Sassoferatto is town lying in the westernmost reach of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of Italy. It is located in the vicinity of the ruins of Sentinum: an ancient Roman town known for the famous battle named after it, which took place in about 295 BC between the Romans and the combined forces of the Samnites and the Gauls.I happened to pass through this town while … [Read more...]

While cycling through the hinterland of Marche in Italy, one late afternoon we were in the town of Pergola. The plan was to buy food and cycle a little further out of town, find some good spot for camping, and conclude the day. However, we were a bit unlucky. We'd coincided with some sort of public holiday. So we found all shops closed and the town streets desolate as if it was … [Read more...]

It was a savagely hot summer morning we were leaving our last night's shelter by the southern bank of Metauro River to head towards new lands. Quite dauntingly, the first thing we encountered that morning was a steep hill, on top of which lies the village of Sant' Ippolito. It was a damn hell cycling up there without the slightest hint of shade along the way. But after we … [Read more...]

On my recent cycling trip in Italy, the time had come to leave the Adriatic coast and move towards the hinterland of Marche. The transition took place at the town of Fano, wherefrom we took the Via Flaminia and started cycling westwards along the bank of Metauro River. In this album you'll see a few photos I took during that part of the trip, passing through the towns of … [Read more...]

San Marino is an independent micro-state enclave in Italy. In 301 AD, a declared-as-a-saint stonemason named Marinus and his Christian followers climbed up the natural fortress of the then known as Mount Titano contemporary San Marino, seeking refuge from the persecution of emperor Diocletian. Thus they saved their heads and moved on with founding a republic which today … [Read more...]

Rimini is a city located on the Adriatic coast of the Emilia Romagna region in Italy. It is mostly known for its 15 km long sandy beach, which makes it one of the most popular seaside resorts in Europe. Rimini has over 1.000 hotels in order to accommodate the vast crowds of holiday-makers swarming to the city every summer, and thousands of restaurants and bars to feed them and … [Read more...]

Pesaro is the second-most populous city in the region of Marche in Italy after the capital, Ancona. While cycling along the endless sandy beach of the coast of Marche, by afternoon that day, we ended up in the city of Pesaro. Pesaro may be regarded as a special city for cyclists. It has been rewarded with the 'City of Bicycle' title by Legambiente: the most important ecological … [Read more...]

Fano is a city located on the Adriatic coast in the region of Marche in Italy. It is the third-largest by population city in the region after Ancona and Pesaro. Its foundation dates back to an unknown time, the first mention of it occurring in Caesar's time, in 49 BC, as Fanum Fortunae. It later functioned as the capital of the Byzantine Pentapolis including all the major ports … [Read more...]

While on a cycling trip in Italy, one morning, having just approached the Adriatic coast coming from the hinterland of Marche, we happened to be passing through the town of Senigallia. We stopped by the town's fortress for a brief breather and for filling up water from a spring we found there. Since we had arrived in Marche, we'd kept hearing people praising the town of … [Read more...]

It was a tranquil early morning we left the village of Belvedere Ostrense and started cycling towards the Adriatic coast. The first part of the ride was an easy one, letting gravity convey us down the lofty hill on whose top Belvedere Ostrense is situated while enjoying the view of the succeeding, undulating hills expanding to the distance. Then, the second part was a rather … [Read more...]