The Due Sorelle (two sisters / nuns) bay is rightly one of the most beautiful bays in the Adriatic Sea and takes its name from the 2 rock pinnacles that protrude from the sea on the edge of the bay and are shaped like two praying nuns. The bay can Read more…
A calm sea or fierce breaking waves? Regardless, the Benedictine monks used to go fearlessly to their church for the daily prayers. Since 1034, the snow-white Romanesque almshouse on the Adriatic Sea has stood out both from the sea and the shore where the white Conero stones contrast fiercely against Read more…
Today we present you a hike that offers everything: A quiet and shady tour through the oak forests of Monte Conero with occasional breathtaking views of both the Adriatic coast and the Sibillini Mountains, and for those who want, we are in Le Marche after all, a taste of culture Read more…
During an event organised by the Slow Food Ancona, Elke, my fellow blogger, discovered the paccasassi. She was looking at one of her neighbours at the table, who very naturally was eating a sandwich with mortadella, and veggies on top. But those veggies were nothing familiar to Elke. Moved by Read more…
The Adriatic Sea that is at our doorstep has been chosen for many years as the perfect habitat for the sea turtles (Caretta Caretta in Latin), that can live there up until 80 years, if under ideal conditions. Unfortunately, they sometimes don’t manage to get so old, because of fishing Read more…
In Le Marche we have a way of identifying people “outside” our region, ask them to pronounce the word “moscioli”. The Italian grammar rule would suggest it to be pronounced as mosciòli, but it is in fact pronounced mòscioli. But what are these moscioli? They look like cozze but they Read more…