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D!"вr M'(e *+, marche region 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS - Marche Region 1 DAY: BOLOGNA – PESARO of the most beautiful landscape on the Adratic D’Annunzio. An itinerary that is even more magic Arrival in Bologna and departure to discover Sea. Driving along panoramic street, within San and special when the evening comes and the Marche Region and its first city of the itinerary: Bartolo Natural park, you’ll reach Fiorenzuola di “rocca” becomes a poetic, natural frame for all the Pesaro, a noble seaside town on the Adriatic Focara, a little medieval hamlet nestle between lovers. At the end of the visit come back to Pesaro. Sea. Accommodation at Excelsior Hotel, the the blue of the sea and the lush vegetation Possibility of shopping in the boutique of the city first 5 stars Boutique Hotel in Marche. Dinner especially in spring when everywhere pervade centre. Dinner free. Overnight at hotel. at 59 Restaurant, sea view restaurant, where the yellow and the fragrance of the brooms. Even it’s possible to taste gourmet menu inspired by though Fiorenzuola di Focara is a little village 3 DAY: PESARO - URBINO – PESARO traditional Marche food and wine. Overnight. overlooking the sea, Dante Alighieri mentioned Breakfast. Departure to Urbino, “Cradle of it in “Divina Commedia poem, Inferno cant”. Renaissance” or “The Perfect City”, a real treasure 2 DAY: PESARO - SAN BARTOLO PARK - Lunch in a typical fisherman tavern to taste the suspended on a hill. Guided walking tour of the FIORENZUOLA – GRADARA - PESARO famous “Brodetto” like a soup made with the historical centre, World Heritage of Unesco, Breakfast. Guided walking tour of Pesaro Adriatic Sea fishes. In the afternoon departure characterized by its streets called “piole” that to discover the city of Gioacchino Rossini to Gradara, the small medieval village, famous for run up and down to the city, surrounded by composer and of Ceramics. The tour starts from the tragedy of the two lovers Paolo e Francesca architectural masterpieces. The visit begins from Arnaldo Pomodoro Sphere and Villino Ruggeri, that was commemorated by Dante Alighieri in his the historic centre, made up of a tight urban rare example of Art Nouveau style in Italy and poem Divina Commedia. Guided visit of Gradara fabric with suggestive spaces which surrounded continues in the heart of the city with the visit Castle and its walled village, representing one of the ducal residence: the Rampa of Giorgio Martini of Rossini House, in which lithographs, paintings, the medieval structures better conserved in Italy (helical flight), Renaissance Square, the famous caricatures, manuscripts of the famous composer and also one of the most imposing, with its long façade of “Torricini” from where you can enjoy a are exposed, the Cathedral with its mosaics (IV walls of over 800 meters and the high “mastio” wonderful sight from the Fortress of Albornoz. The and VI sec), the Museum of ceramics, Rossini dominating the wonderful valley where the castle center of town is dominated by the Ducal Palace: Conservatory and Theatre. We would like to inform rise up. Gradara is a fairy-tale place, where art an out-and-out city inside the city, expression of you that every year during August month in Pesaro and legend join together to tell us secrets and the genius Duke Federico of Montefeltro, as well as will take place the Rossini Opera Festival bringing histories of the Middle Age, like the most famous birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and painters internationally famous singers and musicians to of Paolo and Francesca’s love, sung by poets of such as Raffaello Sanzio and Piero della Francesca. the city. At the end of the visit, departure to one all times such as Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio and The itinerary inside the palace will focus on the “.a, 1, 3456, 't, 89:e ; <= >=. ”FнÎsפOA *+, … 3C D Bologna REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO EMILIA- ROMAGNA san bartolo park Gradara Pesaro adriatic sea Urbino Ancona TUSCANY MARCHE Loreto Recanati Macerata frasassi UMBRIA Fabriano Cupra Marittima San Benedetto del Tronto monti sibillini national park Ascoli Piceno ABRUZZO Rome LAZIO explanation of the masterpieces of the National its bags and clothes. Come back to Pesaro. Dinner of them, combined with one or more wines for the Gallery of Marche, passing through various places: not included. Overnight at hotel. different courses. After lunch the “Conero Tour” the Court of Honour, the Duke’s Apartment, continues visiting different hamlets, Portonovo, Duke’s Studio, the Duchess’s Apartment, the 4 DAY: PESARO - ANCONA – PARK OF CONERO Numana, Sirolo everyone with its peculiarities. Basements, ect. The neoclassical cathedral seems MOUNT AND ITS HAMLETS After the visit, return to Ancona. Accommodation to be an extension of the Duke’s Palace, from here Breakfast. Departure to visit Ancona and its main at Passetto Grand