Tortoreto Italian pronunciation: [tortoˈreto] (Teramano: Tërtërètë) is a coastal town and comune of the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Tortoreto can be reached by direct rail service or by flying to the Pescara airport and then travelling 45 kilometres (28 mi) north.

Pope Gregory I noticed in a letter the large amount of these species of birds which used to live in this area.

Later on, the town created on the top of the hills after the barbarian invasions started to be called Turturitus[3] or Turturetum,[4] and, eventually, the current denomination of Tortoreto came into common use.

Another common activity in the area was farming, which produced substantial amounts of olive oil and wheat.