EU Sky Route star tourism

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In & Over EU Sky Route star tourism

Overview In & Over

Tour Italy’s beautiful Marche region on the Adriatic Sea on this thrilling seven-day SkyRoute tour. Your stay will see you soaking up the region’s culture through its history, art and poetry, nature and cuisine as well as the sky and stars. Sample the local cuisine, explore the birthplaces of some of Italy’s most celebrated artists and study the skies from a different observatory every single night of your SkyRoute.

Astronomical delights

A different observatory every night The In & Over tour has been planned to incorporate a different observatory every night, each in the proximity of the night’s hotel.

Memorable sites

Napoleon’s castles Scale the hill to reach an observatory located in the middle of Napoleon’s castle. It was built around 1810 to de- fend the city from Austrian and English attack.

Artistic roots Your week sees you visit the birthplaces of some of the region’s most famous creative talents. From Italian re- naissance city Urbino, Jesi home of Raffaello Sanzio who painted Madonna with Child to Pesaro, where Giacomo Rossini, composer of the Barber of Seville, was born. Discover , home of poet Giocomo Leopardi with a private library of 14,000 books. And even the birthplace of German Emperor Federico II.

Endless landscapes

Sibilla’s mountain The fifth day of your Italian SkyRoute tour takes you to a mountain national park, featuring the fascinating Sibil- la’s Mountain as well as the source of the River Aso.

Coastal charms Your SkyRoute culminates with a tour of some of the small, pretty villages built on the coast and up on the hills to defend the nation from the Saracens (from Turkey and Lebanon). EU Sky Route Italy star tourism

Places to stay

Apolimeni Petra, Cholomonta Hotel Tesoro *** (5 km from Serrapetrona)

Hotel City *** Via Matteotti n. 12, Agriturismo La Cittadella dei Monti Sibillini, Mon- temonaco Hotel Promenade *** Vviale Trieste 115, Pesaro Hotel Valdaso *** Via Valdaso 26, Pedaso Hotel Mariani *** Via Orfanotrofio 12, Jesi Hotel Europa *** Via Sentino 3, Torrette, Ancona

Places to eat

Il Passero Solitario, Trattoria Mirella, Via Gherarducci 5, Recanati Via del Conero n. 12, Ancona Agriturismo La Cittadella dei Monti Sibillini, Antica Osteria da la Stella, Montemonaco; Via S. Margherita, 1, Urbino Ristorante Astoria, La Rincrocca, Viale Vittorio Veneto 8, Fermo Vicolo della Pace 3, Jesi Alice’s restaurant, Viale della Vittoria n. 36, Ancona

Itinerary

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 Ancona - visit city castlesPesaro observatory Jesi observatory Serrapetrona observatoryPedaso observatory S.Elpidio observatory CEDESAncona observatory