--- title: "Pescara – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Pescara from Rome, Perugia (PG) and Napoli: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Pescara is the capital city of the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/pescara" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/pescara.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/20260725_via_angelo_de_thomasis_abbateggio_PD02005.jpg/1920px-20260725_via_angelo_de_thomasis_abbateggio_PD02005.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Pescara](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/20260725_via_angelo_de_thomasis_abbateggio_PD02005.jpg/1920px-20260725_via_angelo_de_thomasis_abbateggio_PD02005.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Pescara Pescara is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the region of Abruzzo in southern Italy. [Plan a trip to Pescara](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Pescara) [From Rome](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rome&to=Pescara) ## Every way there - Rome → Pescara 153 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · €21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rome-to-pescara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rome&to=Pescara) - Perugia (PG) → Pescara 165 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · €25–35 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/perugia-pg-to-pescara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Perugia+%28PG%29&to=Pescara) - Napoli → Pescara 179 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · €29–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/napoli-to-pescara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Napoli&to=Pescara) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Pescara, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Pescara](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pescara) What Pescara has - Y Scheduled flights Pescara (PSR), 4 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 72 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - F Bike and scooter share 4 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 42.464°, 14.214° With a population of 118,487, and about 294,800 including the surrounding urban area, it is also the largest city in Abruzzo. Located on the Adriatic coast at the mouth of the River Aterno-Pescara, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of the old Pescara fortress, the part of the city to the south of the river, and Castellamare Adriatico, the part of the city to the north of the river. The surrounding area was formed into the province of Pescara. Get in ## Getting to Pescara 1. Abruzzo Airport 2. Pescara Centrale See ## Worth seeing Small charming characteristic towns, open markets and local festivals in the nearby area are ideal for day trips to explore. And in the evenings, the beach cafes and the old town of Pescara Porto transform themselves into vibrant night spots. The Maiella or Majella mountain range, also known as "La Bella Addormentata d’Abruzzo" (The Sleeping Beauty of Abruzzo), is about 50 mins away by car. 1. Cattedrale di San Cetteo 2. Nave di Cascella Monument and fountain in the shape of a ship by sculptor Pietro Cascella. Do ## Things to do The entire shoreline is dotted with "stabilimenti balneari" and ombrelloni, each with his own name and color scheme. You can dine, enjoy a pizza or caffe' in all of them. Red flags means no swimming; white flags you can enjoy the wonderful Adriatic sea. Free beaches are limited but quite easy to find. Along the coast from Pescara Centre and the stadium you can find about 6 free beaches. Eat ## Where to eat = = How locals move ## Getting around Pescara the local way - Get in There are ferries in the summer connecting Pescara with Split and several islands in central Dalmatia including Hvar. - Get in Car ferries are run by Jadrolinija and faster hydrofoils by SNAV . From [Wikivoyage: Pescara](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pescara), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescara) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pescara), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Paul Danese (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/pescara, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt