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info & links
If you really must leave the shade
of the oak trees, whatever you could want is only minutes away...
getting to & from:
ryanair or
easyjet
for flights from London Stansted to Ancona 70 km & Forli 100km; eurostar
trains run from Ancona or Bologna where you can connect to Fano or
Pesaro.
marche
tourist info:
for
marche region
www.le-marche.com.
for
pesaro urbino province
hill
towns & culture:
Urbino & museums (20 min); there are
Roman ruins in Fano and many surrounding areas; Fossombrone (5-10 min)
was the summer residence of the Montefeltro family from Urbino in the
Middle Ages.
opera
festivals—Pesaro
&
Macerata
language schools—in
Mondavio
(20 min)
local flavours:
for groceries, post office, ATM,
hairdressers, dry cleaners—local village Isola di Fano (5 min) or
Fossombrone (5-10 min); Auchan supermarket at Fano Sud exit off the E78
superstrada (15-20 min)
local markets—Monday mornings in
Fossombrone
wineries— try local bianchello white wine from the Guerrieri winery near
Piagge or the Fiorini winery at Barchi (15 min)
Fano (20 min) has a fresh fish market & the antiques market is held on
the 2nd weekend each month
San Marino, Rimini, Pesaro, Fano,
Ancona are good for Italian designer clothes, shoes, household goods.
ask in towns you visit for local
specialties, such as terracotta in Fratterosa (15 min), olives in
Cartoceto di Pesaro (10-15 min) & award-winning pastries at Rinci in
Fossombrone (near the duomo).
outdoors:
bike rental from Green Bike in
Fossombrone (10 min) 0721 714701;
beaches— to the north: Fano 25-30
min, Pesaro 40 min, Rimini 1 hr; to the south: Marotta 25 min,
Senigallia 40 min, Ancona 50-60min.
hiking & nature— look for Trekking del Metauro trails all around the
area; Apennines 30 min; Furlo Gorge 15 min.
not far
away:
Gubbio 45 min, Fabriano 1.5 hrs, San
Leo 1.5 hrs, Perugia 1.5 hrs, Arezzo 1.5 hrs, Ravenna 1.5 hrs, Florence
3 hrs; Rome 3.5 hrs, Venice 3 hrs
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