Luxury Car rental in L'Aquila

Luxury car hire L'Aquila is the perfect way to see the city. L'Aquila means 'The Eagle' and is a city in central Italy. It's the capital of the Abruzzo region and of the province of L'Aquila. Aquila is situated with medieval walls on a hill overlooking the Aterno River and surrounded by the Apennine Mountains. Only an hour and a half drive from Rome the city hasn’t been changed by tourism and remains relatively untouched by progress. It's popular in the summer and winter for native Romans with hiking holidays and skiing. If you're a ski enthusiast there are local ski resorts close by with Ovindoli, Pescasseroli, Scanno, Roccaraso and Campo Imperatore.

L'Aquila is a real throw back to the medieval times, with narrow streets and Renaissance and Baroque buildings that open onto plazas. Try out luxury car rental L'Aquila and see all these beautiful sites at your leisure. Things to see include; a fine arts academy, a theatre, a film institute, a symphony orchestra and a state conservatory. The Spanish fort, Forte Spagnolo, dominates the town and is at the top. Built by the Spanish Viceroy, Don Pedro de Toledo in 1534, it has now been turned into the local museum.

The Cathedral of San Massimo is from the 13th century, but was destroyed in 1703 in an earthquake; it was then rebuilt but collapsed once more due to another earthquake in 2009. The church of Sanra Maria di Collemaggio has a simple Roman style face with red and white marble. The interior holds the mausoleum of Pope Celestine V who died in 1517. The Luminous fountain has a sculpture of 2 women bearing large jars.

earby lies the Roman ruins of Amiternum, of numerous castles including Rocca Calascio (as seen in the film Ladyhawke which is the highest castle in Italy. The area also has quite a few ancient monasteries.

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