The Passetto caves in Ancona are an a-part world. For its inhabitants they are the “beach near your house”. They were dug on the early ‘900 to recover little fishing and pleasure boats and to find a bit of shade during summer sunny days in order to enjoy the seaside so near but difficult to […]
Numana is a small town far 20 kms from Ancona. It overlooks the sea in the wonderful setting of the Conero Riviera; in fact, its environment is included for more than 90% inside the Conero Natural Park. As summertime special holiday resort, Numana offers to whom decide to spend their time excitements and unforgettable moments. […]
When you are in Ancona or in whichever place in Marche and you hear talking about Morro D’Alba, they will immediately match this name not to a place but to an Ancona oenological typical product: the famous Lacrima di Morro D’Alba. Morro D’Alba is a small village at 200 metres a.s.l. placed in Ancona hinterland, […]
Fabriano, known all over the world for its paper factories, is a town in Ancona Province placed in a valley characterized by gentle hills and surrounded by the mountains of Umbrian-of the Marches Apennines over 325 metres a.s.l. its strategic position on the territory allowed since remote times old settlements of stable communities. It is […]
The town dialect, that someone thinks as a vernacular considering the limited area in which it is spoken (in practice the only Ancona town territory), according to the local traditions should be born in the Port Neighborhood, particularly in the small square “Chioga”, existing anymore. In fact, in this area there were fused three ways […]
In the splendid Portonovo bay, and far few metres from the sea, rises an impressive military building, a show that you cannot miss: it is the Napoleonic Fort, a rare example of coast fortification. The Fort has been built up in 1810 during Napoleonic Italian Reign by General Beauharnais as to defend the Ancona southern […]
In Ancona port area, and among the numerous historical town vestiges, you will find the “Captain House”. You can reach it walking along the port dock, going towards the right sea side; the building, frankly a bit hidden from the walls serving as port protection, was built up in the second century b.C., when Ancona […]
“The Loreto Holy House is the first Sanctuary of International importance dedicated to the Virgin and the true Marian heart of Christianity”. (Pope John Paul II) Loreto, a small town of Ancona Province, is known all over the world for its Sanctuary that makes it one of the most important places of pilgrimage and pray […]
In Sirolo you will find an interesting archeological area at Pini place. This area is very important because it is the only one in Marche in which is possible visiting a sector of Picene Necropolis. In 1989, in this archeological area it has been found out the “Sirolo Princesse Grave”, a funerary complex belonging to […]
Sirolo, also known by many as “the gem of Adriatic Sea”, is a small town located on Conero Riviera afar from Ancona about 20 kms, and lying on between Conero Mountain green and Adriatic Sea blue set into an exclusive beautiful landscape. Walking along Sirolo town historic centre you will discover the typical medieval village […]