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Charme e Sport nel Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga,
una delle aree protette più grandi d’Europa.

Trekking e Snowkite
Sports silenziosi e naturali la cui forza è la loro ‘ecologicità’, il loro introdursi nel cuore delle montagne senza alterarne l’equilibrio, senza bisogno di mezzi di risalita meccanici, né di alcun altro aiuto esterno. Solo un po’ di vento, un panino ed una buona dose di voglia di divertirsi, servono per partire in ”cross country”, alla scoperta delle meraviglie naturali, in totale relax e sicurezza. Per poi tornare a valle, nel magico borgo mediovale di Santo Stefano di Sessanio, alloggiando nell’Albergo Diffuso Sextantio, nelle camere e suites dei vari Palazzi restaurati, dove il tempo si è fermato e dove l’autenticità fa da padrona di casa.
DUE NOTTI con colazione e due cene con menù tipico della cucina abruzzese.
TREKKING o SNOWKITE con la collaborazione di guide professionali e specifiche.
ATTREZZATURA su richiesta.
Euro 299,00 a persona

One of Italy’s most innovative and sophisticated residential retreats is located in a mediaeval village in the Gran Sasso Natural Park of the Abruzzo region. Created as a result of the propriotor’ great interest in art and the popular culture of this mountainous area, the Sextantio - Albergo Diffuso complex represents Abruzzo’s first attempt at completely restoring one of its ancient villages for residential purposes. The hotel - a fusion of refined, imposing mediaeval architecture and modern technology - contains 42 luxury bedrooms, all of which are differ considerably in terms of internal décor and the forms of restructuring adopted. The extreme luxury of the accommodation at S. Stefano di Sessanio is generated by the great care that was taken over every fine detail and by the choice of original and simple, locally-produced fittings, high-quality fabrics and an almost imperceptible use of advanced technology. The underlying ‘philosophy’ of the project can also be dicovered in the cuisine and products offered at the restaurant and wine-bar, breakfasts served with country jams and marmalades, the fresh bread and home-made cakes, and in the lunch and dinners prepared with the typical products and recipes of the surrounding mountainous areas.

LEISURE
Excursions on foot, by bicycle or on horseback through the Parco del Gran Sasso; vintage Italian vehicles popular in the 1960s available for hire; trips to nearby villages; Romanesque churches and hermits’ retreats in the nearby mountains; cultural visits to L’Aquila; tuition in local weaving and craftwork techniques.

FACILITIES
Restaurant, cellars for wines and local products, conference rooms, workshop-boutiques which produce and sell craftwork from the Abruzzo mountain region.

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