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L'Áquila

Travel Guide Europe Italy Abruzzo L'Áquila Province L'Áquila

Introduction

Collemaggio Church, L'Áquila

L'Áquila, a beautiful hilltop town in L'Áquila Province in Abruzzo was near the epicentre of a bad earthquake in April 2009. Hence many of its former sights will now be ruined. However Spain has undertaken the cost of restoring the old castle, which was indeed Spanish and built to keep the local population in a state of suppression - so that hopefully, if finance is forthcoming for other restoration, this page can represent the future as well as the past. Otherwise it can serve as a memorial of the beauty that was in L'Áquila.

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Getting There

By Plane

Gran Sasso range from L'Áquila

By Train

There is a minor line through the city from Rieti in Latium to Sulmona and eventually to Naples. The nearest station with a main line to Rome is Avezzano, a town flattened by a previous earthquake and hence of little interest to visitors.

By Bus

There are regular buses from Rome, Avezzano and Pescara.

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Getting Around

By Public Transport

A good bus service exists to most places in the L'Áquila province, though there is a limited number of buses per day to smaller villages.

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Sleep

Budget

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Gransasso B&B	Via Camarda	GUESTHOUSE	-

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Keep Connected

Phone

Post

Post Italiane is the national postal services of Italy and has quite an efficient network of postal offices and reliable postal services. Standard letters and postcards (up to 20 grams) cost €0.39 to send within Europe and the Mediterranean countries outside Europe and €0.41 to all other destinations throughout the country. Up to 50 grams, prices start at €0.52 for Europe, €0.62 for other areas. Packages start at €1.55 within Europe, and around €2.50 for other countries. Post office business hours in Italy are from 8:30am to 2:00pm from Monday to Friday, with closing times at Saturday and the last day of the month at 12 noon.