Ascoli Piceno was founded in the 9th century BC along Via Salaria, the salt road that connected Lazio with the Adriatic Coast. While mass tourism seems to be wreaking havoc on the world’s most ...

Marche, located south of Emilia-Romagna, east of Tuscany and Umbria, and north of Abruzzo, boasts a diverse landscape shaped by the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Ancona, its capital and ...

If you’ve visited the major sites in Italy and yearn for something unique and different, consider Civitanova Marche, a pleasant seaside village with a distinctive local flavor. The little fishing town ...

Steadfast and reserved, the region of Le Marche in central Italy is celebrating two 50th anniversaries this year, one in honor of a locally storied red wine, the other for a white made of a familiar ...

What’s a trip to Italy without exploring the vaulted passages of the Colosseum, skipping down the Spanish Steps and staring up in wonderous rapture at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel? "Absolutely ...

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When Stanley Tucci isn't busy making hit movies like The Devil Wears Prada 2, he can often be found in Italy, the land of his ...

On a recent trip to Italy’s Marche region, I didn’t so much see the sites as I did taste the flavors. Nestled between Umbria and the Adriatic Sea, the Marche is often called “Italy in one region” ...