A summer and winter resort, it is also the location of the Abruzzo National Park, nestled in the heart of the Monti Marsicani.

In 1349, when Adenolfo II Aquinas died under the ruins of the castle of Alvito, it passed to a branch of the Counts of Loreto.

In the Middle Ages it became a route for sheep grazing migration from the higher and colder mountains of Abruzzo to the lower pastures of Puglia.

At the center of the most interesting natural itineraries, the town offers a range of services and facilities that meet the demands of tourists and vacationers all year round in the protected area: a visitor center of the park, nature museum, wildlife area, botanical garden, the ski slopes of the mountain of Vitelle, equipped with parking.

Foremost is protected wild life and untouched nature that offers an important variety of flora and fauna along with all the related services and hospitality.