Our region is such a beauty that we say that one of our hobbys is to travel around the region for the sake of admiration towards it. Every now and then we discover also some hidden treasures, and this was the case of Isabelle and Erik’s latest discovery: the Benedictine Read more…
My first “field trip” after a very long time was at the beginning of 2021 with Isabelle. Finally I got to see my beautiful hills again! We decided to drive to Loretello, one of the “castles” of Arcevia. You know when they say that the path is sometimes more surprising Read more…
Our discovery tour through the walled villages of Arcevia continues! After Nidastore, Caudino, Castiglioni and Avacelli, it’s time for the picturesque Palazzo. Do you remember how we previously said that the walled villages were nowadays very different among each other, but very often situated on top of a hill? Well, Read more…
A novel set in a fictional location in Le Marche, in Belmonte. But right afterthe first pages it struck how the landscape looked familiar: is the author describing Moie? Fabriano? Senigallia? Not only the landscape, but also the descriptions of weather and storms and the people look so real and Read more…
Some time ago, we started to introduce 2 of the 9 “Castles” of Arcevia, Caudino and Nidastore. Since Christmas season has already started, we would like to talk about another of these “castles”: Castiglioni. This hamlet gives, indeed, its best with “Presepe dei Presepi” festivals; a display of nativity scenes Read more…
Arcevia is amongst the most famous villages in our region. The secret is that it is not only a village that we are referring to, rather 9 small walled villages – castelli in Italian – (we explained the word Castelli before in our blog) in the valley around it. I Read more…