(Italiano) Urbino
The Ducal Palace of Urbino are a jewel of Italian Renaissance architecture, all Urbino was planned like an “ideal city”, and walking through the alley-ways is a wonderful experience. Raffaello Sanzio and Bramante were born here.
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Grotte di Frasassi
The Grotte di Frassani are a spectacular work of nature, with water incessantly digging and flowing through natural cavities, slowly creating a breathtaking series of stalactites and stalagmites. Enjoy natural scenery at its best!
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Adriatic coast
The blue of the Adriatic sea, the green of the hills, the charm of the history. Baia di Vallugola (1 ora in auto) Parco San Bartolo e Bertolomeo, Fiorenzuola di Focara (1 ora in auto)
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Parco Naturale del Sasso Simone e Simoncello
This park, named after the two magnificent ”Sassi” meaning rocks, is situated at the heart of Montefeltro. Walking through the park you are struck by the vast diversity of vegetation. There is a vast forested area of more than 800 hectares.
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Urbania
Urbania (also called the “ancient Casteldurante”) is situated above the Metauro river, near “il Barco”, residence and hunting retreat of the Dukes of Urbino. During the Renaissance this town was the centre of a very important of ceramics production.
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Mondavio
Mondavio is a small and pleasant village in the innerland of Pesaro, surrounded by greenery and flowers. Visiting the village is like reliving a fascinating historical age
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Sassocorvaro
Sassocorvaro and its fortress “Ubaldiniana”, which to sits on top of a hill. Nowadays it is considered the most mysterious and ‘in vogue’ fortress of Montefeltro, because it has slanted walls representing a tortoise, which is an alchemistical symbol.
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San Leo
The magnificent fortress of San Leo sits on top of a rocky hill, and appeart to be part of the rock. Cagliostro was the Lord of San Leo and he was a famous alchemist.
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Gradara
This is a pure medieval village. With its square towers, and the famous castle which rises over the town. Gradara is the setting of the literary tragic love of Paolo and Francesca celebrated by Dante Alighieri in the Divine Commedy.
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Passo del Furlo
Passo del Furlo is located in a beautiful, wild and picturesque setting. The sheer rocky cliffs of Mt. Pietralata and Mt. Paganuccio, shaped by the river Candigliano, tower hundreds of metres over a little green lake and form the unique Furlo Gorge.
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