| Adriatic Amble – Coastal Le Marche Tour
Stroll, sunbathe, and swim along Le Marche’s 180km coastline, and enjoy its remarkable diversity of history, art, and culture, not to mention some of the best seafood in Italy.
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Ranks of umbrellas and chairs … secluded coves … limestone cliffs plunging down to turquoise waters … the Velvet Beach … green hills sloping down to cool ripples lapping onto wide sandy expanses … a promenade of 7,000 palm trees, including the world’s largest … |
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| History: |
Traces of humanity 100,000 years old … the ‘Tomb of the Queen’ … first- and second-century arches of stone and white Greek marble … Rome’s first Adriatic colony … a lifesize crucifix of mysterious origin … vestiges of an ancient maritime power … murder, conflict, destruction … Le Marche’s own Romeo and Juliet … |
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| Art & Architecture: |
One of Europe’s richest collections of ceramics … a glittering Baroque church … old masters (Lotto, Titian, Crivelli) and new brushtrokes … one of Italy’s only pure Romanesque churches … traces of Byzantium …one of Italy’s best-preserved medieval copper domes … a flourish of fountains … a balcony piazza … |
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| Culture & Food: |
Summer jazz … Rossini’s hometown celebrations … Italy’s oldest carnival … the Adriatic’s signature brodetto (fish soup) … award-winning vintages from the Conero slopes … peaceful passegiata … |
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