Marche

The Marche has a quality of light that painters have noticed for centuries — a particular clarity that comes from the position of the Apennines and the Adriatic together, giving the landscape an almost theatrical depth of field. Urbino, where Raphael was born, is the most complete Renaissance city in Italy and receives a fraction of the visitors that Siena does. The coast at the Conero Riviera has limestone cliffs and clear water that rival anything on the Amalfi. The wine — Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, Rosso Conero, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba — is consistently serious and consistently underpriced.Our Marche coverage explores a region that consistently delivers more than it is given credit for.