New Year’s Eve between Marche and Umbria – Between beautiful landscapes and pleasures of food and wine

Arrive in Fabriano, welcome by our staff and hotel accommodation in private rooms. Meeting with the guide for the visit of the Paper and Filigree Museum that handed down the centuries-old tradition of paper production and makes Fabriano a unique city in Europe. Walking through the city we will arrive at the Oratorio della Carità, a small jewel in the heart of the city where you can admire frescoes and gildings that reproduce the seven Works of Mercy Spiritual and Corporal. In the town square there are the Sturinalto fountain, symbol of the city, the Gentile Theatre, among the most beautiful between Romagna and Marche, is known and appreciated for its extraordinary internal structure and excellent acoustics. Dinner in a typical tavern. Return to the hotel and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure for a visit to the spectacular Frasassi Caves, an underground world characterized by a succession of salt, tunnels and small crystallized lakes. Not far from this natural spectacle is the Abbey of San Vittore alle Chiuse, one of the most important Romanesque churches in the Marche region. A place of worship surrounded by greenery, where architecture and the environment blend in total harmony, transmitting a sense of deep peace and tranquility. Stop for lunch in a restaurant in the heart of the Gola della Rossa Park. Transfer to Jesi, meeting with the guide and sightseeing. The itinerary will start from Porta Valle where you can see the medieval walls. Through a network of small streets and alleys you will arrive in the historic center. The first stop is the Palazzo Pianetti Museum where the paintings of Lorenzo Lotto and other interesting works of art are preserved. A special mention goes to the stucco gallery, in Rococo style and to the Halls of the Aeneid. At the end, visit the Teatro G. Battista Pergolesi, the Duomo and the outside of the Palazzo Biblioteca Planettiana. Free time for individual activities and shopping in the decorated old town. Return to Fabriano in the hotel. New Year’s Eve dinner in a historic eighteenth-century villa enlivened by live music and delighted by the flavors of a refined menu.

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Gubbio, the oldest town in Umbria Meeting with the guide and visit of this city that over the centuries has jealously preserved its medieval appearance reflected both in the appearance of the buildings and in the structure of the streets. We will visit Piazza Grande, Palazzo dei Consoli, Palazzo Pretorio, Palazzo Ducale and Palazzo Bargello where you can see the “Porta del Morto”, an architectural element typical of the Umbrian and Marche villages from which according to legend the coffins of the dead passed. Lunch in the restaurant. In the afternoon we will reach the Basilica of Sant’Ubaldo by cable car that leads from the historic center to Mount Igino. While traveling we could enjoy the panoramic view of the rooftops of Gubbio and the surrounding countryside. The Basilica, built on pre-existing medieval buildings, was enlarged at the beginning of the sixteenth century, when the construction of the convent and the cloister dates back. The sober simplicity of the exterior is contrasted by the richness of the interior with five naves and a semicircular apse. At the end possibility of a short walk in the historic center. End of services