The trabocchi coast

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On  a beautiful sunny Saturday we were planning to do a little sightseeing around Pescara and our hotel 

Host suggested several small towns to visit along the " trabocchi coast". This was a new word for us, but I sort of thought it might be a variation of trebuchet...turns out trabocchi are sort of fishing shacks set up on piers. He explained that when shepherds decided to vary their diet by adding fish, they had to figure out a way to do this without boats, which sadly, they lacked. 

They're kind of rickety looking structures, but they seem to serve the purpose...

This was a poster advertising a seminar to promote tourism along this part of the coast. 

And this is near where we had a delicious lunch with a view of the sea. We parked under the olive trees.

This was huge tubular pasta with a similar tomato shrimp sauce.

Jim ordered the ravioli with a whitefish filling. Both good. And very attractive, don't you think? The pasta that is, not us!

Another trabocchi near the restaurant..

The towns up in the hills were all charming, and each slightly different .

I prefer the really old buildings that have so much character.

But across the street are doors that are newly refurbished

So many of these small towns would have suffered much damage during WWII, and had to be rebuilt. 

It's hard to be surreptitious when taking photos, but I loved this conversation...

I would have loved to attend an event in this theatre from the 1920s , still in beautiful condition.

Mmm ,isn't this classic Italy? 

I could live here.

But it would be very quiet.

The views are great up there, though. Love that water! 

The beach was a bit rocky for laying on.

Oh my god, is my driver dead? Or just resting? 

I loved the beach for all the smooth, flat stones, good for skipping, and making cairns. Then back inland to see some more charming cities.

On to one more little hilly town, with a steep climb to the castle.

As you can see, my driver is still very much alive! 

Our knees are getting a bit tired though, from all this hill climbing. 

Time to head home .