The town is close to the beautiful city of Pescara, the main city of Abruzzo and the region’s main economic and tourist centre. The long, sandy beach, the calm and shallow waters, the gentle breeze and great availability of tourist accommodation, make Montesilvano an ideal location for families and travellers looking to relax.
Along the town's waterfront there are numerous bathing establishments, many of which also serve food and hire umbrellas and loungers. These facilities normally also feature a children's playground and recreation areas for adults, including beach volleyball and bocce courts, and also offer opportunities to enjoy activities such as water aerobics and group dancing.
Anyone visiting Montesilvano simply has to experience Abruzzo’s rich and varied culinary tradition. The town offers a variety of traditional restaurants and taverns that serve local specialities, such as the famous kebabs, tasty skewers of lamb meat cooked on the grill. Typical of Montesilvano is a dessert that takes its name from the hills surrounding the city: the Dolce dei tre colli (cake of the three hills), a blend of grape jam, white and dark chocolate, pine nuts, licorice, eggs and flour.
The historical part of Montesilvano consists of a medieval village that winds from the main square along cobbled streets, amidst elegant buildings and historic monuments. The main religious buildings are the Churches of San Michele Arcangelo and Santa Maria del Carmine.
Holidays in Montesilvano, which is strategically located between the beaches of the Adriatic and the Apennines, are also an excellent opportunity to discover all the other beauties of this region. Much of the area is part of a protected reserve, included in the Abruzzo National Park, home to many species of wildlife, including a wealth of birds, deer and fawns, wild goats and the rare brown Marsicano bear, of which only about thirty specimens remain.
From the southern entrance to the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park you can explore the unspoilt nature of the Valle del Tirino, through which flows one of the clearest and cleanest rivers in Italy, the Tirino. Along its banks you can admire the charming villages of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Calascio, Bominaco, Casteldelmonte.
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