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Nature TheatresTr a v e l l i n g a m o n g A r t , T h e a t r e s a n d Pa n o r a m i c v i e w s

Duration: 3 days 2 nights

Suggested periods: March - November

Activities: trekking, cultural tour, photography, food& wine tastings

Tour Programm

Day 1Arrival and transfer to youraccommodation. In theafternoon, welcome meetingwith Duemme Tour staff.Guided tour of Montecarottoand its historical theatre, TeatroComunale, one of the mostbeautiful theatre of our region.Teatro Comunale preserves itsdecorations and the woodenstage mechanism. You go onto Serra de' Conticarachterized by its medievalatmosphere. Here you will walka historical interactive paththrough the “Sale del TempoSospeso”(the halls ofsuspended time).Dinner in restaurant with tastingof typical traditional food ofthe region. Overnight.

Day 2Breakfast. Guided tour ofArcevia. Along the narrowstreets of the centre you canimagine the richness andprestige of the nobles who,from the XVI century, spenttheir holidays in this delightfullocation. You can even walkon the major part of RoccaContrada's perimeter fence.You will visit the San MedardoChurch, with the famousSigorelli's Polyptych. Lunch inrestaurant. In the afternoontrekking to CroceguardiaMount, from where you have awonderful sight from theAppenines to the valleys. Ourtour goes on through countryroads which wind up the hills.Here you find Caudino,Palazzo, Loretello, smallmedieval villages. In the endyou reach Castiglione*, verysmall village which preserves itsmedieval structure and itsperimeter fence. Dinner inrestaurant. Overnight.

Day 3Breakfast.Guided tour of Jesi. Here theEmperor Frederick II Barbarossaand the famous musicianG.B.Pergolesi were born.Unesco nominated Jesi as“exemplar city” in 1969 as itholds beautiful architecturaljewels: the “Palazzo dellaSignoria” designed byFrancesco Di Giorgio Martini inthe XV century, PalazzoPianetti, with over 70 meters ofRoccocò frescos andPinacoteca Civica with someimportant pieces of LorenzoLotto. Teatro Pergolesi is one of thebiggest and most eleganttheatre in the region. Free time in Jesi anddeparture.

* Walking along the narrow streets of Castiglione, you look at thedetail of the medieval buildings. Then on the left you will see a tinysquare. This is a perfect place to admire the beauty of thesurrounding landscape. Sitting on the bench it seems to be in atheatre, where the Show of Nature’s Beauty is going on the stage

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