The
Marche region has 180 kilometres of Adriatic coastline and a host of inviting
seaside resorts if you want to spend a week or two at
sea.There are basically two types of
beach resort in the
Marche. First there are the bigger centres with a lively atmosphere, busy nightlife, plenty of visitors from abroad and nose - to - tail
hotels along the prom. Good examples include (from north to south)
Gabicce Mare,
Pesaro,
Senigallia, and
San Benedetto del Tronto.Then there are the many more smaller resorts with less spectacular
beaches and more rented villa/apartment accommodation rather than
hotels. These places are often filled for the short summer season by Italian families, often inland marchigiani, who return each year. The adults will always sigh that they' re doing it for the bambini but secretly love it. And there' s always the mobile telefonino so they can pretend to be in the office. A couple of places that don't fit into either category are the resorts nestling under the rocky peninsular of
Monte Conero. Here you' ll find rocky coves and white limestone cliffs totally unlike any other stretch of the Adriatic from Trieste in the north to Italy' s
spur at
Gargano in the south.