{"id":1753,"date":"2012-05-09T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T08:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2014-11-07T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T15:08:15","slug":"welcome-to-marche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/2012\/05\/welcome-to-marche\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Marche!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/marche.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4493 aligncenter\" title=\"Marche\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/marche.jpg\" alt=\"Farmhouse in Tuscany: Interview to the Owner\" width=\"490\" height=\"170\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enclosed by the Appennini chain and the Adriatic Sea, this wonderful land strikes people for the diversity of its landscapes, the beauty of its hilly panorama and the pristine look of its coasts.<br>\n<!--more-->This region is the ideal destination for those who want to combine the immersion into an extremely rich natural heritage with the exploration of some of the most charming art cities in Italy, and why not, with good food. Do not miss <strong>Urbino<\/strong>, which was defined as a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong> and which still shows the traces of a thousand-year-old history, with its <strong>Palazzo Ducale<\/strong>, the former <strong>Monastero di Santa Chiara<\/strong>, and the <strong>House of Raffaello<\/strong>. Also worth visiting <strong>Recanati<\/strong>, made immortal by the pen of Leopardi, and the walled-in city of <strong>Macerata<\/strong>, while the richness of forts and castles such as the beautiful <strong>Rocca Roveresca di Senigallia<\/strong> is amazing, as well as the high number of shrines and abbeys, among which the Shrine of the Santa Casa in Loreto stands out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Specialties<\/span><\/strong><br>\nThe dishes of the <strong>tradion of Marche<\/strong> are rich and tasty, and meat and fish contend for the leading role. Taste the braciole all\u2019Urbinate and sarde alla marchigiana and, among appetizers, the \u201cchicchiripieno\u201d based on tuna, anchovies and pickles. Among the desserts we mention the serpe di Apiro, which according to the tradition was created by the enclosed monks of the convent in Apiro.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Events<\/span><\/strong><br>\nThere are countless occasions to plunge into local culture: many <a title=\"Events Marche\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/sagre-eventi\/marche\" target=\"_blank\">events<\/a> allow people to get a first-hand experience of tradition: just to mention a few, the Armata di Pentecoste, a historic commemoration that climaxes in a spectacular joust, and the ancient fair of Santa Maria di Moie.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Offers and Last Minute<\/span><\/strong><br>\nStaying at a <a title=\"Farm Houses Marche\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/marche\" target=\"_blank\">farm house<\/a> can be a unique opportunity to enjoy the wonders of this region, thus combining naturalistic excursions with the discovery of the typical products of <strong>Marche<\/strong>. Many farm houses in fact give their guests the chance to enjoy some convenient offers and last minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enclosed by the Appennini chain and the Adriatic Sea, this wonderful land strikes people for the diversity of its landscapes, the beauty of its hilly panorama and the pristine look of its coasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[936,938,937,935],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places-to-discover-and-weekend-tips","tag-events-marche","tag-last-minute-marche","tag-offers-marche","tag-specialties-marche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5911,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/5911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}