The Costa dei Trabocchi runs the southern stretch of the Abruzzo coast from Ortona down to Vasto and beyond, taking its name from the traditional wooden fishing platforms that still cling to the rocks at intervals along the cliffs. A cycle and walking path — the Via Verde dei Trabocchi — now runs the length of the coast on a converted railway line.
Several trabocchi between Vasto and San Vito Chietino have been restored as seafood restaurants; eating dinner on one of them, with the platform creaking in the swell and the waiters running plates up wooden ramps, is one of the few unique experiences of the southern Abruzzo coast.