| Highlights of Le Marche Tour
Visiting the region’s premier destinations, this tour provides a sumptuous sampling of Le Marche’s alluring gems. Here are some examples of what’s likely to be on the itinerary:
| Urbino: |
Symbol of the Renaissance … the ideal city … Piero della Francesca, Titian … Raphael’s humble abode … steep and narrow streets little changed from 500 years ago … Michelangelo’s favourite cheese … |
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| Ascoli Piceno: |
Queen of the south … breathtaking travertine piazzas … a forest of towers … art and architecture spanning centuries and styles … antique fairs and medieval jousts … proud Piceno history … |
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| Macerata: |
The largest stage in Europe and a magnificent neoclassical open-air arena … one of the country’s finest collections of 20th century Italian art … a Baroque study built from Roman stone … Bonnie Prince Charlie’s wedding … one of Italy’s oldest universities … |
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| Jesi: |
“Little Milan of the Marches” … the Stupor Mundi’s “special city” … flamboyant Rococo … Lorenzo Lotto masterpieces … verdant freshness of world-class wines … |
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| Ancona: |
Trajan’s enduring legacy … Byzantine influence … Greek temple in a medieval cathedral … 3,000 years of history … old masters and fresh brushstrokes … murmurings of the muses … the Adriatic’s signature fish dish … a flourish of fountains … |
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