Why you should visit Le Marche, Italy

Italian Le Marche, sitting on the Adriatic coast, is nothing short of a feast for the eyes.

With stunning geographical features, a thriving community of flora and fauna and award winning unpolluted seas, visitors feel they’ve been transported to another world.

The picturesque coasts attract sun and beach loving tourists.

Go inland and the beautiful paved squares and elegant towns are yours for the enjoying. A lack of inland tourism leads to reasonable prices and unspoilt expanses of Natural Park.

Outdoor lovers, get to the spectacular Fracassi caves, where tour guides light up the breath-taking stalactites and stalagmites for your delight. The deep Farlo gorge offers equally impressive views. Head towards the wild, unchartered mountains for a rousing walking experience. Rest amongst upland meadows carpeted with wild flowers as you look down on the picture perfect sights below.

But it’s not just the landscape that offers a visual extravaganza. The region has passed (bloodily) from Gaul, to Roman, to Gothic rule. This makes for a charming mish-mash of historic architecture, from Roman ruins, to medieval villages to the magnificent palace of Urbino.

With the main industry remaining agricultural output, metropolitan areas make no appearance in the region, leaving cobbled streets and winding alley ways the norm.

This Mediterranean climate allows for scorching summers, where tourists bathe (and burn) in the sunshine and flock to the annual outdoor opera festival. In springtime months of May and June poppies bloom and meadows flourish. Prefer autumnal glory? Why not visit in September, when the season turns and a fiery outburst of colour sojourns.