Santo Stefano di Sessanio · Abruzzo
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About Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a stone village of narrow lanes and slate roofs inside Gran Sasso National Park, small enough to walk in an afternoon yet layered enough to reward a slower look. First-timers get the clearest sense of it on the Santo Stefano di Sessanio Walking Tour: Medieval Village & Medici Tower, which unpacks the Medici Tower and the village's wool-trading past, while the Tour of Abruzzo's Most Famous Villages: Santo Stefano di Sessanio and Rocca Calascio pairs the village with the hilltop fortress of Rocca Calascio in a single full day.
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These experiences are built around a village that is small, car-free in its historic core and easy to misread without context. A guided walk explains the Medici Tower, the wool economy and the 2009 earthquake recovery, while the night tour shows the village and nearby Castelvecchio under different light.
