Le Marche
Italy, distilled into one region
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Travelling through Le Marche:
villages, wine and landscapes to be understood
Travelling through Le Marche:
villages, wine and landscapes to be understood
Le Marche is one of Italy’s most quietly compelling regions for food and wine travel.
A land that reveals itself gradually, best discovered slowly between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennines, through gentle hills, medieval villages, coastal light and a deeply rooted food culture.
Here, travel is not about ticking landmarks off a list, but about understanding place — its rhythms, its people and its traditions.
This page is a starting point for understanding Le Marche in its entirety: landscapes, food and wine culture, local traditions and travel routes designed for those seeking genuine experiences, far from mass tourism.
Le Marche, as its plural name suggests, is a remarkably varied region of central Italy, where art cities, sea, hills and mountains coexist within just a few kilometres.
Still relatively untold, it is an ideal destination for those looking for what to see in Le Marche through cultural and food-and-wine experiences, away from mainstream tourism, among historic villages, landscapes, wine and local traditions.
Why visit Le Marche
Why visit Le Marche
Le Marche contains a rare variety within the Italian landscape.
From the beaches of the Adriatic to the ridgelines of the Apennines, from rolling vineyards to medieval villages, from art cities to protected natural parks.
This diversity is not fragmentation, but a historical layering of communities, landscapes and local traditions that coexist in harmony.
Le Marche: what makes it different
Le Marche: what makes it different
Adriatic Sea and Apennines within the same itinerary
Living villages in Le Marche, not museum pieces
Wine in Le Marche as an expression of territory, not a simple attraction
Slow travel, far from mass-tourism routes
Villages, art cities and cultural landscapes
Villages, art cities and cultural landscapes
Visiting the villages and art cities of Le Marche means travelling through centuries of history, never concentrated in a single place.
For this reason, Le Marche is often described as an open book of art history — and this is no exaggeration.
Urbino, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, tells the story of the Italian Renaissance.
Recanati preserves the poetic legacy of Giacomo Leopardi.
Ascoli Piceno surprises with its travertine architecture and Renaissance squares.
Alongside these cities, a constellation of hilltop villages — from Gradara to Corinaldo, from Offida to Mondavio — preserves an identity that is still very much alive.
Here, art is not confined to museums.
It is part of everyday life and the surrounding landscape.
Our journeys through villages are part of carefully designed
cultural itineraries in Le Marche, connecting art cities, hilltop towns
and living traditions.
Nature between sea, hills and mountains
Nature between sea, hills and mountains
Nature in Le Marche allows sea, mountains, hills and protected areas to be combined within the same travel itinerary.
The Marche coastline alternates equipped beaches with wild stretches, with outstanding highlights such as the Conero Riviera.
Inland, the landscape is shaped by the Sibillini Mountains, the Furlo Gorge, the Infernaccio Gorges, the Frasassi Caves and a dense network of trails crossing protected natural parks and historic rural landscapes.
A rare balance that makes it possible to combine sea, trekking, villages and culture within a single journey.
Wine in Le Marche: territories and denominations
Wine in Le Marche: territories and denominations
Wine is one of the most sincere keys to understanding Le Marche, its hills and the communities that inhabit them — not as a product to be tasted, but as a narrative of landscapes, families and culture.
Marche wine is not a single denomination, but a plurality of winegrowing territories.
Hillsides, slopes, inland areas and coastal zones give rise to very different expressions, each tied to specific communities and production choices.
A richness that reflects the diversity of the landscape and the region’s ability to resist homogenisation.
Marchigian cuisine and local traditions
Marchigian cuisine and local traditions
Marchigian cuisine is born from a continuous dialogue between sea, hills and inland areas and is an integral part of the travel experience in Le Marche.
It is a rich and layered gastronomy, rooted in seasonality, local ingredients and knowledge passed down over time.
Not a taste for effect, but an affection for flavour.
And this is precisely what makes it memorable.
Food and wine in Le Marche: identity and territory
Food and wine in Le Marche: identity and territory
Food and wine in Le Marche are not secondary attractions, but tools for reading the territory.
From Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi and Verdicchio di Matelica to the reds of Conero and Piceno, from Lacrima di Morro d’Alba to Pecorino, Bianchello and Passerina, each wine is born from a precise balance of soil, climate and rural culture.
The same applies to cuisine: from vincisgrassi to brodetto, from ciauscolo to truffles, each area tells a different story.
How to visit Le Marche in order to understand it
How to visit Le Marche in order to understand it
Exploring Le Marche requires a different approach from hurried tourism.
It is not about accumulating stops, but about choosing coherent routes, balanced timing and places capable of truly narrating the territory.
A well-designed journey allows you to move through different areas of the same region while grasping their deep connections.
Travelling through Le Marche with StappaMondo
Travelling through Le Marche with StappaMondo
Le Marche is not a destination that StappaMondo has “discovered”.
It is our home.
Our land.
We design journeys starting from direct knowledge of places and from relationships built over time with producers, wineries, guides and local realities.
Not to see more — but to understand better.
This is why every journey follows the StappaMondo travel method, built on rhythm, coherence and direct knowledge of the territory.
“A journey through Le Marche, when unhurried, leads to wonders.”
— Guido Piovene
A plural region, never loud
A plural region, never loud
The StappaMondo method in Le Marche
The StappaMondo method in Le Marche
StappaMondo was created to tell the story of territories through conscious travel, built around people rather than packages.
In Le Marche, this means starting from first-hand knowledge of places and from authentic relationships with producers, wineries, guides and local communities.
StappaMondo signature itineraries in Le Marche
StappaMondo signature itineraries in Le Marche
LetteraTour Giacomo Leopardi – Recanati
LetteraTour Giacomo Leopardi – Recanati
Literary journey through the poet’s “native wild village”
Literary journey through the poet’s “native wild village”
This itinerary invites you to discover Recanati as a place of the soul, through an immersive cultural experience that weaves together poetry, history and taste.
From wine tastings at historic wineries to a visit to the Colle dell’Infinito — now protected by FAI — and convivial moments inspired by 19th-century cuisine.
A journey that brings Leopardi’s world back to life in the very places where it took shape, as a tribute to an idea of beauty without boundaries.
Path of Wonder
Path of Wonder
A journey through hills, villages and wineries, between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from the Apennines to the coast, to immerse yourself — slowly — in the harmony and diversity of the Marche territory.
Inner Lands – Border Villages
Inner Lands – Border Villages
A surprising journey through the lesser-known interior of Le Marche, among landscapes and communities still deeply
connected to their land.
Le Marche, a region in the plural
Le Marche, a region in the plural
Le Marche is not a single image,
but a complex synthesis:
mountains and sea, villages and art cities,
wines and gastronomic traditions.
It is this richness, held together
by a deep sense of balance,
that makes the region ideal for experiences
designed with care, time and respect.
A territory to be understood
A territory to be understood
Visiting Le Marche means choosing a journey defined by substance, rhythm and authenticity.
A territory that rewards those who look beyond the surface and seek experiences built with attention, respect and local knowledge.
“Italy, with its landscapes, is a distillation of the world.
Le Marche is the distillation of Italy.”
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