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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER AMARCORD Consorzio di Tutela NATIONAL WHITE località Pian di Molino del Prosciutto Dop TRUFFLE FAIR www.birraamarcord.it via Petricci, 2 www.acqualagna.com tel. +39 0722 989860 www.carpegna.com tel. +39 0722 77521 OCTOBER APECCHIO PERGOLA TENUTE COLLESI NATIONAL FAIR località Pian della Serra Consorzio di Tutela OF WHITE TRUFFLES www.collesi.com e Valorizzazione AND OF TYPICAL PRODUCTS tel. +39 075 933118 dell’olio extravergine di OF PERGOLA oliva Cartoceto www..pergola.pu.it APECCHIO piazza Garibaldi, 1 MICROBIRRIFICIO VENERE tel. +39 0721 898437 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER strada comunale per pesaro SANT’ANGELO IN VADO Scalocchio (presso azienda NATIONAL FAIR OF agrituristica Cà Cirigiolo) URBINO Consorzio di Tutela WHITE TRUFFLES FROM www.birravenere.com Casciotta d’Urbino THE REGION tel +39 348 0058169 www.mostratartufo.it via Manzoni, 25, www.casciottadiurbino.it BIRRIFICIO DEL CATRIA tel. +39 0721.87981 via Fossato, 5 www.birradelcatria.com tel. +39 348 3968565 TRUFFLES ALL YEAR ROUND Il Mulino Vecchio monte grimano località Verziere, Cà l’Agostina terme www.verziere.it tel. +39 0722 330059

FEBRUARY ACQUALAGNA Birrificio Angeloni REGIONAL BLACK via Pozziloco, 20 TRUFFLE FAIR www.birrangeloni.it www.acqualagna.com tel. +39 0721 955206

MARCH PERGOLA BIRRIFICIO PERGOLESE BIANCHETTO TRUFFLE via del Lavoro FAIR & MARKET www.birrificiopergolese.it www.comune.fossombrone.ps.it tel. +39 349 4272622

JULY SASSOCORVARO LA COTTA sassocorvaro VALLE DEL CONCA località Cà Corsuccio, BLACK TRUFFLE FESTIVAL via Vecellio, Mercatale www.prolocomontegrimano.it www.lacotta.it tel. +39 334 2520471 AUGUST frontino ACQUALAGNA SUMMER REGIONAL BLACK TRUFFLE FAIR www.acqualagna.com

AUGUST Balbano near CANTIANO VALLE DEL BALBANO urbino TRUFFLE FESTIVAL www.comunecantiano.eu

AUGUST FRONTINO THE TRIUMPH OF THE BLACK TRUFFLE www.frontinomontefeltro.it fossombrone

OCTOBER APECCHIO monte porzio FAIR & MARKET OF TRUFFLES sant’angelo fermignano AND WOODLAND FOODS in vado www.comune.apecchio.ps.it

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LS INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHY - MILANO PROVINCE OF marche region PESARO AND URBINO PLACES FAMOUS Identikit FOR TRUFFLES of the truffle DESTINATION AND LOCAL BEER in the province of FLAVOUR! Pesaro and Urbino The map of truffles and craft beers

