Art & Culture In Italy's Marche Region
Proof is seen in the price of accommodations, which start at a mere 30 Euros for a hotel or B&B room.
Marche’s coastal mountains, ranch lands, vineyards and beaches make it a central Italian version of the U.S. coastline north of San Francisco—except the villages are many centuries older.
This doesn’t mean you have to skip Florence, though Marche does offer the greatest density of museums and art galleries (400 in 239 towns) in Italy. There is also architecture, antiquities and artistic landmarks from the Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance eras.
Ascoli Piceno , a two and a half hour drive from Rome, is called “the town of marble,” but the fortress-like old town—crowned by 50 towers—is actually built of travertine The Renaissance art and architecture is impressive. The biggest crowds come for the Quintana festival in August, when 1,400 Italians in Renaissance attire march in a parade, followed by jousting. Yes, jousting! The town’s history is celebrated in quieter ways, too. During my visit, a local dance troupe rehearsed on the stage of the Ventidio Basso , a neoclassical theater honeycombed with five tiers of boxes once reserved for the town’s families. Smaller but just as intriguing is another fortress-like town to the north: the medieval hilltop borough of Serra San Quirico . Cobblestone paths and alleys wind past small, stone-and-brick apartments, where many senior residents look as if they’ve never left. There are two churches, one of them a high Baroque beauty filled with frescoes, golf-leaf statues and a 1675 organ. Romanesque high walls and turrets once used for defense against invaders tower above, with clotheslines cast between windows like fishing lines. Surrounding the town are fig orchards, sheep-covered hills and a forest still crawling with wolves. The town comes alive in July with the Pinocchio-inspired Toyland festival, and in December, when 100 nativity scenes come to life.
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While most tourists visiting the Italian countryside head to Tuscany, a few smart travelers aim for the region next door. It's called Italy's Marche region (or “Regione Marche” in Italian). It has a beautiful Adriatic coastline and an equally-rich
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This post will be the first of what I hope will be plenty more useful blog posts for those planning to visit the Maremma. But don’t worry if you’re an armchair traveller, I’ve included plenty of beautiful pictures too!
Anyway, I have friends coming to visit me soon. They’re from my home country, Australia, so they don’t know anything about the different accommodation options in the Maremma. Naturally, I thought I’d help them out.
Choosing an accommodation in the Maremma isn’t just about finding a place to sleep. You can really miss out on so much of the beauty and charm of this Tuscan region if you settle for any old hotel. How, you ask? Because almost all of the Maremma’s B&Bs and agriturismi are run by locals looking to impart the flavour and colour of their home towns onto their guests.
Hotels are the best option if you’re without a car or just visiting a gorgeous city like Massa Marittima. For anything else, you can’t go past an agriturismo . A very Tuscan concept, these are working farms, usually vineyards or olive farms, with comfortable, country-style rooms or apartments for guests. They’re a lot cheaper than private apartments and far less isolated.
They’re also, without a doubt, the most beautiful accommodation you can get in the Maremma. The view is always spectacular. The ambiance is the sort of peaceful, country tranquility you’d expect from a farm. The owners are affable and welcoming. And the meals are divine – usually made from products grown on the farm and other locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
The other bonus to staying at an agriturismo is that they’re very family friendly. Pools, horse-riding lessons, petting zoos, bike rentals, fishing – agriturismi have endless activities to keep the kid’s amused. And while the kids are being entertained, you can indulge in a wine tasting tour, cheese-making lesson or just romantic walk around the property.
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