in Pescara (Airport code PSR/LIBP), which is approximately 3 km outside Pescara. A bus which reaches the city centre runs about every 15/20 minutes depending on the time and day of arrival. It departs from outside the terminal exit and will approximately take 20 min to get to centre. 

Pescara Airport is served by low-cost carrier Ryanair. You can fly direct to Abruzzo from national and European destinations that include: Milan Bergamo, London, Paris, Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague & Warsaw. National carrier Alitalia has frequent departures from Milan Linate.

To view all destinations, serving airlines and realtime timetables from Pescara Airport click here:

Alternatively, the other nearest airport is located in Ancona, also served by low-cost Ryanair. Ancona is about a 2h bus journey to Pescara, or a 1.5h train journey. Buses and Trains can be taken from Ancona Train Station (Stazione Centrale). The bus company offering the route is Flixbus, with tickets available online at www.flixbus.it . By train instead, tickets can be booked on www.trenitalia. 

Should you wish to spend a few days in and around the Eternal city Rome, well you should think about it! Pescara is in fact connected to the Italian Capital by means of frequent buses. Journeys are around 3 to 3.5h by bus. Pescara is directly serviced to the two main Airports in Rome, Fiumicino (which serves International Flights) and Ciampino (which hosts low cost carriers such Ryanair and EasyJet). Two Bus companies provide a direct link between the airports and Pescara city centre:

- Prontobus: Quickest way to get to Pescara from Ciampino or Fiumicino. Tickets are around 50€ Return and can be booked online at: http://www.prontobusitalia.it/index.php?lang=en. Remember to select 'Pescara Terminal Bus' as Arrival city.

- Di Carlo Bus: Available services are from Fiumicino Airport, and from Rome Train Station 'Tiburtina'. Tickets available at: www.dicarlobus.com/ . Prices are similar.

Car Hire

If you want to book your little Italian Panda and travel like a local, you can do so via the usual Hertz, Europcar, Enterprise etc. They will all be available at airports flown into. From Rome, the car journey from the airports or the city is around 200km, hence around 2.5h hours, traffic permitting. From Ancona's airport instead, it would instead be around 1.5h to 2h. 

Trains

The trains in Italy don’t have the greatest reputation, especially in terms of timing. Anyway, to get to Abruzzo from Rome by train you need to get to Tiburtina Railway station, from here you will be able to get out to Sulmona & Pescara but it takes almost 4 hours, so it is highly discouraged. From Ancona instead, you can reach the Ancona Stazione Centrale and catch a train which should take you to Pescara in less than 1.5h.

If you're scared of flying or just fancy a scenic Continental inter rail, and are considering catching the train from London through to Abruzzo, it is possible; Eurostar to Paris, change, get an overnight sleeper down to Pescara via Milan & Bologna, the third part of the of the journey taking over 7 hours that includes 3 hr transit. Look at Seat61 for advice.

If you need some help to navigate travelling in the current climate. Or  if want to know about COVID -19 in Italy without scrolling painfully through endless government web pages we are here to help! Feel free to contact us as we are keeping as up to date as possible with all this.  Fortunately things are looking good for spring/ summer  :)