A route map, ever-changing countryside, truffles, craft beers FERMIGNANO MONTE PORZIO and other unique products, and an abundance of places of art are Distance from Pesaro: approx. 46 km / Urbino approx. 10 km Distance from Pesaro: approx. 37 km / Urbino approx. 49 km the essential ingredients offered to anybody wishing to explore the area known as “la Provincia Bella” - the Beautiful Province. Places to visit: the mediaeval tower complex and the Roman Places to visit: the petrified forest, Parco della Vita public WE ARE TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE PROVINCE OF PESARO AND bridge, the museum of architecture, the washhouses, the gardens, the church of Our Lady of the Assumption, the URBINO, the northernmost province of the Marche region and an craft brewery. chapel of the Cross, the seventeenth century Palazzo di area guaranteed to reward the curiosity of anybody ready to be Monte Porzio, the wine cellars of Palazzo Chiocci Ginevri enthralled by the beauty of Raphael’s landscapes or enchanted Nearby: the Mercator globes in Urbania; the house where Latoni, the craft brewery. by the melodies of Rossini’s music. Raphael was born and the Oratorio San Giovanni in Urbino; the sulphurous TUBER MAGNATUM PICO (WHITE TRUFFLE) TUBER BRUMALE, VARIETY MOSCATUM water of ; the village square in Montefabbri (). Nearby: the portal of the church of Santa Maria Novella and the rope and brick Local names: “tartufo bianco pregiato”, “rapone”, DE FERRY (MUSCAT TRUFFLE) “tartufo bianco di Acqualagna”. Local names: “tartufo moscato”, “tartufo nero di museum in Orciano di Pesaro; the collegiate church of Sant’Ubaldo in Barchi and Period of maturity: from autumn to early winter. campo”. ACQUALAGNA Municipality of Fermignano: Via Mazzini, 3 - tel. +39 0722 332142 the Bianchello del vineyards; the stone Madonnas of Sant’Ippolito; the Distinctive features: Ochre or yellowish on the Period of maturity: from January to March. Distance from Pesaro: approx. 54 km / Urbino approx. 20 km [email protected] - www.comune.fermignano.pu.it historical and environmental museum of San Giorgio di Pesaro; Piazza della Torre outside with greenish tints, smooth skin. Flesh Distinctive features: very similar to tuber brumale colours range from pink-hazel to reddish, with vitt. but with lighter coloured flesh. Emanates a in Piagge; the historical centre of ; the Malatestian walls of . white marbling. Very aromatic with a strong smell. strong smell of musk. FEBRUARY: REGIONAL BLACK TRUFFLE FAIR Fermignano tourist office:Corso Bramante, 3 - tel. +39 0722 330523 - Recommendation: best consumed raw, finely TUBER AESTIVUM VITT. (SUMMER TRUFFLE) AUGUST: SUMMER REGIONAL BLACK TRUFFLE FAIR [email protected] - www.proloco-fermignano.it Municipality of Monte Porzio: Viale Cante di Montevecchio, 10 sliced as a garnish. Local names: “tartufo d’estate”, “scorzone”, “maggengo”, “maggiolo”, “statereccio”. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER: NATIONAL WHITE TRUFFLE FAIR tel. +39 0721 956000 - [email protected] TUBER MELANOSPORUM VITT. (BLACK Period of maturity: from May to December.

