Marche: Insider guides (Ultimi inserimenti)

We organize guided tastings of local food and wines or a fully blown theme dinner.

Important Adriatic port. Visit San Ciriaco, the Anziani Palace, National Museum of the Marche, the Passetto, the "Fountain of 13 Spouts", Trajan's Arch, the Vanvitelli jetty. About 45 minutes driving from the Castle

Numerous altarpieces in the Marche region of Della Robbia glazed terracotta, one of Fra Mattia's production is the Coronation of Virgin dated back to 1527-1530, located in the collegiate church of S. Maria Assunta in Montecassiano.

Abandoned medieval town is a place of incredible charm and history while preserving the location unmistakable aspects of a medieval fortress, while remaining few traces of fortifications, such as walls or towers.

Pitino, with its church and its tower, dating back to 600 BC one of the most important places of the central Italic, if not the only, then federated with Rome. In a dominant position offers an incredibly beautiful landscape.

If you tasted our cuisine, join Villa Chicci's hands-on regional cooking course!

An amazing first hand experience of joining the truffle hunter and his dog as they weave their way through the woods in search of truffles. Followed by a hands-on cooking class using your newly found truffles as the main ingredient.

September and October the villa's Salone delle Tempere hosts concerts linked to the Ascoli Piceno Festival, becoming the temple of music!

A place dedicated to peace, meditation, contemplation and meditative art and where you can pacify the mind and body and balance the energies in an atmosphere of wabi -natural- and sabi -transient beauty.

At La Greppia of Montemaggiore to Metauro: cuisine of the Marche, rich in taste, baking in a wood oven, pizza, pastry baked on stone piada cold cuts coming from the farm's family.

The Le Marche region is ideal for touring around the beautiful countryside in a vintage fiat 500. It's known for its diversity of landscape. Around every corner you'll find a picture postcard view, fields of sunflowers, hill top towns...

In a magical place, between the beautiful hills of the Marche, to welcome a beautiful cottage, trocverete outside the scents of the open country, within the warmth of other times and beautiful sunsets will envelop you.

The flora and fauna of the Sibillini embody the "wild spirit" that makes every experience of these mountains unforgettable. From Pilato Lake to Lame Rosse to go even at the top of the Vettore mountain.

Orciani bags in Fano, Piero Guidi in Urbino, Dirk Bikkemberg in Fano, Freeport in Pesaro, Tod's and Hogan in Civitanova, Simonetta and Fendi kids in Jesi

Fish cuisine in the port of Civitanova Marche

Typical cuisine of Marche, prepared with home grown and locally sourced ingredients

The environment is particularly impressive, with the outline of the mountains around the body of water that is reflected in the lake in many colors.

As every year during the first week of August, the town of Senigallia is transformed and becomes the stage of the Summer Jamboree, an International Festival focused on the culture and music of the forties and fifties.

Trekking in the Sibillini Park one day, sailing along the coast to see the Due Sorelle beach and the caves of Frasassi the next...

Explore the medieval villages in Marche, from Montelupone to Morrovalle, passing by the Abbey of Fiastra, the Basilica of Santa Maria a Piè in Chienti and the Sanctuary of Loreto

Earth, Water, Fire and Soul. These are the elements of the master potters of Appignano handing down this tradition for more than 500 years. Approach the world of ceramics by visiting the workshops of master potters and their works.

What better way to pass a morning or afternoon than to spend it learning to cook traditional Italian dishes. Using local, fresh Marchigiani ingredients, you will learn the basics of making and shaping pasta, rolling out your own gnocchi a

Follow the cyclepaths along the seafront and the banks of the river Chienti, pedaling past the old fishermen's cottages and up into the higher part of the town. Feeling fit? Cycle all the way along the coast of Marche!

The nearest beaches of Porto Recanati and Porto Potenza, not so far you can get to Numana and Sirolo visiting the beautiful villages and pebble beaches or move to Portonovo zone, immersed in the Natural Reserve of Monte Conero.

Arena Sferisterio,a huge neoclassical arena erected in the 1820s today is a unique theatrical architecture.According to the most famous opera singers and the outdoor theater with the best acoustics in Italy.50°Season from 18/7 to 10/8 2014.

One hour by car from the Castle. Artistic and University centre, birthplace of Bramante and Raphael. Visit the Montefeltro family's Palazzo Ducale, the Marche National Gallery, Raphael's house, the "Raphael College" where G. Pascoli studied

Poltrona Frau is a historic brand in the production of furniture. Famous for its sofas and armchairs, Poltrona Frau is popular also for beds, tables and chairs and lighting.

Urbino, Fano, Pesaro, Gradara, Conero, Urbania, Fabriano, Corinaldo, Grotte di Frasassi, Loreto, Ancona, ecc...

Learn to establish a contact with the soil and yourself in the green area that surrounds Villa Cicchi: it's yoga time with us!

Small walled ancient village. Visit the picture gallery, the S. Maria Goretti's birthplace, the Palazzo dei Priori, the "Fonte Grande", old restored wash. 5 minutes driving from the Castle.