Location: Province of Ancona
Top Things to do in Province of Ancona
The 10 Best Things to Do in Province of Ancona, Italy
The province of Ancona (Italian: provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.
Restaurants in Province of Ancona
1. Museo del Pianoforte Storico e del Suono
Overall Ratings
5 based on 173 reviews
Reviewed By Casale16 - Poggio San Marcello
The Museo del Pianoforte is an absolutely amazing find. Music lovers will be enthralled by this presentation of the development of the piano. Guided tours take 50 minutes and include the playing of melodies by among others Brahms, Listz and Bach by your pianist guide....MoreThank you very much for the love you always show us! See you soon!! Il Coordinatore di Accademia dei Musici Dott.ssa Simona Salvatori
2. Grotte di Frasassi
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Valentina V - London, United Kingdom
Really outstanding and beautiful caves, probably not well known. Long queue but quite organised system to get in. The caves are beautiful and big, probably the best I have ever seen. Definitely recommend for families with children. Guided tours in Italian, German and English.
Lots of street food near the ticket office and small family owned restaurants. Photos are only allowed in some of the rooms.
3. Tempio del Valadier
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4.5 based on 391 reviews
Reviewed By Tom_Ottantatre - Zuienkerke, Belgium
What a find, after a steep climb we arrived at this church on a odd location. What a view, what a temple, also do not forget to visit the 11th century church ñext to it!
4. Santuario Della Santa Casa
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4.5 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By mimiMexico_df - Mexico City, Mexico
Although this is a very important church, for the catholic religion, and a lot of people travel to pray to this black Madona, I found the place almost empty!! The church is impressively decorated.... because at its center, there's Virgin Mary house, brought from Nazaret!!!
5. Museo della Carta e della Filigrana
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4.5 based on 889 reviews
The visit to the Paper & Watermark Museum, duration of about 1 hour and 15 minutes, consists of a guided tour by guides that speak Italian, English, French, Spanish and German. The program includes a live demonstration of hand-made paper, performed by the Museum's Master paper makers, viewing the antique watermarks from the 13th Century to modern day, and a film on the history of paper in Fabriano.The Museum also provides a furnished bookshop where it is possible to purchase paper products, produced in the Museum's mediaeval paper mill, artistic watermarks (white-shaded), albums, diaries, publications and much more. · It is also possible to make Reservations for guided tours of the city that gave birth to Gentile da Fabriano, Palazzo del Podestà, Teatro Gentile, Portico dei Vasari, Oratorio della Carità, etc., and the 'Pinacoteca Molajoli' to the suburbs and various sites of tourist interest (abbeys, museums, archaeological excavations, Frasassi Caves, natural parks, etc.).
Reviewed By delagioventu - Luxembourg
Museum explains the origins of paper and watermarks. Fabriano was an important place in this regard. Take your time. The guided tour in Italian took two hours. Entrance fee quite high, 10 euro pp.
6. Baia di Portonovo
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4.5 based on 198 reviews
Reviewed By Michel A - Gatineau, Quebec
This beach is typical of several on this part of the Adriatic Coast with round pebbles and sharp drop into the water - wear sandals or beach shoes. Lounge chairs are available for a fee, as well as a good variety of ocean toys including kayaks, pedal boats, paddle boards, etc. The bar offers light snacks and a variety of drinks at a reasonable cost for a beach resort. Breathtaking views of the ocean - the beach is located on a point of land so that you can actually watch the sunset to one side and the moon rise on the other. Public washrooms and showers provided. We were here in early September when the weather is sunny and warm, and the vacation crowds are gone - we had the beach almost to ourselves. Prices are also considerably lower than in July (example, a lounge chair rents for 30 Euros in July vs. 5 Euros in August).
7. Chiesa Santa Maria
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4.5 based on 207 reviews
Reviewed By Hennie100 - Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Visited this little church because of what I had read about it through TA. Even though it is indeed a lovely small pure little church, it was also a bit disappointing. In September it is only open for several hours at the end of the afternoon and at the end of the week. And it is a pity there is a gate around it. It may be necessary, but does spoil it a bit.