beer / truffle www.acqualagna.com www.comune.monte-porzio.pu.it TRUFFLE) Distinctive features: blackish, lumpy skin, FOSSOMBRONE Local names: “tartufo nero di Norcia”, “tartufo hazelnut coloured flesh with white marbling. Distance from Pesaro: approx. 37 km / Urbino approx. 20 km Monte Porzio and Castelvecchio tourist office: Piazza Garibaldi, 3 nero di Spoleto”, “nero pregiato”, “nero dolce”. Smells of mushrooms. Places to visit: the Pitinum Mergens archaeological Period of maturity: from December to March. museum and the remains of a Roman farm, the Pelingo sanctuary, Palazzo del tel. +39 0721 955619 - [email protected] - www.proloco-monteporzio.it Distinctive features: black on the outside; flesh is TUBER UNCINATUM CHATIN VITT. Gusto and the truffle processing workshop, the abbey of San Vincenzo in Furlo, MARCH: BIANCHETTO TRUFFLE FAIR & MARKET whitish in young truffles, black tending to purple in (HOOKED TRUFFLE) www.comune.fossombrone.ps.it more mature examples. The flesh is also marked Local names: “tartufo uncinato”, “tartufo nero di the museum of local life, the spectacular Furlo gorge. by dense white marbling. Fragno”, “tartufo grigio di Borgogna”. PERGOLA Recommendation: best consumed uncooked. Period of maturity: autumn/winter. Nearby: the fortified tower complex and the theatre in ; the collegiate Places to visit: the archaeological digs of San Martino del Distance from Pesaro: approx. 64 km / Urbino approx. 43 km Distinctive features: very similar to tuber Piano, the Gens Cissonia burial grounds in Calmazzo, Corte TUBER ALBIDUM PICO OR TUBER BORCHII VITT. aestivum vitt. church of San Giovanni Battista and the mediaeval quarter in Cantiano; (BIANCHETTI TRUFFLES) Brancaleoni castle in ; the citadel and church of San Filippo in Alta and its annexed museums, the Cesarini picture gallery, OCTOBER: NATIONAL FAIR OF WHITE TRUFFLES AND OF Local names: “bianchetto”, “marzuolo”. TUBER MACROSPORUM VITT. Fossombrone; the Museo del Balì science centre in Saltara; the Roman town of Marmitte dei Giganti (potholes along the Metauro river). TYPICAL PRODUCTS OF PERGOLA www.comune.pergola.pu.it Period of maturity: from January to April. (SMOOTH BLACK TRUFFLE) Distinctive features: regular, roundish shape with Local names: “tartufo nero liscio”. . Nearby: the palace of the feudal lord in ; the organic wheat fields a smooth, light coloured skin. The flesh changes Period of maturity: from October to December. Places to visit: the museum of gilded bronzes and of the from whitish to tawny with maturity. The smell is Distinctive features: blackish skin with rust- of ; the steps and the church of Sant’Antonio Abate in the village Municipality of Acqualagna: Piazza E. Mattei, 9 - tel. +39 0721 79671 town of Pergola, Quartiere delle Tinte, the Angelo dal Foco reminiscent of garlic. coloured markings; flesh varies from whitish to of Serrungarina; the Winston Churchill historical museum of the River Metauro Recommendation: best consumed raw like tuber brown-purple on maturity. [email protected] - www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it theatre, the craft brewery. in Montemaggiore al Metauro; the scents and flavours of provincial road SP 26. magnatum pico. TUBER MESENTERICUM VITT. Acqualagna tourist office: Piazza E. Mattei, 9 - tel. +39 0721 796741 Nearby: the mediaeval village of Torricella (Fossombrone); castle; the TUBER BRUMALE VITT. (BRUMALE OR BLACK (ORDINARY BLACK TRUFFLE) [email protected] - www.acqualagna.com Municipality of Fossombrone: Corso Garibaldi, 8 - tel. +39 0721 7231 Camaldolese hermitage of Fonte Avellana in Serra Sant’Abbondio; the emmer WINTER TRUFFLE) Local names: “tartufo nero ordinario di Bagnoli”. [email protected] - www.comune.fossombrone.ps.it Local names: “tartufo nero invernale”, “trifola Period of maturity: from October to January. and the archaeological museum of ; the fortress of nera”. Distinctive features: black in colour and spherical Fossombrone tourist office: Corso Garibaldi, 12 - tel. +39 0721 723263 www.turismo.pesarourbino.it ; the terracotta museum and historical centre of . Period of maturity: from January on. in shape with a deep cavity in the middle. Flesh APECCHIO [email protected] Distinctive features: spherical shape. Brown skin ranges from whitish to brown-purple with white with slightly lighter, white marbled flesh. marbling. Distance from Pesaro: approx. 80 km / Urbino approx. 40 km Municipality of Pergola: Corso Matteotti, 53 - tel. +39 0721 73731 Recommendation: Often used in conjunction with [email protected] - www.comune.pergola.pu.it tuber melanosporum vitt. due to its strong flavour. SEPTEMBER: NATIONAL CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL FRONTINO OCTOBER: FAIR & MARKET OF TRUFFLES AND WOODLAND Distance from Pesaro: approx. 62 km / Urbino approx. 40 km Pergola tourist office:Corso Matteotti, 53 - tel. +39 0721 7373275 PROVINCE OF ItalY FOODS [email protected] PESARO AND URBINO Marche Region www.comune.apecchio.ps.it AUGUST: THE TRIUMPH OF THE BLACK TRUFFLE www.apecchiocittadellabirra.com www.comune.frontino.pu.it SANT’ANGELO IN VADO Places to visit: the cellars of Palazzo Ubaldini, home to the prestigious fossil Places to visit: the monastery of San Girolamo, the convent Distance from Pesaro: approx. 64 km / Urbino approx. 30 km and mineral museum of Monte Nerone, the Jewish quarter, the clock tower, the of Montefiorentino, the Ponte Vecchio mill, the Franco Pesaro humpback bridge, the church of Santa Lucia, the craft breweries. Assetto museum. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER: NATIONAL FAIR OF WHITE TRUFFLES FROM THE MARCHE REGION marche Nearby: the smoked raisin wine of Sant’Angelo in Vado; the mediaeval village Nearby: the forest acrobatic park in Passo Cantoniera near Carpegna; the www.mostratartufo.it region of Peglio; the ceramic workshops and the ducal palace in Urbania; the hamlet castle of ; the archaeological and palaeontological museum in ; the fortress of Sassocorvaro; the chestnut grove in ; Places to visit: Domus del Mito (a Roman domus with mosaics Urbino of Piobbico and the church of Santo Stefano; the tranquil village of Serravalle di Carda; the Pitinum Mergens archaeological museum in Acqualagna; the golden the castle of the Oliva counts in and the mushroom museum in depicting mythological figures), the church of Santa Maria Extra eagles of Furlo. San Sisto; the honey production centre in Belforte all’Isauro. Muros, the church of Santa Caterina delle Bastarde, the “Campanon” civic tower.

Municipality of Apecchio: Largo Avis, 1 - tel. +39 0722 989004 Municipality of Frontino: Corso Giovanni XXIII, 16 - tel. +39 0722 71131 Nearby: the alleys and palazzos of ; the village of [email protected] - www.comune.apecchio.ps.it [email protected] - www.comune.frontino.pu.it Castello della Pieve; the Benedictine abbey and the museum of natural colours Frontino tourist office: Corso Giovanni XXIII, 16 - tel. +39 0722 71135 in Lamoli (); the ducal palace of Urbino; Pesaro, the city of Rossini. Apecchio tourist office: Piazza San Martino, 2 - tel. +39 0722 99279 [email protected] - www.frontinomontefeltro.it [email protected] Municipality of Sant’Angelo in Vado: Piazza Umberto I, 3 - tel. +39 0722 819901 [email protected] - www.comunesantangeloinvado.it MONTE GRIMANO TERME Sant’Angelo in Vado tourist office:Locality of Pratello Santa Maria CANTIANO Distance from Pesaro: approx. 46 km / Urbino approx. 39 km Distance from Pesaro: approx. 72 km / Urbino approx. 46 km tel. +39 0722 88455 - [email protected]

