Local and Regional useful websites
Ancona Province official website, some of which is in English.
Poggio San Marcello Comune information on the local scene (in Italian).
Senigallia Comune tourist site in English.
Colli Esini - (district of rural quality). Useful regional site in English.
Frasassi Caves spectacular caves at Genga near Fabriano well worth a visit (in English).

Festivals and Events (prodottitipici) - Website that gives an idea of the festivals and events going on in Marche each year. There are literally hundreds of festas and sagras all over the region throughout the year including Poggio San Marcello's 'Poggio in Flower' (April), 'Cena Giramondo', where foreigners (like us) produce their traditional home country dishes for a big international party held in early August. A great festival to visit is in nearby Serra de' Conti for the last weekend in November and Festa di Cicerchia (A type of chick pea) where there are dozens of cantinas and lots of entertainment going on.

Teatro Pergolesi – Website in English, and many other languages. Jesi's beautiful traditional theatre with a comprehensive opera and music program throughout the year. Celebrating 300th Anniversary of Giovanni Pergolesi 1710-2011. Events at other towns can be booked here too.



Teatro delle Muse of Ancona. Another wonderful theatre which hosts a variety of concerts and productions of international note. Website in English and Italian.

Little more than an hour away is Macerata where the Sferisiterio is located. It is second only to Verona for its high quality opera productions in the open air. Productions start in July until August. Also in Macerata is the Teatro Laura Rossi which also has acclaimed productions. (Did you know that the Marche region has more active theatres (76+) than any other region in Italy!).

For when you want to chill out at home: SKY Italia. Good satellite TV coverage with many news channels from USA, UK, Germany etc., plus lots of entertainment, film and sports channels most of which are broadcast in original language. A variety of package deals are on offer as are HD services.

Getting here

Airports and flights
Ancona Falconara Airport (Rafael Sanzio, named after Raffaello of Urbino). This local Regional airport was completely modernised and improved 5 years ago and has to be one of the easiest airports to arrive and depart from! – flights and information in English.

Ryanair direct flights (2hrs) are excellent from Ancona to London Stansted, who also fly to Dusseldorf (Weeze), Brussels, Alghero (Sardinia) and Trapani (Sicily) Airports. Air Dolomiti / (Lufthansa) fly to Munich and Alitalia to Rome Airport which allow for connections to USA and other international destinations. (English)
British Airways (Bologna) for worldwide flights and bookings. Bologna Airport for flights with BA and other airlines (English).
Rimini Airport for flights with Ryanair, Easyjet and others.

Cars and trains
Car Hire - all major international car hire companies are located at the airports and some larger places such as Ancona. For reasonable costs try the Hertz link on the Ryanair website.
Autostrada useful site in English with information on Italian Autostrada traffic and the Telepass autostrada toll system.
Trenitalia, a comprehensive site in English enabling booking of all train services.
ViaMichelin - excellent location map service and route mapping, in English (and other languages) and its FREE.
GoogleMaps - also good for route planning. Driving to Italy is pretty easy these days as motorways connect right across Europe and there are no custom barriers. Our two best routes have been via France or via Germany and Austria.


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