Italy’s Best-Kept Countryside Secrets: Marche And Abruzzo
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Highlights
- Marvel at centuries-old Renaissance architecture and stroll through ancient piazzas
- Learn the ropes of traditional cooking techniques in medieval mountain towns
- Tour the pristine wilderness hidden within the spectacular Apennine mountains
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- 10 nights accommodation in 4* stars hotel as indicated or similar; breakfast included; porterage & city taxes included
- 6 lunches (1 fish restaurant, 3 typical restaurants, 1 gourmet lunch and 1 cooking class lunch )
- 8 dinners (1 fish restaurant, 2 typical restaurants, 2 wine estate restaurants and 1 cooking class dinner,2 dinner at Castello Semivicoli)
- 2 Wineries visit & tasting (Verdicchio di Jesi & Montepulciano D’Abruzzo) Aperitif in a historical cafè in Ascoli Piceno
- Private transportation with luxury minibus for whole the duration of the trip
- Private English speaking guides (Urbino, Macerata, L’Aquila, Chieti)
- Entry tickets to all the sites visited (headphones included)
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Start in Ancona, at the picturesque Portonovo Bay, over a sumptuous dinner by a Michelin-starred Italian chef, served at a restaurant on the beach under the white-cliff Mount Conero. Discover the Renaissance hill town of Urbino, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famed as t...
Explore Macerata’s marvels including the open-air Sferisterio arena and savor vincisgrassi, the town’s answer to lasagna. Take a walking tour of Ascoli Piceno’s Renaissance-era old town, ending with a glass of anisette on its 13th-century Piazza del Popolo. Tour the c...
Explore Abruzzo’s capital of L’Aquila, flourishing again after a dreadful 2009 earthquake. Marvel at the city’s highlights, like the 13th-century Basilica of Collemaggio with its white and pink checkered façade, and enjoy a cooking class centered on spaghetti alla chi...
Traverse Abruzzo National Park’s pristine wilderness on the lookout for bears, taking in Villetta, Civitella and the Barrea lake. Have a 3 starred gourmet lunch in Castel di Sangro and stroll the storybook village of Pescocostanzo. On the Adriatic coast, visit the 13t...
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What's excluded
- Airfare
- Transfers and accommodations pre and post tour
- Any expense incurred for personal items
- Services or hotel room extras Travel
- Cancellation and medical insurance
Accommodation
- 2 Nights Grand Hotel Passetto Ancona
- 2 Nights Hotel Palazzo dei Mercanti Ascoli
- 2 Nights Hotel Sextantio Santo Stefano di Sessanio
- 2 Nights Casello di Semivicoli - Chieti
- 10 breakfasts, 6 lunches (1 fish restaurant, 3 typical restaurants
- 1 gourmet lunch and 1 cooking class lunch )
- 8 dinners (1 fish restaurant
- 2 typical restaurants
- 2 wine estate restaurants and 1 cooking class dinner
- 2 dinner at Castello Semivicoli
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