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Perugia: Galleria Nazionale & Ristorante La Taverna
The capital of Umbria, Perugia is a spectacular hilltop town with a compact historic centre and rambling maze of charming medieval streets, exceptional museums and unique archeological treasures....
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Siena Duomo, Baptistry & Taverna di San Giuseppe
In Siena the architecture soars and lifts your soul. This is Italy before the Renaissance, magically transported to the modern day. With its narrow streets and steep alleys, a Gothic Duomo, a bounty of...
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Todi & Ristorante Umbria: A Journey Through Time
One of Umbria's most beautiful hill towns, Todi, is perched high up in the mountains with spectacular views in every direction. Reached by an exciting drive through winding roads and hairpin turns,...
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Volterra: Tuscany's Medieval City of Wind and Stone
Volterra's well-preserved medieval ramparts give the windswept town a proud, forbidding air that author Stephanie Meyer deemed ideal for the vampire coven in her wildly popular Twilight book series. On...
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L'Angolo di Mario in Pesaro: Overlooking the Adriatic
Overlooking the sparkling turquoise Adriatic Sea on a glorious day of blue skies and warm sunshine, L'Angolo di Mario was the absolutely perfect restaurant to launch our arrival in Le Marche after our...
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Castello di Monterado: 18th-Century Boutique Hotel
A charming boutique hotel nestled in the hills of Le Marche in the small village of Monterado, Castello di Monterado is a restored 18th-century palace built on the foundations of an 11th-century...
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Uliassi: Sensational Michelin Star Seafood in Senigallia
Over the last decade Uliassi has earned a reputation for being one of the finest seafood restaurants in Italy. Located on the 'spiaggia di velluto', the white velvety beach of Senigallia, Uliassi first...
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Majestic Urbino: Cradle of the Renaissance
Over the 'Alpe della Luna' towards a distant sea lies majestic Urbino, nestled between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic. Once a centre of learning and culture almost without rival in Western...
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La Nicchia Ristoro Rurale: Traditional Marche Cuisine
Recommended by Orlando at Castello di Monterado as a small local restaurant serving authentic Marche cuisine, we wend our way through the lovely rolling rural landscape of the Terre di Fratulla,...
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Caffè Meletti: An Art Nouveau Gem in Ascoli Piceno
Set within an elegant neoclassical arcade on the Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, Caffè Meletti is one of the most famous and beautiful historic cafés in Italy. Founded in 1904, it quickly became an...
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Ascoli Piceno: A Renaissance City of Marble
One of the most beautiful squares in all of Italy, the Piazza del Popolo in the heart of Ascoli Piceno is paved with gleaming travertine and bordered by Renaissance porticoes, and is the setting for...
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La Torre Numana: Seafood on the Riviera del Cornero
With spectacular views over the Adriatic and the Riviera del Cornero, La Torre Numana is considered to be one of the best seafood restaurants in Le Marche. Perched on a hillside in the the historic...
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Al Cuoco di Bordo: Senigallia Seafood on the Adriatic
One of the most popular seaside resorts on the Adriatic Coast with its thirteen kilometres of velvety white 'Spiaggia di Velluto', Senigallia enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a gourmet destination,...
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Santa Casa di Loreto: The Marian Heart of Christianity
Safely hidden on top of a hill, under the dome of the Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto, within a magnificently decorated marble shrine, stands a little house which, according to legend, is the very...
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Ristorante Dario in Porto Recanati: Love at First Bite
Tucked away in a charming red and cream house on the beach at Porto Recanti is Ristorante Dario, which has been run by the same family for three generations. Started as a small wooden beach bar almost...
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Palazzo Leti: A Luxury Historic Residence in Spoleto
Set on a quiet street in the heart of Spoleto’s historic centre, Palazzo Leti dates back to the 13th-century when it was home to the aristocratic Leti family for more than 300 years. Although first...
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Spoleto: Roman Spoleteum & Ristorante Sabatini
A magnificent mix of remnants from its Roman and medieval pasts, Spoleto’s history actually goes back further to the Bronze Age with the Umbri, who built walls around their settlement in the 5th...
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Ristorante Apollinare in the Historic Heart of Spoleto
Standing on the Roman foundations of a 12th-century Franciscan monastery in the historic heart of Spoleto, Ristorante Apollinare is considered to be the best restaurant in town. Wonderfully intimate...
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Paolo's Pollo Giallo dell'Umbria: An Umbrian Feast
One of the true pleasures of renting a house or villa in Italy, are the golden opportunities to shop in local markets and being able to feast on the culinary rewards of cooking in the comfort of your...
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Guy's Wood-Fired Umbrian Pizza Margherita
One of the most romantic visions of renting a villa in Italy is the promise of making homemade pizza in an authentic wood fired oven. Blessed with quite possibly the most handsome pizza oven in all of...
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