The Gorges and the Abbey of St. Martin in the valley.

Meeting and presentations at the Visitor Center - Natural History Museum of the Majella National Park in Fara San Martino in Town Hall Square. Out with their car at the entrance to the beginning of the valley of Fara in the parking lot and the beginning of grade tourist route (routes on roads, mule or wide paths, paths are generally not long, there is no problem of orientation and do not require specific training if not typical of the walk). You cross the gorge of San Martino, natural gate of access to the eastern slopes of the Majella are visible where according to legend the "holes" on the rock due to the "elbow" of St. Martin during its passage in order to access the other side of the mountain .

Next visit to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin in the valley, back to light in 2009, after thorough archaeological excavation. You can admire the entrance courtyard, the guest house, a chapel carved into the rock, the monumental portico, the Church entrance portal embedded in blocks, altars, finely decorated columns and bas-reliefs of the Middle Ages.