Fonte Cerreto was built in the 1930s as a small tourist resort on the side of the Gran Sasso mountains. It was built under the time of Italian Fascism, as part of a push to develop the tourism and sporting industry in the region. Fonte Cerreto contains the Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia cable car, one of the longest in Europe, which provides access within minutes to the Campo Imperatore, where there are various skiing facilities and a resort. Fonte Cerreto, which includes several restaurants and hotels, is a gateway to the national park and is the base of several hiking and ski mountaineering trails that end at the Campo Imperatore. In 2016, an adventure park was opened in the nearby forest. The location is accessible by public transportation from L'Aquila with the M6F bus.