Free brochures
Don't miss the best resource of all - use our simple form to get useful booklets and a great road map absolutely free from the Marche Region Tourism Department.

Answers by E-mail
If you have simple questions about visiting the Marche you can e-mail the Region's information service at questions@regione.marche.it.

Free phone service
If you're in Italy use the Region's free phone service for any tourist information you need. The number is 800 222 111 and you'll find multilingual operators on hand. Remember, though, that it only works if you're calling from within Italy.

Other web sites
Here is a selection of some of the more useful web sites we've found. We're always looking to expand this section so let us know of any sites you think ought to be listed or if you find any broken links.

 

 

 

 

  1. Weather
    Weather & climate website for Le Marche (in Italian but the pictures are easy to understand)

 

  1. Food & wine
    Italian Cuisine - About.Com's excellent pages include plenty on Marche food & drink
    Verdicchio - the Marche's most famous white wine & more
    Marche wine - a good regional site in Italian

 

  1. Italian language schools
    Centro Culturale Conero - Italian language and culture courses near Monte Conero
    Centro Studi Italiani -Italian language and culture courses at Urbania

 

  1. Telephone numbers
    Pagine Bianche - Italian telephone directory

 

  1. Cycling & Golf
    Allan Nelson's site - an informative account of a Marche cycling tour
    Happybike - mountain bike tours & hire in the northern Marche
    Link to the links at the Conero Golf Club

 

  1. Living and working here
    Paradise Possible - help for people thinking of setting up home in the region
    The Informer - guide to living in Italy

 

  1. Miscellaneous
    Bronzi Dorati - the gilded bronzes of Pergola
    Incastro - the region's forts and castles in the shape of a game
    Musei Online - site on Italian museums
    Bill Thayer's Gazetteer of Le Marche - good personal account of travels in the region
    Universal Currency Converter

 

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Books
One advantage of the Marche is that they have yet to be discovered by large numbers of tourists; the corresponding disadvantage is that the range of guide books dedicated to the region is limited.

The first English-language guide dealing solely with Le Marche is the Blue Guide The Marche published in 2006. The AA in the UK now publishes Marche, a translation of the Touring Club of Italy regional guide.

A number of British guide books do, however, give some space to Le Marche, including one co-authored by Peter Greene, the creator of Marche Voyager:

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Maps
The best map of the area for motorists and cyclists is the 1:250,000 Touring Club Italiano map of the Marche which you can get free from the Marche Region.

For walkers and mountain bikers hunt out the three 1:50,000 sheets covering the mountainous zones of the Marche produced by KOMPASS-FLEISCHMANN:

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Italian tourist information offices abroad
The Italian State Tourist Board has branches in most capital cities offering a wealth of free tourist literature. You'll find their website here. Tell them you want to go to the Marche and complain if they don't flood you with glossy brochures.

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Tourist information offices in the Marche
For tourist information offices just look for the italic "i" information symbol. Provincial capitals have offices that carry barrowloads of leaflets on the whole province, other larger towns of interest to tourists will have an information office with street plans, hotel lists, etc., open daily; smaller towns and villages will only have a Pro Loco with limited opening hours.

The main tourist information offices are:

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