8. Museo Dei Mestieri In Biciletta
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4.5 based on 184 reviews
Reviewed By Lella P - Chamonix, France
Only by chance we heard about this special museum that is run by volunteers who have known or are friends of the special man who has been collecting all these unusual bicycles. In total you see 80 bicycles that were actually used by teachers,doctors,fishmongers,firemen,shoemakers and barbers,and many more,all perfectly preserved and found around Italy from 1920 on. One of the volunteer will be happy to show you these unusual bikes and give you a bit of history.It is a museum very much seen by school groups of the area,but I personally think that also grown up people like us would love it!
9. Cattedrale San Ciriaco
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4.5 based on 800 reviews
Reviewed By VoxItalia - Rome, Italy
Founded around 386 BC, Ancona is not a "tourist town", and this makes it a nice place to visit.
It is a quick and easy drive from the center of Ancona to see the Cathedral of San Ciriaco of Ancona, but if you prefer to walk, the approx. 1.7 KM uphill walk to the12th- to 13th-century Duomo can be a trek, but it is worth it!
The Duomo stands high on the Guasco hill overlooking Ancona’s gulf, port and natural harbor.
One can admire the imposing façade of the Duomo and enjoy the sweeping views of the city and the Adriatic sea and the port.
Someone here mentioned that the view of the port "spoils" this visit, and nothing could be further from the truth.
Ancona is a port town, and the port is a place of work for many italians and foreigners, and it tells the story of what was once one of the most important ports in Europe.
Although no longer as important as it once was, the port of Ancona it is still a busy marketplace, with many large ships travelling daily to and from Croatian and Greek ports on the Adriatic.
Dedicated to S. Ciriaco, the Cathedral is the greatest monument in Ancona and one of the most interesting medieval churches of the Marches. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Ancona.
It is shaped in an harmonious and articulate Romanesque body of a Greek cross, with elements of Byzantine and Gothic influences, reflecting the long period of construction that lasted from sec. XI to XIII.
On top of an italic type temple, erected in the third century. B.C. and probably dedicated to the patron of navigation, Aphrodite Euplea (it is also said to occupy the site of a Roman temple of Venus and incorporates the remains of a basilica of the 5th–6th century), was built in the fourth century a basilica dedicated to St. Lorenzo, which was then rebuilt and enlarged in the ninth century after the Saracen destruction, and turned a Greek cross between the XI and XII centuries.
The many restorations have given back to the temple its austere and elegant lines, after the damages suffered during the two world wars and the earthquake of 1972.
The facade in the rare white and pink stone of the Conero Mountain has a portal rich in gothic reliefs ( XIII century), preceded by a Romanesque-Gothic porch adorned with two large red marble lions.
These two staues have been exposed for centuries to the harsh sea air and mist, and they are somewhat corroded, and bleached almost pink by the bright sun, and yet they are still magnificent.
Above the portal is a large oculus with a Romanesque frame between two single mullioned windows.
Inside, the Greek cross shape with three naves of Roman columns with Byzantine capitals; at the center, supported by four strong pillars and spandrels adorned with architectural decorations and four figures of angels in relief is the twelve-sided dome, one of the most ancient in Italy.
Through a glass floor, created during one of the restorations, are visible the remains of a pagan temple and the early Christian basilica with mosaic fragments.
The Duomo has many beautiful sculptures, bas-reliefs, screens and pieces of art to admire, as well as some elaborately painted wooden cielings and the magnificent altar of Our Lady by Luigi Vanvitelli (1738) .
The right crypt is used for burial of the bishops and gives access to the underground temple, where excavations have unearthed the remains of the Italic temple and the early Christian basilica.
Anyone who wishes to drive to the Duomo at night will find the church closed, but the view of the port at night is lovely, and the sea air is wonderful.
10. Palazzo Pianetti
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4.5 based on 142 reviews
Situated in Palazzo Pianetti, the foremost example of 18th-century architecture in Jesi, the museum is known for its unique Rococo gallery of ornate polychrome stuccos, the only one of its kind in central Italy. The main floor houses an important collection of art from older periods who stands out as one of the major artists of the Renaissance. Above it, on the same floor as the private apartments occupied by the Pianetti family since the early 1900s, the Gallery of Contemporary Art houses a display of art works dating from the mid 19th century to the present day.
Reviewed By Fernanda-Jesi - Jesi
A storical place in Jesi where you can see splendid pictures from Lorenzo Lotto . the gallery is in good condition of manintance and the people who works there are friendly . During certain period of times it's possible to have a giuded tour much more bettter to understand what the treasures of the gallery
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