A few years ago, and quite by chance, I discovered the beauty and magic of Gran Sasso. Because of my interest in history, I decided to plan a trip to Campo Imperatore (“Emperor’s Field”), the great plateau located above Gran Sasso (Big Stone).

In Campo Imperatore, there is an old hotel where Mussolini was once held prisoner, before being rescued by the Germans. The surprise of the road trip was not the history of the hotel, but discovering an amazing landscape, which felt like suddenly finding myself on the moon!