Hunting is a popular “sport” in Italy. A less lethal sport is hunting for unusual wines, and, for that, Italy is an excellent hunting ground. Wherever you go in Italy, you will find delicious local ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond. While mass tourism seems to be wreaking havoc on the world’s ...

The Marche is very pretty and has fewer visitors than Umbria, though its not exactly undiscovered these days. While it doesn't have quite the range of cultural highlights and quaint towns as Umbria, a ...

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 ...

Set between dramatic mountains and miles of coastline, this lesser-known region offers stunning scenery, outdoor adventure, food, wine, and history. At the hermitage of Santa Maria Infra Saxa, the ...

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A strong earthquake was recorded in the Marche region on Wednesday morning. Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP. No serious damage was reported but residents had a "big scare" on Wednesday morning as a ...

There’s a bear about. It’s crossed north from Italy’s ursine-blessed Abruzzo region into Le Marche’s rugged stretch of the Apennines. Perhaps it’s mulching oak leaves underfoot somewhere deeper in the ...