Pescasseroli Visitor Center
Via Colli dell'Oro
67032 Pescasseroli (AQ)
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View on MapMunicipality: Pescasseroli
Tel. 0863/9113221-9113266
E-mail: centronatura.pescasseroli@parcoabruzzo.it
Management: Park staff
Naturalistic Museum:
It introduces the visitor to the knowledge of the Park through dioramas, relief models, luminous panels, and thematic exhibits.
It has a conference and projection hall with a rich collection of naturalistic videos (now closed to the public)
Information Office:
Situated near the Visitor Center, it provides information and assistance to visit the Park territory.
Wildlife Park:
Here it is possible to observe some specimens of the main wildlife of the Park.
The animals living in this Center have not been caught while free, but they have been found wounded or with such problems that they it would not have been possible for them to live in a wild state.
At the moment, the Center takes care of: a Marsican Brown Bear, a deer, an otter and two roe deers. In certain moments of the year, you may find some empty enclosures, for animals in need of care.
Garden of the Apennines:
Representing the flora of the Apennines, it welcomes the most beautiful and showy flowers of the Park and a didactic pond.
In the garden there are plant species characteristic of the various Park environments.
Among the trees and the shrubs, you can find squirrels, woodpeckers, tits, short-toed treecreepers, and chaffinches that have spontaneously colonized the garden.
Opening times: The Visitor Centre is open every day from July 16th to August 31st, 10.00 - 18.30
From January to July 15th and from September to December: 10.00 - 17.30
Entrance fee: Entrance fee for adults: €6.00
Free for children (8 to 14 years)
Entrance fee for groups (from 15 to 50 persons): €60.00
Pescasseroli Visitor Center
(photo by: PN Abruzzo)