In the Marche countryside, roughly 25 miles from Ancona, Cingoli has just been named Italy’s Borgo dei Borghi for 2026. And believe us when we say that not many places embody so well a type of dwelling so typical of Italy: the hill town.
Cingoli is often called the Balcone delle Marche, or “the Balcony of the Marche,” and in this case, the phrase says exactly what it needs to say, if we consider that the village is set more than 1,900 feet above sea level, and looks out across a wide stretch of central Italy toward the Adriatic. On clear days, your eyes can see as far as Mount Conero. In a country as rich in scenic claims as ours, this one does not need much embellishment: Cingoli’s location on its own seems to be already reason enough to visit.
