Marche
Urbino, Loreto and the Conero coast
At a glance
What the app holds for this region, counted from its own data.
- 16 towns
- 44 places to see
- 35 free to enter
- 7 festivals
- 5 places to see in UNESCO World Heritage sites
- 2 small towns with a ready-made walk
Top highlights in Marche
In the app each one opens as a reel of photos, with directions and a way to its town.
Palazzo Ducale
Urbino
One of the great buildings of the Italian Renaissance, home of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.
Photo: Urbino, palazzo ducale, facciata dei torricini 01 — gaspa, CC BY 2.0
Grotte di Frasassi
Genga
Karst caves under the Frasassi gorge, the first chamber tall and wide enough to hold Milan Cathedral.
Basilica della Santa Casa
Loreto
Marian shrine built around the Holy House, one of the most visited in the Catholic Church.
Photo: Santuario di loreto, facciata 01 — Sailko, CC BY 3.0
Cattedrale di Sant'Emidio
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno's cathedral on Piazza Arringo, with an 11th-century crypt built for the relics of its patron, Saint Emidius.
Photo: La Cattedrale di San Emidio in Ascoli Piceno Italy — Florian Prischl, Public domain
Rocca di Gradara
Gradara
Medieval fortress above a walled village, the setting the legend gives to Dante's Paolo and Francesca.
Photo: Gradara castle 01 — roadmap, CC BY 3.0
Monte Conero
Sirolo
A 572 m headland on the Adriatic coast, dark green with Mediterranean vegetation.
Photo: Blick auf den Monte Conero vom Panorama Balkon in Sirolo — Van de Schaufel, CC BY 4.0
Small towns to discover
Small towns worth the detour, each on a published list and each with a short walk. In the app each has a ready-made walk, one stop at a time, past the town's checked places.
- Gradara
- Sarnano
16 towns in the app
- Ancona
- Urbino
- Pesaro
- Fano
- Senigallia
- Ascoli Piceno
- Macerata
- Loreto
- Recanati
- Fermo
- Sirolo
- Gradara
- Genga
- Jesi
- San Benedetto del Tronto
- Sarnano