LoveItaly

Hello Vera, I have so enjoyed your trip report, but of course I got so enthralled my bills still have not been paid this afternoon, it is all your fault!!

You have seen so much more of Le Marche then I have. What a wonderful experience you two had.

I trust your grandson's wedding was beautiful..I look forward to hearing about your experience in Veneto.

Thank you for your beautiful trip report! Now I must get back to those bills, LOL. Best regards.

Vera

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad somebody has found the report and slogged through it!
LoveItaly, my grandson could not cope with the Italian bureaucracy and they wound up not getting married in Italy, but we got to spend a day with him and his fiance in Venice.
I PROMISE I'm working on the Rome-Florence-Venice report.
Vera

LoveItaly

Hi Vera, ah yes, the Italian bureaucracy, it even drives the Italians crazy! I am sorry the wedding did not take place but am glad you had a day together.

BTW, I too have never heard of a car rental place not excepting a credit card because the expiration date is in six months. Good information to those planning on renting a car to check into before leaving on their trip.

Thanks again for the enjoyable read, I look forward to the balance of your report!

laartista

Hi Vera,
Just finished reading thru your report. I don't think it was too long at all. I'm glad I stopped by, I had no idea about that part of Italy and it looks really beautiful. I especially enjoyed your history inserts-makes it interesting to know what's behind a place like that WWII story about the bombing. Also thanks for all the web links I've added them to my favorites. I'll be looking for your report on the other cities.

Suelynne

Hi Vera,
I was lucky enough to spend several weeks in Le Marche in 1969 - way off the tourist track then. Thank you for your report which brought back wonderful memories after all this time!

TRSW

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Powell

Vera,

On June 12 you wondered why so few responses to your trip report.

There are some people who may want to know all there is to know about Le Marche. Most people, in my opinion, would prefer an overview, a highlights trip report.

While there is nothing wrong with your report keep in mind what a French philosopher once wrote in apology "I sent you a long letter because I did not have time to write you a short one."

smalti

Very nice report! Your writing style conveys the "pacing" of what sounds like a delightful trip!

gard

Hi

About long trip reports...I have also gotten some comments about my trip reports on http://gardkarlsen.com being too long. But I feel that as long as you break the information into chapters, put in pictures, links etc then long reports are not a problem. Hopefully the long trip reports can be of some use to others that are going to the same destinations Maybe you should get a website to and post the trip reports together with some picture.

Regards
Gard

del

Hi Vera
What a great trip report. Makes me wish our trip was to Le Marche.
My DH and I are taking two grandsons 21 and 15 to the favorite places in Italy as well as Sicily
Maybe next time we can do Le Marche.
Thanks for the infromation.
DEL

LoveItaly

Vera, perhaps too it makes a difference if a traveller has been to "out of the way" places in Europe.

I smiled when you mentioned hearing about the WWII scenerios while in LeMarch. Having spent a lot of time in Molise and having a friend who is like a dear sister from there..all her family still live in the region of Molise..I have found that they talk about what took place during WWII as though it was yesterday. We all relate differently to different trip reports. I happen to not only relate to your report regarding LeMarch but also your original questions regarding your trip especially since your grandson and his fiance are based at the Aviano Base. Best wishes to you.

jd_dallas

Vera, we will be in Le Marche beginning next weekend and I have enjoyed your report. As you note, there is not much information about Le Marche in the guidebooks, and I expect that part of our time will just be spent wandering through the hills and visiting some of the hill towns.

We will be staying 3 of our 4 nights in Le Marche in Ascoli Piceno, so a good deal of our time may be spent in the southern part of Le Marche, south of your routes. I am wondering if, of the towns you visited, one or two stand out for the scenery, views or charm. Obviously it's a large area and we not cover the same territory, but if there is any particularly memorable town, I would like to know about it.

Thanks for any ideas.

Vera

jd:
I am so sorry I did not see your post until you had already gone. I hope you'll post a trip report so I can learn about the southern tip of Le Marche.
Vera

hobbes

Great trip report, now looking forward even more to getting to Le Marche! Thanks for posting.

Jackie_in_Italy

Vera:

It was wonderful reading your trip report! My husband and I live in Le Marche--in the town of Macerata--and it was really interesting to read your thoughts on the area that we live in. I also really liked reading about northern Le Marche--I was amazed that you want to the Furlo Gorge! How neat--we were up near there on a spelunking trip just a couple of weeks back! Also, I'm sorry you weren't able to see Urbania's castle--it's very nice! We also recently took a Sunday trip up there.

It's great to see you enjoyed yourself in Le Marche. I agree-there's not an awful lot of stuff written about this region, it's really just a secret place, and I think the marchigiani like it that way. As summer rolls around, things are getting more touristy, but nothing like the rest of central Italy (Tuscany/Umbria).

Also, it looks like you didn't make it to Macerata? Oh well--next time. And of course you will have to see Ascoli. It's one my favorite cities. Like you mentioned, it sounds like you got to see quite a bit of Le Marche, but there is soo much more to be explored. It is an amazing region with lots to offer!

-Jackie

Saraho

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Vera

Jackie: Thank you for your comments. I read a lot of notes you had posted some time ago, when I was preparing for the trip. No, we drove through Macerata, but got busy looking at little places with theaters, and spent quite a bit of time with the accordion makers, so never got back to Macerata.
One of the joys/frustrations of traveling in Le Marche, is that it is so easy to get side-tracked from your main objective for the day. You're driving down the road and see this irrisitable little village, and just have to stop and explore...
You're fortunate to live there.

Vera

Jackie_in_Italy

Vera: I think it's great that you guys went on a tour of the theatres. I've actually always wanted to do that, but I always end up in a city when the theatre is closed! : ) I know that the tradition for theatres here is wonderful though, and the theatres we HAVE seen are splendid--the one in Macerata is great, and seeing concerts there is amazing. Anyway, glad you got to tour the theatres!

Also, I agree about the 'getting-distracted' problem . this happens to us often, but we've made some of our favorite little discoveries as a result!

Gotkids

The hotel you mentioned, Le Torricelle looks so interesting, but the website address is no longer valid. I did finally find it though so I'm posting it here for others.

We are trying to go end of Aug 2008 for a long holiday (we only live in Naples).

http://www.letorricelle.eu/index.html