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A few steps from the central streets of Ancona, one of the most beautiful and unique places in Italy – at the base of the white cliffs of Conero, is Passetto, a gorgeous rocky beach that extends for about a kilometer. Rather surprisingly there are also more than 100 caves tucked into the rocky shore here. These caves were excavated in the late 1800...

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The Conero Rivera e Colli dell'Infinito is the ideal place if you are looking for an immersive experience among villages, sea and nature. The various resorts wind between the long coastline and the hinterland, revealing unique places to explore and experience in the round. The beaches, nature trails, and villages show the beauty of this vast territ...

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Quale sarà la Capitale italiana della cultura 2022? A chi passerà il testimone Parma, che, causa pandemia, terrà  in mano il titolo un anno in più del previsto? La corsa è vicina al traguardo: oggi e domani si tengono le audizioni delle 10 città finaliste e lunedì dovrebbe arrivare la decisione del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per...

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Marche is a hilly region in central Italy. The name of the region derives from the plural name of “marca”, originally referring to the medieval March of Ancona where the region at that time was a border or buffer zone between the Church and the Empire around 1100. Urbino, one of Marche’s major cities, was the birthplace of Raphael, as well as a maj...

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A 60-year-old Italian woman did just that during a procedure to remove a tumour from her left temporal lobe. The neurosurgeon at Ancona's Riuniti hospital said the two and a half hour procedure "went very well". His patient is said to have prepared 90 olives in the space of an hour. Awake brain surgery, as it is known, is used to treat some neurolo...

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Museo Omero is a tactile museum in Ancona, Italy, and one of the few places in the world where the knowledge of art is transmitted not through sight but through touch. The museum aims to help the visually impaired to experience art but its unique multi-sensory exhibition is accessible to everyone. Established in 1993, the innovative museum hosts va...

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Spring time is the right time to go on a city break, to enjoy the art, history and food of Italian towns at better prices than the high season and at a time where you may find less crowds. Here are five Italian cities we picked from north to south and from the islands, which also offer attractions nearby to go further explore the countryside or the...

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AmCham Italy espande il proprio network con la nomina di un nuovo Rappresentante Locale: Letizia Urbani, Direttore Generale di Meccano Spa, verrà ufficialmente nominata Rappresentante Locale del Chapter Marche in occasione di un incontro che si terrà ad Ancona mercoledì 28 giugno, organizzato da AmCham in collaborazione con Regione Marche e Meccano...

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Oggi vi raccontiamo la storia di Filotea. Ma state tranquilli...nessuna reminescenza di storia greca antica. Filotea, ai giorni nostri; è una piccola realtà artigiana nel cuore delle Marche nata nel 2004 con la volontà di fare la pasta allo stesso modo di come la si faceva una volta. La pasta all'uovo Filotea viene infatti realizzata secondo l'ant...

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Once brought to Loreto, Mary's plain house was nestled inside a sumptuous marble shell, the masterpiece of a Renaissance genius.   Pope Julius II had it designed by Donato Bramante in 1509, but it took no less than seventy years to complete it – employing the talent of Andrea Sansovino, Ranieri Nerucci, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and ma...

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