Discovering the unusual Marche region

Late morning arrival of the group in in Ascoli Piceno. Free lunch along the way. In the early afternoon meeting with the guide for the visit of the historic center, with the Piazza del Popolo monumental center of the city dominated by the Palazzo dei Capitani. Visit to Piazza Arringo with rectangular shape, the oldest square of the city dominated by the Cathedral dedicated to Sant ‘Emidio and bordered on one side by the Bishop’s Palace and the Palazzo Comunale (also home to the Pinacoteca Civica). Group transfer to Porto San Giorgio, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning available for individual visits. Free lunch. In the early afternoon transfer of the group to Fermo city from the Roman footprint, visit the historic center, the Municipal Art Gallery that preserves interesting paintings of the Venetian and Marche school, and the Roman Cisterns fascinating complex of thirty underground environments connected to each other in order to collect and purify rainwater. Return to the hotel in Porto San Giorgio, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel, departure for Recanati; visit of the house and the Leopardi Library. The Palazzo Leopardi in Recanati overlooks the pitch that took its name from a famous opera by Giacomo “Il sabato del Villaggio”. The entire first floor, above the old cellars, is occupied by the famous Library, while the rest of the building is the private home of the family. The library houses more than 20,000 volumes, most of them collected and ordered by Monaldo Leopardi, Giacomo’s father. At the end of the tour transfer to Porto Recanati for lunch in a characteristic restaurant with a fish menu. In the afternoon transfer to Castelfidardo with the possibility of visiting the Accordion Museum, then the group can stop along the Conero Riviera to visit the pretty cities of Sirolo and Portonovo with the imposing Napoleonic fortress. In the evening arrival of the group in Fabriano, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight.

Meeting at 9.00 am at the Fountain in Piazza del Comune, guided description of the historic center starting from the cathedral (rebuilt in 1617 and dedicated to San Venanzo) Pojo, the Teatro Gentile, The Oratory of Charity, Sant’Onofrio and the Crypt of San Romualdo. Then through the medieval city guided tour of the Paper Museum and the Watermark in which the historical phases of handmade paper are illustrated. Free lunch. Free afternoon for individual activities. Evening dinner in a typical restaurant. Overnight in the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel, departure for Genga. Visit to the karst complex of the Frasassi Caves, a spectacle of exceptional beauty and stop at the abbey of San Vittore delle Chiuse, a small Romanesque jewel a few steps from the caves. Lunch in restaurant with tourist menu. In the afternoon departure of the group at the end of the services.