Campo Imperatore — Little Tibet
SR17bis · Assergi → Campo Imperatore plateau · Italy
- Length
- 17 miles
- Drive time
- 50 min
- Type
- Mountain pass
- Region
- Europe
Before you go: High plateau — snow closes it in winter
Abruzzo's 'Little Tibet': an empty road rising onto a vast 1,800 m steppe beneath Gran Sasso's peaks — spaghetti-western scenery (they filmed them here) an hour from Rome's ring road.
Highlights of the Campo Imperatore — Little Tibet
- Vast high-steppe emptiness
- Gran Sasso backdrop
- Western film country
Drive the Campo Imperatore — Little Tibet
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