Information and images from the local region

Montalto is situated in the centre of the southern Marche almost equidistant between sea and mountains. With the cities of Ascoli Picena in the south and Macerata to the north the house offers an ideal base for exploring the range of amenities the southern Marche has to offer.

With magnificent vistas, friendly welcomes, excellent and staggeringly good value food, unspoiled medieval architecture, it is little surprise that those in search of the natural beauty, culture and hospitality of authentic rural Italy are exploring the Marche. Travellers tired of the tourist traps of Tuscany and the big name cities are refreshed by the natural joys of the region. This is the real rural Italy where tourists are a novelty, shopkepers asume you are Italian, the menus list the local speciality and the waiters seem always patient and delighted to help you understand their fare.

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