Majella National Park
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The Majella National Park (Parco Nazionale della Majella, 740.95 km²) is a national park located in the provinces of Chieti and Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.
The park contains about 500 kilometers of hiking paths through the mountains, cave paintings in Grotta S. Angelo or Grotta del Cavallone (one of the deepest caves in Europe open to the public), and visitor centers as follows:
- Maurizio Locati Visitor Center, Colle Madonna, Lama dei Peligni - sections dedicated to chamois, archeology, a reconstruction of a Neolithic village, and the Giardino Botanico Michele Tenore.
- Museo Naturalistico, Piazza Municipio, Fara San Martino.
- Paolo Barrasso Visitor Center, Via del Vivaio, Caramanico Terme - geology including fossils discovered on the Majella Mountain, and archaeology from the Upper Paleolithic to the Roman age.
- Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, S.S. 487, Sant'Eufemia a Maiella - Giardino Botanico Daniela Brescia.
