Photo Carlodirocco, CC BY-SA 4.0
L'Aquila · Abruzzo
Things to see in Opi
In Opi the atlas lists 6 historic places: 3 museums, 1 historic village, 1 fortress or tower and 1 historic villa or palace.
For most of these places we don’t have verified opening hours yet: always check the official website before you go.
Don’t miss: Opi, Italian comune.
Most beautiful villages in Italy
- 6historic places
- 379inhabitants
- 1,250 maltitude
The town
Opi is a medieval village of 420 people (2015) in Abruzzo in the protected area of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. It is part of the "Most Beautiful Villages in Italy". Opi is a well-known tourist centre, 7 km from the Macchiarvana cross-country ski trails.
Text from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA, abridged · Wikivoyage
6 places
Historic villages 1
-
- Most beautiful villages
Fortresses and towers 1
Villas and palaces 1
Getting there
By car: Opi can be reached from the Marsica fucense (Pescina exit of the A25 motorway) and from the lower Sangro through the Marsicana state road 83 which crosses the Abruzzo National Park. Secondary accesses come from Cocullo (exit of the A25 motorway) through the Sannite state road 479 passing through the Valle del Sagittario and Scanno -Passo Godi, and from the Lazio region through the Forca d'Acero pass and the State Road 509.
By bus: Buses from Avezzano are managed by TUA bus lines.
Text from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA, abridged · Wikivoyage
What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Old beech trees of the park. They are considered among the most important old forests in the Northern Hemisphere. Recognized in 2017 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with plants over 500 years old, it is populated by protected animals such as the Marsican brown bear, the Apennine wolf, the chamois. Visitor Center and Museum of the Suede (Centro visita e Museo del Camoscio).
Ski and Mountain Museum (Museo dello Sci e della Montagna), Old Town, ☏ +39 0863 910606, Museum housed in the municipal headquarters in the centre of the town.
Museum of the Forest and of Man.
Text from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA, abridged · Wikivoyage · Underlined names link to our own pages.