Marche Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Marche is a central region of Italy on the east coast composed of rolling hills and fertile plains at the base of the Apennine mountains. It is bordered by Umbria in the west, Emilia-Romagna to the north, and Abruzzo to the south.
Beautiful Adriatic beaches and ancient towns perched on hilltops, or nestled deep between rolling farmland, give travelers to Le Marche a real taste of central Italy.
Two main highways traveling along the coast facilitate transportation to the larger cities. One of the most valuable parts of visiting Marche is driving through the interior, visiting smaller towns and exploring areas where there are virtually no tourists.
Recently a buzz word in Britian and a ex-pat destination for vacation home buying. The Marche has been compared to Tuscany as having all the attributes, with none of the hassles of high prices and large crowds.
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Regions
Cities
- Ancona - major port on the Adriatic Sea.
- Ascoli Piceno - often overlooked - attractive old town with gleaming white stone and medieval towers.
- Macerata
- Fermo - once the most important town in Le Marche, and now again a provincial capital. Fermo is, to quote its own website, 'a noble city of very ancient origins, rich in art and culture. Thirty centuries of history are enclosed within its thousand-year-old walls, between memories and echoes of legends not yet lost'.
- Senigallia home of Michelin star restaurant Madonnina del Pescatore
- Pesaro - pleasant resort by the sea
- Urbino - attractive university town up in the hills
- Jesi - Walled city famous for its Verdicchio wine
- Fabriano - A city under the Ancona district. It's famous for its Paper production story since XIII century
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Sleep
- Short-term apartments [1] Rent vacation rental apartments near Cagli, Urbino and Gubbio. $604/week, per apartment and up. The American agency listing this apartment has been in business since 1975, gives its profits away to charity, and looks particularly for apartments of good value.
Drink
- Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, one of the strongest Italian white wines;
- Falerio dei colli ascolani, white wine;
- Rosso Conero, red wine;
- Rosso Piceno, red wine;
- Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, red wine,
- Vernaccia di Serrepetrona, an extraordinary sparkling red wine.
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