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Manoppello is an Italian town with 6,700 inhabitants in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region, situated approximately 30 kilometers west of Pescara (Adria) and roughly 2 hours by car northeast of Rome.
Basilica del Volto Santo
Via del Santuario
65024 MANOPPELLO (PE)
ITALY
Phone +39 085 859118
Fax +39 085 8590041
E-mail: info@voltosanto.it
Web: www.voltosanto.it
Opening hours:
6:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 3:00-7:30 p.m. (in winter until 6:30 p.m.)
Holy Mass
Workdays: 7:15 a.m.
Saturday evenings and the eves of holidays:
5:30 p.m. (in winter at 4:30 p.m.)
Sundays and holidays:
7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
5:30 p.m. (in winter at 4:30 p.m.)
Access to the church is barrier-free. However, to access the immediate vicinity of the sudarium behind the altar, there are stairs that must be overcome.
BY CAR
From Rome: Take the A 25 motorway towards Pescara, exit at Alanno-Scafa, and follow the signs to the “Santuario del Volto Santo” basilica.
From Pescara: Take the federal road Ss 5 (Tiburtina-Valeria) towards Popoli, exit at Ponte Alba, and follow the signs to the “Santuario del Volto Santo” basilica.
From Bologna: Take the A 14 motorway going south and then from Pescara take the A 25 towards Rome, exit at Alanno-Scafa, and follow the signs to the “Santuario del Volto Santo” basilica.
From Bari: Take the A 14 motorway going north and then from Pescara take the A 25 towards Rome, exit at Alanno-Scafa, and follow the signs to the “Santuario del Volto Santo” basilica.
BY BUS
From Rome: Departure from Tiburtina railway station forecourt to Pescara; in Pescara continue with the ARPA line bus going to Pescara-Manoppello-Serramonacesca.
www.gruppolapanoramica.it
www.arpaonline.com
www.regione.abruzzo.it/turismo
BY TRAIN
From Rome: Departure from Tiburtina railway station going to Pescara; get off at the Manoppello Scalo railway station.
From Pescara: Take the train going to Sulmona - Rome; get off at the Manoppello Scalo railway station.
www.trenitalia.com
BY PLANE
Abruzzo International Airport (Aeroporto Internazionale d’Abruzzo) in Pescara
www.abruzzoairport.com