Immagini del territorio
Le Marche living
Every place is good to spend life but only in few places, the most privileged, that we can pass a pleasant few hours. If we stay there long enough, we begin to feel at home in that neighborhood.
Robert Louis Stevenson
This is exactly the feeling you get, coming into Le Marche. Le Marche, described as "Italy in one region", offers a diverse and multiform environment that varies from the Apennines mountains to sandy shores and rocky coastlines. Rolling hills, topped with ancient villages protected by medeival town walls, together with the urban centres, make the area alive. Moreover, the high quality and delicious local and organic products guarantee the full satisfaction of the palate.
FOR YOUR SLOW HOLIDAYS:
Nature trails within the Sibillini National Park stretch for 70,000 km and still preserve traces of the Quaternary glaciation, as well as landscape elements including flora and fauna of alpine type.
• Art cities such as Urbino, the birthplace of Raphael. With one of the most innovative courts of the fifteenth century, Urbino made Le Marche one of the centres of the Italian Renaissance. Its splendour peaked with Federico da Montefeltro, who surrounded himself with artists like Leon Battista Alberti, Piero della Francesca, Pisanello, Paolo Uccello. With its Ducal Palace, the National Gallery and the prestigious University, Urbino has to be visited.
• Spas like San Vittore, Sarnano, Monte Grimano, Spa Acquasanta and Petrano; 180 Km of coastline and 26 tourists resorts on the sea such as Fano, Senigallia, the coast of Monte Conero to San Benedetto del Tronto.
• Cultural events like the Festival Adriatico Mediterraneo di Ancona; the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival; the Festival of street artists in Pennabilli. Also numerous food and wine events such as the Feast of the pig at S’ Andrea di Suasa, the Truffle Fair at Acqualagna, the International Festival of Bread in Senigallia.