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| Port Of Ancona the Gateway to Greece |





| The villa: This antique countryside villa has been completely restored and divided into three separate apartments each with two seperate bedrooms, full kitchen, living room and full bathroom. Each apartment is very unique in layout and form lending to various sleeping arrangements and pricing possibilities. All are furnished and equipped with kitchen appliances such as refrigerator, microwave, stove and utensils (in the Tower apartment there is even a wood burning oven in the kitchen!) It is situated on gated gardens with olive, cypress and palm trees surrounding the building. There is also a wood-burning oven for pizza making outdoors. Other amenities include outdoor patio furniture, gazebos and barbeque grill, TV and cellphones. Housecleaning is also available upon request as are bicycles, and depending on the season and availability, guided tours with personal interpreter that include wine tasting and sight seeing. An added bonus is the close proximity to the bus stop! But we highly recommend renting a car at the airport. Location: In the heart of the Marche region and bordering Tuscany and Umbria, The Villa is just one mile from the hamlet of Morro D'alba, one of the many medieval hill towns that abound in this area. Here you will find fine wineries that make the exclusive Lacrima di Morro D'alba, a robust dry red wine, but also the other DOC for this region, Rosso Piceno as well as the king of whites in this area, Verdicchio, a crisp dry white. A plus for location is the close proximity to the beaches of Senigallia and Sirolo Interior description: The villa is divided into 3 separate apartments The Tower: two double bed bedrooms, a loft with two beds and a full bath make up the top floor. Downstairs you will find a full kitchen and attached dinning room with 8-person table and 2 living rooms with a total of 6 couches. Sleeps 6+ The Temple: a split level situation with one double bed bedroom and full bath on one level and the second level with another double bed bedroom, fully equipped kitchen and living dining room combo with a pull out couch. Sleeps 4+ The Tavern (currently unavailable): is ground level with direct access to the gardens and patios. In it you will find one double bed bedroom, full bath, fully equipped kitchen, living room with pull out couch and dinning room. Sleeps 4 The unique layout lends itself to various sleeping arrangements and pricing possibilities. In fact the villa can be rented as one large home, or 2 apartments together, or singly as needed with the total number of beds being 14+. |
| Basically these are just some of the options for day trips in our area Senigallia, 10 minutes from the house: long flat sandy beach and wide boardwalk (sidewalk) that goes for miles with many restaurants bars and hotels. Away from the beach is the medieval historical center of town with the famous rook (castle), various squares, the river that cuts through the town and a long covered archway promenade. Many medieval walled in hill towns: -Ostra -Monte San Vito -Ostra Vetere -Corinaldo -Belvedere Ostrense -Morro D’Alba All of these are within 10 minutes from the house. There are many more going further into the hills and eventually the Apennine Mountains, Arcevia being a great one at about a 30 min drive. They all host throughout the year various wine and food festivals. Ancona, 30 minutes from the house: Larger city and port with cruise size ships going daily to Greece. Very panoramic views from the “Duomo” church that sits up high on a hill overlooking the city and port. There are many beaches under Ancona, Sirolo being the most popular. Loreto, 45 minutes from the house: Just past Ancona, another hill town but with one of the biggest and most famous Basilica’s at its center. San Marino, 45 minutes from the house: It’s a republic! Huge walled in castle town that is its own country apart from Italy. Very suggestive panorama and medieval setting. Urbino, 45 minutes from the house: Very antique, one of the very first universities in the world is here and still a very active center for the arts. The historical center is all an uphill climb with the buildings just rising one above the other in the best medieval setting you can imagine! Gubbio, 1 hour from the house: Unique in the fact that it is a walled in city but not perched very high. It’s just overlooking a valley that has a backdrop of mountains. In May there is a famous re-enactment here called ” the running of the candles “. Famous also for its ceramics. Assisi, about a half hour from Gubbio: Obviously very famous for Saint Francis. It’s a quaint little town in a valley. Florence is 2 hours west of the house. Rome is 3 ½ hours south of the house. Venice is 3 ½ hours north of the house |



