BETWEEN GREEN HILLS AND BLUE SEA
Le Azalee
The b&b is the ideal starting point to get to know the beaches of Riviera del Conero, also awarded“Blue Flag” this year, and to visit the countryside, rich in medieval villages, historic centers, breathtaking landscapes and unspoiled nature.
The Riviera del Conero Association organizes a program of excursions to discover the most famous coastal towns and the country towns in the Marche.
During the excursions there will also be tastings of typical local products and visits to museums.
DISCOVERING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OF THE RIVIERA DEL CONERO
The Beaches
The Conero Riviera offers an exceptional range of beaches. From the wider coast on the south to the splendid coves below the Conero Park. Fine pebble beaches alternate with rocky beaches of rare beauty.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET OVER THE SEA
Ancona
Ancona is a city of Greek origin, is known as a city of art and rich in monuments, it stands on a promontory shaped like a bent elbow and it is thanks to this particular shape that the sun rises and sets over the sea in Ancona. The most significant monuments are the Cathedral of San Ciriaco (patron saint of the city) which dominates from above the whole city and the port, the Roman Amphitheater, the Arch of Trajan and the Lazzaretto on the docks of the port.
The most representative urban places are Piazza del Plebiscito (commonly called Piazza del Papa) with its medieval buildings, sixteenth and eighteenth century, is the “salon of Ancona”; the three parallel courses that form the commercial center of the city; the North Pier ends with the Red Lantern, especially interesting for the Arch of Trajan, the Arch of Clementino and the view of the port and the city; Viale della Vittoria with its buildings from the 1920s / 1930s, joins the two sides of the promontory on which the city stands. The Avenue ends in front of the War Memorial, overlooking at the sea, from which you can admire a beautiful view of the high coast or along the spectacular Passetto stairway, you can also go down to the sea shore.
A VILLAGE AROUND THE HOLY HOUSE
Loreto
Loreto is one of the most important pilgrimage place of the Catholic cult. It is famous to host the Holy House (the House of Nazareth) inside the Basilica. The tradition asserts that Holy House, the House where Virgin Mary was born and raised and where She had the announce of Jesus’s coming, has been moved to Loreto by flying angels.
GIACOMO LEOPARDI’S POEM LOCATION, AND MUCH MORE
Recanati
Recanati is the birthplace of two well-known Italian artists: the writer Giacomo Leopardi and the tenor Beniamino Gigli. There are a few monuments and landmarks: Gigli’s house and his piano preserved into the Town Hall; Leopardi,s house and the suggestive library, the Colle dell’Infinito, a hill closed to the house that inspired the writer’s most known poem. In the opposite side of the town the is the Torre del Passero Solitario, the tower written into another Leopardi’s poem.
ANCIENT HISTORY ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND
Osimo
The subsoil of the city is a dense network of tunnels, built for defensive purposes, for hydraulic purposes, for ritual purposes or as meeting places and also for residential use. Multiple graphic representations are found inside the caves: religious bas-reliefs, symbols related to the Knights Templar and esoteric allegories. The inhabitants of Osimo are called “The Headless” because of sculptures of Roman characters who are precisely headless and are located in the atrium of the Town Hall.
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN ITALY
Offagna
Offagna is a small medieval village, it is among the most beautiful villages in Italy; it stands on a hill around its fortress. Inside the fortress there is a collection of ancient weapons.
WONDERS IN THE WOMB OF THE MOUNTAINS
Grotte
di Frasassi
Underground karst caves, where visitors can admire natural sculptures formed over 190 million years thanks to the work of water and rock.