Scanno is located in the heart of the National Park of Abruzzi, at 1,050 m. a.s.l. Scanno is a very typical village and with its mediaeval centre represents a unique architecture.

Scanno is well known for the typical feminine costume that can be still admired in festive days. In its Museum there are a lot of tools, used for agriculture and for wool manufacture. It is worthwhile to pay a visit to the churches: Santa Maria della Valle, San Giovanni Battista and Sant’Eustachio and to the Palaces, as Palazzo di Rienzo and Palazzo Serafini.

At 3 km. far from the village there is the Lake of Scanno overlooked by Mount Genzana (2,170 m.)

Scanno is the village more photographed in the Abruzzo Region, and it belongs to the club of “The most beautiful villages in Italy”.