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bocco Punta Tufano and the Trabocco
Sasso della Cajana take us to Contra-
da Vallevò on the outskirts of Fos- Trabocco Punta Torre
sacesia. With the Trabocco of Punta Trabocco Spezza Catena
Isolata, Punta Torre, Spezzacatena
and Punta Cavalluccio, the territory
of Rocca San Giovanni ends followed
by the characteristic trabocchi of the
territory of Fossacesia which are the
Trabocco Pesce Palombo and the
Trabocco Punta Punciosa, used as re-
staurants to promote tourism.
In the municipal area of Vasto, pre-
cisely in the natural reserve Punta
Aderci where the eponymous traboc-
co is located, we arrive at the final
stretch of the coast: here the Trabocco
Canal insists. Punta Aderci occupies
an area of 285 hectares, entirely in-
cluded in the municipality of Vasto:
it extends along the Adriatic coast to
the north of the port of Vasto, up to
the mouth of the Sinello river, where
it is possible to meet the only deciduo-
us forest of the reserve. Off the reserve Trabocco Punta Aderci
there is never a lack of dolphins and
other marine species typical of the
Adriatic Sea, but the symbol of the
reserve is indistinctly the little Ken-
tish plover, which has chosen Punta
Aderci to lay its eggs. Most of the
trabocchi today are also used as re-
staurants that, of course, offer typi- bocco Punta Punciosa, adibiti a
cal local dishes and above all freshly
caught fish. An experience not to be ristoranti per favorire il turismo.
missed! The coast offers, therefore, a Nel territorio comunale di Vasto,
landscape beauty enriched by equip- precisamente nella riserva natu-
ped beaches and its hinterland made rale Punta Aderci dove si trova
up of interesting millenary villages. l’omonimo trabocco, arriviamo
The capital, Chieti, is rich in histori-
cal evidence since it is one of the ol- al tratto finale della costa: qui
dest Italian centers; fully part of the insiste il trabocco Canale. Pun-
city of art thanks to its Roman amphi- ta Aderci occupa un’area di 285
theater dating back to the 1st century ettari, compresi interamente nel
AD; to the Marruccino theater, a true comune di Vasto: si estende lun-
architectural gem of the nineteenth go la costa adriatica a Nord del
century; to the millenary Cathedral
of San Giustino, with its ancient fre- porto di Vasto, fino ad arrivare
scoes; to park of Villa Frigerj, which alla foce del fiume Sinello, dove
offers a neoclassical garden with a è possibile incontrare l’unico bo-
panoramic view of the Majella. Do sco di latifoglie della riserva. Al
not miss the National Archaeological largo della riserva non mancano
Museum of Abruzzo and the Archae-
ological Museum “La Civitella”. mai i delfini e altre specie marine
tipiche del mar Adriatico ma il

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