Originally Porto San Giorgio was the ancient port for the city of Fermo and is now a very pleasant seaside resort with its lovely beaches.  Famed for its fish, there are many good and reasonably priced eateries where you can enjoy the celebrated Le Marche fish shoup “brodetto”

Porto san Giorgio  is very lively during summer months with lots of concerts.  Charming Liberty Style architecture greets you, which was very popular and in vogue in fine seaside resorts across Italy from the 19 century.

It’s 13th century fortress, built by Lorenzo Tiepolo, later Doge of Venice, stands close by the town’s central square, and has fine towers.

PEDASO
To the south of Porto San Giorgio is Pedaso, which is the Marche’s “mussel beach” – these delectable molluscs are cultivated on concrete pillars that lie just off its short, gravely beach. Apart from being a popular place for skin-diving, it is very close to the motorway.  During summer months you can enjoy the mussel feast or “Sagra delle Cozze,“     BUON APPETITO !

As well as a famous and popular holiday resort for Italian holiday makers it is also one of the most important fishing ports on the whole Adriatic coast. Throughout the summer season the whole resort is busy with festivals and sagra and the shops are open late into the evening.The selection of sea food available in the beach side restaurants is famous throughout both the whole Le Marche and Italy as a whole.

It has a very famous large promenade flanked with up to eight thousand large palm trees and even the wide sandy beach has palms growing in the fine white sand! The sand slopes away gently from the beach into the sea and the shallow water is perfect for children and non swimmers alike.

San Benedetto del Tronto is an extremely popular resort in the summer and attracts a lot of young people because of it’s vibrant night life. There are numerous hotels, restaurants and bars and it is famous for its large selection of shops and museums. During the summer season the central shopping area is often open well into the early hours and there are many large and popular festivals and sagras held in the town throughout the year.

Grottamare is often overlooked as a place to visit, as visitors often bypass  the town while travelling on the Autostrada on their way south to the bigger resort of San Benedetto, or to the north to Porto san Giorgio. But Grottamare is well worth a visit in its own right and it nevers disappoints. I personally think it is one of the more gentle seaside resorts along the Le Marche coastlineand parking is easy most of the year, though more difficult in the summer when numerous antique and general fairs are held all along the beach front.

Also in the hills above the main town is the stunning older Medieval part of the town, Grottamare Alta, with its wonderful views across the town and coast beneath and here can be found some of the best restaurants in the whole of Le Marche. The famous Papa Sisto V restaurant in Grottamare Alta has a large open terrace with panoramic views across the sea and is a wonderful place to spend a long hot evening eating some of the best food in all Le Marche.

Further south along the coast we next find the small resorts of Massignano and then the very popular resort of Cupra Marittima. Cupra Marittima is another seaside resort that offers a relaxed atmosphere and it is reminiscent of the Italian coast just south of Rome.

Running through the centre of Cupra Marittima is the main Adriatica road, lined with small shops and bars and the Adriatica also runs parallel to the main North to South railway line and A14 Autostrada.

High above the main part of Cupra Marittima resort is historic Cupra Alta and the imposing 15th Century Castello di Marano with its pine lined avenues and lanes on the steep hills leading up to the main castle. The Castello di Marano is now the home of the Gristostomi family and parts of it are used for bed and breakfast accommodation throughout the year. The views from the top of the walled battlements of the Castello of the coastal plain and sea below are some of the best in Le Marche.

It is famous for the large houses, so called Liberty villas that are found all along the sea front and in the numerous small palm lined piazza’s just back from the main front drag. The villas are wonderful examples of the Liberty style architecture that was so popular in small Italian resorts in the late 19th Century.

In the main area of porto san Giorgio there are several large avenues filled with numerous small shops, banks and a central train station from which Bologna in the north and Bari in the south can be reached easily. Just up from the station there is a long wide central boulevard and which is always filled with crowds throughout the summer and on market day on a Thursday morning.

In the centre of Porto san Giorgio there are to found many fine seafood restaurants and bars there is also one of the area’s best Ice cream palours or Gelaterias set in a beautiful small piazza just off the main seafront. The beachfront lined with palms and always popular on the long hut summer evenings has many small beach bars and smal restaurants and in the summer the beach is covered with deckchairs and multicoloured umbrelloni. On many summers evenings all along beach front many small kiosks and stalls can be found selling local foods, handicrafts and artisans wares and it is a delight to spend some time here before going for a meal, drink or ice cream.

Porto Recanati is a resort which largely caters for the Italian tourist in the busy summer holiday season. There are many small shops all over the resort and it is very famous for its sea food and the restaurants serving the most wonderful seafood dishes including Brodetto di Porto Recanati which is a well known fishermans dish famous all over Le Marche.. In the summer there is also the famous Aeronautica Militare air show held each year just outside the town.

Close by Civitanova is also another weel known holiday resort for Italian visitors in the summer season. It boasts long sandy beaches and also a striking lighthouse close to the main docks and small industrial area. It also has a long shopping avenue close by the sea front which has a very large variety of shops, restaurants and bars, and off this street there are many small shops offering local Italian foodstuffs. Civitanova Alta just inland of the resort is an undiscovered gem with many old historic buildings and small local artisans outlets.

Sirolo and Numana close by to Portonovo both have wonderful beaches and some of the best Golf courses in Italy! The centres of these small medieval town have wonderful vibrant small shops, tree-lined piazzas with a walled balconies high above the sea, all offering spectacular views out over the Adriatic sea.

Today its most famous and striking monument the large fort, the Roca Roveresca which was built in 1480. Inside the fort are the ruins of the original Roman fortress and guided tours take place to allow the public to view the archeological remains contained within the fort.

port of Senigallia became an important centre of maritime trade for the Duchy of Urbino in the middle ages and eventually even for the papal state itself. There is a large Piazza next to the fort with fountains and used throughout the summer by couples and families. In the grounds of the fort concerts are held throughout the year as well as fairs and cultural events in the summer and autumn.

Senigallia has a population of just over 40,000 inhabitants and in the summer season, its population rises to over 100,000, mainly Italians who return to this beautiful town for their summer vacations. All along the beach front there are numerous beach bars and lovely sea food restaurants and a wonderful nightlife in which all family members take part.

historic centre of Senigallia is only a short walk from the beach and is full of restaurants, bars, galleries and a large variety of shops.

The next region of La Spaggia di Velluto e le Marine has the beautiful resort of Senigallia as well as the resorts of Montemarciano loc Marina and Falconara Marittima.

Then comes the Riviera del Conero with the world famous resorts of Sirolo, Portonovo and Numana. The Costa Maceratese region then contains the resorts of Porto Recanati, Potenza Picena loc Porto and Civitanova Marche.

We then have the region of Verde Riviera Picena, which contains the beautiful resorts of Porto Sant’Elpidio, Porto san Giorgio, Altidona loc Marina, Pedaso, Campofilone loc Marina and Massignano loc Marina. And finally, the region of Riviera delle Palme as the famous resorts of Cupra Marittima, Grottammare, San Benedetto del Tronto and Porto D’Ascoli.

Nearly all of these resorts have long sandy beaches with numerous small beach restaurants and bars. They are covered in the summer season by colourful beach umbrellas and sun beds which are so typical of Italian beaches all over Italy.

Below we have put together a small selection of the resorts that we have found to offer all that is best of the Le Marche regions seaside living.