Nature History and Superb Culinary Traditions
Val Metauro is named
for the rivers Meta and Auro that orginate in the Appenine Mountains and flows
to the Adriatic Sea. The hills of this ancient and historic valley overlook the
seaside town of Fano and its historic center, rich in monuments and buildings
dating from the Roman, medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. The Via Flaminia
still connects Rome with this province; there is also a superhighway that
parallels the ancient route.
The Historic Borgo of Cartoceto here, you can taste unique cheese products,
experience the local goat farm and millstones where a DOP olive oil is produced.
Fratte Rosa is a
hilltop borgo near the renaissance town of Urbino, famous for its clay products
and artisan shops dating back to the 18th Century that display
products for decorative as well as domestic use. Here, you can also visit the
Terrecotte Museum in the convent of Santa Vittoria, a winery to taste the three
doc wines of Pesaro-Urbino province – bianchello, sangiovese and pergola rosso
– as well as experience the local cuisine, rigorously and slowly prepared with
coccio, the local earthenware utensils.
Stay in a Traditional Mansion, superbly located for wine lovers and seekers of a
typical local food experience, in a fairytale setting dotted with castles and
villages just a few kilometers from the Adriatic Sea and the Marche Appennine
mountains.
An Open-Air Museum Featuring
Ancient Arms
Mondavio Castle and Rocca
Roveresca, a masterpiece of military engineering by Francesco di Giorgio
Martini, architect to the Duke of Urbino, charged with the fortification and
restoration of structures in the Montefeltro area.
A Unique Culinary Experience
Help prepare truffle dishes and other
Marchigiano specialties in these magical surroundings
The Furlo Gorge is part of a Natural
Reserve park. The emperor Vespasian had a tunnel built here to facilitate
passage on the Via Flaminia at the narrowest point of the gorge; next to it is
a similar but smaller tunnel dating from Etruscan times.
An Open-Air Museum featuring ancient arms.
Mondavio Castle and Rocca Roveresca, a masterpiece of military engineering by
Francesco di Giorgio Martini, architect to the Duke of Urbino, charged with the
fortification and restoration of structures in the Montefeltro area.
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