Hotel, a 4-star hotel in 10 minutes you are in the heart of the city, in remarkable monuments of the town: San Ciriaco overlooking the sea. Dinner in restaurant to taste Repubblica square, the meeting place of many Cathedral, the ruins of a roman amphitheatre, the the typical “Stoccafisso all’anconetana” (stockfish students who attend the University Carlo Bo (one Palace of the Elders, the Church of San Francesco and Adriatic seafood). Overnight. of the older in Italy). Lunch in a characteristic alle Scale, the Church of San Domenico, the Teatro restaurant in S. Francesco square, to taste typical delle Muse, the Palazzo Ferretti, the Government 5 DAY: ANCONA – FRASASSI - FABRIANO - product like Crescia Sfogliata, Cappelletti or Palace, the Romanesque church of Santa Maria ANCONA Casciotta of Urbino. From the square, going up to della Piazza, the Loggia dei Mercanti and the Breakfast. Departure to Frasassi for visiting the the hill you come to the Raphael house, where he Fountain of the Thirteen Spouts. Departure enchanting caves, one of the most beautiful was born. Son of the painter and writer Giovanni to Regional Park of Conero Mount, a natural stalactites and stalagmites complex in Europe. Santi, gave him the first painting techniques along preserved oasis of 5.800 hectares, where the A walk of about 1h15 minutes brings you in a with the ideals of the Renaissance, learned in the blue of the sea, the green and yellow of the hills fabulous hidden world through different and scholarly court of Montefeltro. The interior has are protagonists. The Conero area is well-know for unique halls. At the end of the visit departure been furnished from the Accademia Raffaello the production of wine, called Rosso Conero. Visit to Fabriano, the paper city and birthplace of the that has its headquarters here, including works of an important winery, awarded several times for famous painter Gentile da Fabriano. Guided visit of art by artists more or less known stands the its wines production by prominent leaders such as of Paper Museum and at the major monuments: famous “Madonna con il bambino” attributed Gambero Rosso, Veronelli, Slow Food. Guided tour Palazzo del Podestà, Teatro Gentile, Portico dei to the young Raphael. The tour continues to to the vineyards and the cellars , where the grapes Vasari, Oratorio della Carità. The typical product Albornoz Fortress to take panoramic pictures become wine, to relive along the way, the entire of Fabriano is “Salame”: This noble cured meat, to the unforgettable Urbino. Departure to Piero history lived for centuries from these places. under protection of slow food organization, is Guidi Outlet, famous brand all over the world for Lunch in the winery agritourism to taste a km “0” made with the most prized cut of pork, the thigh, menu, using only their seasonal products or most and was even mentioned in a letter signed by 27 D!"вr M'(e *+, pesaro, colle san bartolo Giuseppe Garibaldi himself. A few years earlier, Symbol of the city is the Sferisterio, a neoclassic Oreste Marcoaldi, an intellectual from the Marche, building desired from the Macerata’s nobles, for 7 DAY: ASCOLI PICENO – CUPRA MARITTIMA – wrote, “The salame is a specialty of Fabriano, the game of “Pallone a bracciale” and at the same SAN BENEDETTO like “Mortadella” in Bologna and “Zampone in time an arena for bullfighting, hunting the bull, Breakfast. Guided visit of Ascoli Piceno and Modena.” Taste of this historical product in a local which was very popular in the State Papal States. its fascinating centre entirely built with the small shop with other typical area product. Come Over the years Sferisterio lost its original sport ivory-white colour of the local travertine: from back to the hotel. Dinner not included. Overnight. use to become an arena for opera music. The the aristocrat buildings to churches, squares Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida was the first opera staged and streets, private homes. Travertine stone is 6 DAY: LORETO – RECANATI – MACERATA – in 1921. In this wonderful location every year not easy to work, but the skilled artisans have ASCOLI PICENO the summer lyric season with important operas managed it to create beautiful decorations Breakfast. Tour to Loreto, one of the major like Aida, Traviata and Tosca takes place. Guided for precious portals, rosettes and mullioned pilgrimage destination in the world for the biggest walking tour of the medieval town to admire the windows. The tour continues to an enchanting Marian Shrine in Italy. After the visit of the Basilica, Cathedral, the beautiful baroque Lauro Rosso place, where the time seems to stand still. Cupra departure to Recanati, one of the most popular Theatre and Palazzo Brancorsini Buonaccorsi with Marittima, a small village on the sea, hides within town in Marche Region, because the birthplace coaches museum. After the visit, departure to its countryside street, one of the most important of Giacomo Leopardi, one of the most important Ascoli Piceno.