Best in Travel #2: Regione Marche!

Monte Conero #1

Hello to you all guys!!

I found out a very important thing few days ago, which is that Lonely Planet selected Region Marche as NUMBER 2 amongst the TOP 10 Best in Travel regions in 2020.

And guess who lives right in the middle of Marche?!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! It is always me.

So...i said to myself...“Who better than you could show the beauty of the place where you live? You should go out right now with your camera and DO IT!!”. I stood still some second and i replied “FUCKYEAH!!”.

So...before i begin to show you the very first place check out this little video i made for you,to show you where Marche sits into the Italian Country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V84Tg0tvx4

Today i will focus on Monte Conero which i will divide probably in 2 or 3 articles because it is very vast the amount of things to explore in there and everything is cool to report.

Monte Conero takes its name from the CORBEZZOLO (komaros in greek), a characteristic plant of the place. Yes...it is edible...not very tasty to me, but edible.

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It is very known fact that people lived in this zones from ancient times because in Monte Conero while you go trekking, if you have a good guide (me for instance), you can go to freely see some prehistorical sites.

In time it began also a religious site well before the X sec.

On its top there is a famous Church called Chiesa di San Pietro with adjoining convent. This is just a little preview. I will go to that side the next time.

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*Monte Conero #1 PORTONOVO SEASIDE.*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1upLnyKt6k

As you can see in the video before, today i went to do trekking in Monte Conero in the section over the Baia di Portonovo: attraction of today. It is also the main attraction of all the people practicing all sorts of sport activities, because for the place, where it is located and its conformation it results to be very versatile.

Picture i took this morning from "Pian Grande" mentioned in pic below.

Where you read Breath-taking panoramic point see the picture before this one.

The Mount is mainly composed from limestone rock and in ancient times after a very big earthquake the mount has collapsed down forming La Baia di Portonovo (Portonovo Bay). When you go around along the paths in Portonovo you can really see the rests of huge big rocks fallen from the Mount.

**SPORTS:**

You can go there to go for a relaxing walk, trekking or Mountain bike.

You can go with a guided tour on horseback, and if you are the flying kind of person, for you there are available even sessions of paragliding.

If you like the sea sports...you name it...we have it.

You can go swim, with SUP, windsurf, kitesurf, canoa, scuba diving....anything you like.

**Things to Eat:**

You have to know that in every season the dear Mount offers some good things to eat.

Mushrooms in Fall:

Picture is mine. I took it today.

Blackberries all the Summer, asparagus in late Winter and Spring.

You can go fishing all the year but what i like the most are mussels and clams.

So now you understand why it was populated and colonized by man so early...ahahaha!

**The Tour:**

Today i went on the Panoramic Side named “Pian Grande” and down to the baia.

Going up on the Mount you can choose if you want to go trough the under wood path:

Or what i call the “classic path”:

For you, dear monthly subscribers, some more pictures i took today of some path, vegetation and typical birds of the zone.

Lancia☀️

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