Marche: Insider guides (Ultimi inserimenti)

The environment is particularly impressive, with the outline of the mountains around the body of water that is reflected in the lake in many colors.

Typical cuisine of Marche, prepared with home grown and locally sourced ingredients

Pitino, with its church and its tower, dating back to 600 BC one of the most important places of the central Italic, if not the only, then federated with Rome. In a dominant position offers an incredibly beautiful landscape.

Poltrona Frau is a historic brand in the production of furniture. Famous for its sofas and armchairs, Poltrona Frau is popular also for beds, tables and chairs and lighting.

One hour by car from the Castle. Artistic and University centre, birthplace of Bramante and Raphael. Visit the Montefeltro family's Palazzo Ducale, the Marche National Gallery, Raphael's house, the "Raphael College" where G. Pascoli studied

Turn your vacation into a photographic safari in Marche, hunting out the perfect shot thanks the technics learnt during the course held at Villa Cicchi!

Famous Moreno Cedroni's Restaurant (he is the 2 Michelin stars and 3 Forks Gambero Rosso chef) just 22 km from the Castle that has brought an avant-gardist spirit to the Italian cuisine focused mostly on fish.

A one week guided walking tour designed to showcase the best of this undiscovered part of Italy. You will meet like-minded people and, each day, be guided through a different part of the glorious Sibillini Mountains and its surrounding

Legumes of Appignano are the bean Solfì and chickpea Oak, pulses originating in the territory appignanese, recovered, maintained in the purity and grown by local farmers.A path to enhance the excellence of the typical products of Marches.

An amazing three day expedition on the mountains of Piceno: climbing, trekking and much more activities to share together!

Guests of all ages will love Civitanova's Sailing Club, the beaches dotted along the Adriatic coast, and the crystal clear water of Monte Conero.

At La Greppia of Montemaggiore to Metauro: cuisine of the Marche, rich in taste, baking in a wood oven, pizza, pastry baked on stone piada cold cuts coming from the farm's family.

The velvet Adriatic beach, famous for tourist facilities and cultural events. 15 minutes by car from the Castle. Visit the Palazzetto Baviera, the recently restored Rocca Roveresca, the Duca palace, the Croce church, the Ercolani porticoes.

Earth, Water, Fire and Soul. These are the elements of the master potters of Appignano handing down this tradition for more than 500 years. Approach the world of ceramics by visiting the workshops of master potters and their works.

September and October the villa's Salone delle Tempere hosts concerts linked to the Ascoli Piceno Festival, becoming the temple of music!

If you like music, you'll love Macerata's summer opera festival, staged in the Sferisterio arena!

Traditional food, homemade pasta, olive oil of their own production, situated in the green hills of the Marche countryside.

If you tasted our cuisine, join Villa Chicci's hands-on regional cooking course!

A place dedicated to peace, meditation, contemplation and meditative art and where you can pacify the mind and body and balance the energies in an atmosphere of wabi -natural- and sabi -transient beauty.

Orciani bags in Fano, Piero Guidi in Urbino, Dirk Bikkemberg in Fano, Freeport in Pesaro, Tod's and Hogan in Civitanova, Simonetta and Fendi kids in Jesi

Small walled ancient village. Visit the picture gallery, the S. Maria Goretti's birthplace, the Palazzo dei Priori, the "Fonte Grande", old restored wash. 5 minutes driving from the Castle.

One of most beautiful coastal areas of the Marche Region; the Sirolo beach with its characteristic "resounding rocks" and the "two sisters", reef rocks in front of the Conero promontory. About one hour driving from the Castle.

Typical specialties of Marche, in a rustic chic restaurant

The nearest beaches of Porto Recanati and Porto Potenza, not so far you can get to Numana and Sirolo visiting the beautiful villages and pebble beaches or move to Portonovo zone, immersed in the Natural Reserve of Monte Conero.

The donkey is a perfect partner to know our territory and to tell us of forgotten trades, the donkey invites us curious to play with simplicity, the donkey, in short, teaches us through the proverbial slowness.

This Osteria 7 km away from the Castle, has long been renowned for its fish specialties in le Marche style, located in one of the most scenic areas of the province, and a few km from Senigallia. Fresh fish always.

Numerous altarpieces in the Marche region of Della Robbia glazed terracotta, one of Fra Mattia's production is the Coronation of Virgin dated back to 1527-1530, located in the collegiate church of S. Maria Assunta in Montecassiano.

What better way to pass a morning or afternoon than to spend it learning to cook traditional Italian dishes. Using local, fresh Marchigiani ingredients, you will learn the basics of making and shaping pasta, rolling out your own gnocchi a

The restaurant is a converted country house, very characteristic is the destination for all gourmets who want to indulge in the local food, in summer you can eat outdoors, enjoying the cool of the wonderful pergola.

Trekking in the Sibillini Park one day, sailing along the coast to see the Due Sorelle beach and the caves of Frasassi the next...