San Valentino, nature for gourmands!

..based on traditional flavors with taditional cakes and the greatest ice cream of Val Pescara. Come to learn how to prepare delicious cakest and to taste the flavors of the village discovering an unspoiled nature!

Venerdi: Afternoon - Arrival taste of the Famous ice cream of San Valentino, dinner in a local restaurant with typical produce. Overnight stay

Saturday: After a nice breakfast with local products we'll leave for the hike to the Orfento Valley. The valley, that gets its name from the homonym river, descends from the main peack of the Majella Massif down  to the village of Caramanico Terme. After meeting  the hiking guide we'll start the  Scalelle path of Caramanico Terme. It's equipped with a series of bridges and fences, which allows you to "explore" the deep gorge carved by the river over millions of years due to the strong current River. A walk of about 3 hours to discover this little piece of Eden. A little rest and in the afternoon back to San Valentino where we'll find Camilla waiting for us. She is the mistress of the village pastry confectionery tradition and she will reveal us the tricks and secrets of the real San Valentino cakes. The lab will be an opportunity to have the fingers in the pie! In the evening full relax enjoy the dishes of the local tradition in a restaurant in the village and overnight stay.

Sunday: Sunday, after a refreshing breakfast, will start in the name of sacredness that always hovers on the Majella mountain and  which attracted around the year one thousand, hosts of religious which settled in the depths of its valleys and built many rural churches by adapting the natural caves. It's the perfect day for a trip to discover one of the most important shrines of the Pescara Valley: the San Bartolomeo Hermitage. S. Giovanni all'Orfento, S. Onofrio al Morrone, Madonna dell'Altare, S. Spirito a Majella, S. Bartolomeo in Legio are among the best preserved hermitages. Among these, S. Bartolomeo is still visited by many pilgrims, especially on the feast of August 25, a slice of history Majella told by an exceptional witness: the stone.Dry stone huts, stone walls for the terracing, are predominant elements along the route whose main stages are:  San Bartolomeo in Legio Hermitage the Tholos in the Giumentina Valley. After the hike of about 3 hours, you can relax and choose to have lunch in a restaurant of the area and than go back home in the afternoon.