JULY: VALLE DEL CONCA BLACK TRUFFLE FESTIVAL

AUGUST: VALLE DEL BALBANO TRUFFLE FESTIVAL www.comune.montegrimanoterme.pu.it Provincia SASSOCORVARO www.comunecantiano.eu di Pesaro e Urbino Distance from Pesaro: approx. 50 km / Urbino approx. 27 km Places to visit: the civic tower, the spa, the church Places to visit: the geo-territorial museum and the of San Silvestro. archaeological museum of the Via Flaminia, the Places to visit: the fortress, the oratory of the Holy Trinity

archaeological digs of Pontericcioli, the Tecchie natural (home to the relics of Saint Valentine), the mediaeval village TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES Nearby: the village of and the Priapo spring in Val di Teva; the artisan woodland park, the Badia di Chiaserna horse riding centre, the craft brewery. of Piagnano, Mercatale lake, the craft brewery of Mercatale. IAT - Pesaro archaeological digs of ; the breathtaking views between Mercatino Piazzale della Libertà, 11 - 61121 Pesaro (PU) beer tel. +39 0721 69341 fax +39 0721 30462 Nearby: the cathedral, church of San Domenico and church of San Francesco in Conca and Monte Altavellio; the cliff overlooking ; the Valentino Nearby: the path of the Beato Lando in Lunano; the castle of [email protected] Cagli; the Frontone cable car and the spectacular scenery of Monte Catria; the Rossi fan club in ; the castle in ; the magnificent sunset from the Oliva Counts in Piandimeleto; the saffron of ; IAT - Urbino the beach in . via Puccinotti, 35 - 61029 Urbino (PU) botanical gardens near the monastery of Fonte Avellana in Serra Sant’Abbondio. the fortress of ; the museum of the Gothic Line in Casinina (Auditore); tel. +39 0722 2613 fax +39 0722 2441 the badlands landscape of Montecalvo in ; the panorama from the viewing Do you want to know the difference [email protected] Municipality of Cantiano: Piazza Luceoli, 3 - tel. +39 0721 789911 Municipality of Monte Grimano Terme: Piazzale Matteotti, 1 point of castle; the abbey of San Tommaso in Foglia in . between a craft beer and the ones on IAT - Fano the shelves of your local supermarket? how to reach the Province tel. +39 0541 970125 - 970020 - [email protected] via Cesare Battisti, 10 - 61032 Fano (PU) [email protected] - www.comunecantiano.eu You can, of course, let yourself be guided by of Pesaro and Urbino tel. +39 0721 803534 fax +39 0721 824292 Cantiano tourist office: Via Fiorucci, 26 - tel. +39 0721 789936 www.comune.montegrimanoterme.pu.it Municipality of Sassocorvaro: Via Roma, 2 - tel. +39 0722 769011 comune. the taste. It is easy enough to identify the [email protected] • Motorway A 14 (Bologna-Taranto) [email protected] Monte Grimano Terme tourist office: Largo della Repubblica, 3 [email protected] - www.comune.sassocorvaro.pu.it characteristic, unique and personal flavour of IAT - Gabicce Mare exits: Caselli di uscita: Cattolica - Gabicce, tel. +39 0541 970556 - [email protected] a good craft beer. But to really understand the viale della Vittoria, 42 - 61011 Gabicce Mare (PU) Pesaro Urbino, Fano, Marotta - Mondolfo Sassocorvaro tourist office: Piazza Battelli (c/o Rocca Ubaldinesca - Castle of difference, we need to look further. Take the raw tel. +39 0541 954424 fax +39 0541 953500 www.prolocomontegrimano.it the Ubaldini) - tel. +39 0722 76177 - [email protected] materials for example. Water, cereals (barley [email protected] • Rail: Milano - Bologna - - Lecce, Roma - Falconara - Pesaro and wheat), hops and yeast are the only basic Freephone number Italy only 800 563 800 and natural ingredients of a true craft beer. The • Airports: production process is different too: craft beer is facebook.com/pesarourbinoturismo Ancona - km 45 da Pesaro - km 25 da Pesaro not pasteurised like its industrial counterpart because pasteurisation kills the yeast micro- for further information Fano (solo taxi aereo) - km 12 da Persaro www.turismo.pesarourbino.t organisms necessary for fermentation. In the same way, craft beer contains no preservatives and is unfiltered, another two peculiarities that make a big difference. And last but not least comes the expertise of the master brewer, whose passion and skill give the finished product its unique flavour and identity.