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To see

• The council provides a detailed map of Penne (needs Flash)
• Penne lake and Bird Reserve (italian)
• Penne Cathedral (it's now forbidden to take photos in here, which is why the link to an external site..)
• Diocesan museum (italian only)

Sports

• Walking
  • Tanya runs one day and half-day guided walks from her base in Penne. These make an ideal combination with a stay with us in Penne: she can provide week or fortnight packages of walks in groups of up to eight tailored to individual preferences and levels of difficulty, with a minibus to take you from Penne to the starting point of each walk. Or you could just follow one walk for a bit of exercise one day.
• Swimming
  • The Vestini Hotel is five minutes walk away, and offers an excellent restaurant as well as a swimming pool
  • For more energetic swimmers, there is a semi-olympic size pool in the Sports Centre on the main road into Penne. It is open all day (morning only on Sunday) and costs 7 euros for a day's use. Men be warned that you need proper sports swimming trunks - baggy (boxer style) trunks are not allowed.
• Gym
  • There is a well-equipped modern gym in the Sports Centre, but it is not really geared for casual visitors: a month ticket is 65 euros, and you need a medical certificate to say your health is up to it.
• Sports Centre
  • Penne Sports Centre (website last updated 2007)
  • Penne Tennis Circle
  • Mediaeval
    • Diavoli Neri - courses in mediaeval sword fighting
    • Penne archery society (practice indoors in the Sports Centre)
  • Climbing and Mountaineering
    • Penne section of the Italian mountaineering association - well maintained (Italian only) web site with regular local climbing and ski-ing trips
    • Vertigo 2000 is an amateur sports climbing association, running regularly training events for beginners and up (members only)
  • Penne Football Supporters site (Italian only)
  • Penne runners club - organize annual running competitions in Penne each July

  Property

  • Book with us to stay in Penne
  • Andrew Turner's property site is based in Penne, and Andrew can help with searching for property in the area.
  • There are currently another 4 estate agents in Penne I know of, but don't currently have links for. Will try to find them.
  • We also have entries on holiday-rentals.co.uk, ownersdirect.co.uk, Abruzzovillas.com and others.

  Events

  • Penne Town Council is the definitive source of dates for events in Penne (the website is Italian only and much of it is rarely updated)
  • The Penne literary prizes
  • Palio organizers (site seldom updated)

  Clubs

  • Altrimondi comic collectors club

  Sites about Penne

  • Tutto Penne: new website about Penne, concentrating on cultural events (italian only)
  • Nostalgic blog about Penne (italian only)