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And in which mountains do you hike in the weekend?

 

Abruzzo to the east, the Simbruini to the south. Leave Rome around 7:30, park the car by 9, and by 1 you're having lunch at 2000 meters. Of course there are easier hikes, but I usually aim for about 1000 meters of climbing.

Unfortunately winter has finally hit, and I won't be going out again until late January, and then it'll be scaled back.

For me that's one of the great things about living in Rome. You can spend one day at the beach and the next in the moutains--and still have the city as your base.

 

Sounds very nice. I can't find any websites about Simbruini in English, but here is one in Italian:

http://www.parks.it/parco.monti.simbruini/par.html

PS. Any trains or buses to the park?

 

A book about Italy:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/12/17/051051.php

 

Why not Florence?

 

It's just a big city. I'd rather go to Naples. More crime, but with the sea

 

PS. Any trains or buses to the park? [/QUOTE]

There are a number of towns in it, there'll be at least a bus to each. But that'd take too long for for a day trip.

 

It's also overrun with tourists. Naples isn't, and Rome is big enough to absorb them.

 

Yes, but you don't have all that wonderful art in Naples that you have in Florence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence

 

There are a number of towns in it, there'll be at least a bus to each. But that'd take too long for for a day trip. [/QUOTE]

OK. Nice to know. If you want to take the train from Rome to the mountains for a day-trip, where's the best place in Abruzzo to get out? Sulmona?

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