Crecchio
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
On the night of 10 September 1943, King Victor Emmanuel III, fleeing Rome, slept in Crecchio's castle before sailing from Ortona. The 12th-century fortress, later the seat of the de Riseis family, still dominates this small medieval village. It stands on a steep-sided hill cut out by the Arielli and Rifago streams, among vineyards of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and Trebbiano and groves of olives.
Highlights
- The castle where the king stayed in 1943 and Prince Umberto honeymooned
- The museum inside the castle, with Etruscan and Byzantine collections
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and Trebbiano from the surrounding vineyards
- Wooded stream valleys below the village, thick with bay laurel
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Crecchio (IT), Crecchio (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 2,608
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Elizabeth
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Crecchio). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Montepulciano d'AbruzzoWineDense red wine from the local vineyards
- Extra virgin olive oilOlive oilPressed in four local mills
Adapted from Wikipedia (Crecchio (EN), Crecchio (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 2
- Hotels 1
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Nearby member villages
- Rocca San Giovanni · 13 km
- Guardiagrele · 15 km
- Pretoro · 18 km
- Casoli · 20 km
- Abbateggio · 26 km