Orapi Festival
Edition 2025 Finished Free Folk Gastronomy Local produce

Orapi Festival

26 Jul 2025
Villetta Barrea — L'Aquila (066)

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Edition 2025 — Orapi Festival

On Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 7:30 PM, Villetta Barrea hosted the Orapi Festival in Piazza F.lli Virgilio, in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park. The Pro Loco offered traditional peasant dishes based on orapi—soups, omelets, rustic stuffed focaccias, and handmade fresh pasta—accompanied by folk music, photo exhibitions, and guided walks in search of wild herbs.

The 2025 Orapi Festival

The 2025 edition of the Orapi Festival took place on Saturday, July 26, starting at 7:30 PM, in Piazza F.lli Virgilio in Villetta Barrea, in the province of L'Aquila. The Pro Loco Villetta Barrea enlivened the evening with typical dishes based on orapi, the wild mountain spinach, prepared according to recipes handed down by the village women: peasant soups, omelets, rustic stuffed focaccias, and handmade fresh pasta. The program also included folk music, photo exhibitions, and guided walks in search of wild herbs in the surroundings of the village. The festival confirmed itself as an identity celebration that combines gastronomy, nature, and tradition in the heart of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.

Programme

Gastronomic evening with orapi-based dishes (peasant soups, omelets, rustic stuffed focaccias, handmade fresh pasta), folk music, photo exhibitions, and guided walks in search of wild herbs. Start at 7:30 PM.

Highlights

Orapi-based dishes prepared by the village women; guided walks in search of wild spinach; folk music and photo exhibitions in Piazza F.lli Virgilio.

Prices

Free admission; dishes for sale at food stalls.

Where does it take place — Orapi Festival

Piazza F.lli Virgilio

Piazza F.lli Virgilio, 67030 Villetta Barrea

Contact Orapi Festival

Tel
+39 0864 88114

Orapi Festival in brief

Folk Gastronomy Local produce Nature Environment Hiking Mountain Folk traditions Folklore Outdoor Free L'Aquila

History of Orapi Festival

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