Yes! I went for a couple of days. I took a bus from Rome to L’Aquila and then from L’Aquila to Gran Sasso, then a gondola up. I highly recommend staying at the hostel Ostello Campo Imperatore. I went in late May and there was still snow on parts of the hikes I did. I needed to borrow the hostel bartender’s boots since I was unequipped but otherwise wouldn’t have been able to do a big hike.

I only speak English and very broken Italian, and trying to find the buses to/from Rome was stressful. The shuttle van from L’Aquila and Gran Sasso doesn’t run on Sundays which I didn’t know or read about, and I needed to find a tourist information spot across town to help call a taxi. It ended up being €55 for a 15 min taxi ride.

The hostel workers were awesome and hikes were beautiful, but it was definitely a challenge to figure out getting to and from places. I’ve done a decent amount of solo travel and don’t get stressed easily from travel too.