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Villa San Raffaello

Get away from it at our Villa in Le Marche, Italy

montefortino-marche--the-mountainsThings to do on your holidays in Le Marche

This page aims to give you with great ideas of what to do on your holiday in Le Marche. Just follow the links in this page or read and follow the snippets at the bottom of this page.

If you are prepared to take some time out from relaxing around the villa or days on Le Marche's beaches, then the wonderful Le Marche landscape provides visitors to this incredible part of Italy with the perfect backdrop to a variety of cultural tours, or, outdoor activity and adventure

Sant'Angelo-in-Pontano-Le-MarcheCultural things to do in Le Marche

If you prefer a vacation touring the history and culture of the local area or visiting a place of pilgrimage, we have provided an overview of some of the museums, sightseeing highlights and some suggested itineraries and tours for your visit to Le Marche. We can also arrange for you to volunteer to dig and excavate the impressive Roman Ruins at Urbisaglia on your holiday. Alternatively, why not try an art and Craft Holiday in Italy, we offer courses that include Icon painting, renaissance art painting, furniture making using Green Wood and Contemporary Mosaic Design.

Outlet Shopping in Le Marche

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For those of you looking for a bustling place to pick up fresh local produce or wanting to haggle for that bargain antique then don't miss our markets page. If you want to go upmarket, then our directory and map of designer outlets will help you source cut-price Italian chic on your Le Marche vacation. If you fancy making a bigger purchase and dream of returning to Le Marche on a regular basis, then maybe you fancy buying a house in Le Marche.

Thank you for a wonderful fortnight at VSR, from paragliding to rafting we have had an adventurous yet relaxing holiday- Lovely home grown produce and great company.

John, Anne-Marie, Conor, Anne & Catherine- Belfast

Outdoor & sporty things to do in Le Marche

For fans, players and punters, looking for things to do in Le Marche, we have our sports page and for the more adventurous extreme sports. Alternatively, if you fancy other activity in the local Marche Sibillini mountains then we can offer walking and hiking holidays together with local facilities and itineries for horse riders and cyclists.

Festas & things to do in Le Marche at night

Better still, if you have relaxed sufficiently during the day and are still looking for what to do in Le Marche, you should be in fine fettle for a night out at a festa or other outdoor event. In Italy these occur almost every night during the height of the summer (see Summer 2011 events in Marche) and normally involve al-fresco eating, drinking and dancing, with themes ranging from Historical Pageants to heats of the Miss Italia competition.



Late deals Italy Spring 2011, last minute holidays Italy 2011Cheap holiday deals to Italy 2012

At Villa San Raffaello, we are proud of our excellent reviews on trip advisor holidays in italy and are now offering cheap holiday deals for late availability and bookings in Spring 2012. These cheap last minute deals in Italy enable you to take holidays in Italy in one of the most beautiful locatiosn and also take advantage of cheap flights to Italy with a number of low cost airlines such as Ryanair, Flybe and BA that land at the 7 airports within striking distance of the villa. 

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Art, Craft & Painting Holidays in Le Marche Italy

All inclusive art and craft holidays that range from mosaics and green woodworking to iconography.

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vespa3Urbs Salvia - Roman Ruins & excavations Le Marche Italy

Find out about the geography and history of Urbs Salvia Roman ruins at Urbisaglia in Le Marche Italy.  Volunteer for archaeological excavations whilst on your holiday in Le Marche; we can arrange transport, access to hidden areas on the site and can even combine these with historical tours of the area using a highly knowledgable guide.

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vespa1What's on in Sarnano & Macerata, Le Marche 2011

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le marche tours italyLe Marche organised trips and tour

When you visit Le Marche you will inevitably be struck by the wonderful, the rich cultural heritage, the historic architecture and the quality of the local produce. But we'd like to help you get under Le Marche's skin, meeting local artisans and experiencing the true flavour of rural life on a trip or a tour.


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museums in le marche italy

Museums and Galleries in Le Marche Italy

There are museums in many of the Le Marche towns near the villa, this page is dedicated to those that are within easy reach. However, there are many more museums listed on the sites for Macerata and Ascoli Provinces and on the regional web site for Le Marche.

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Touring itineraries in Le Marche ItalyLe Marche Itineraries

We have clustered together points of interest in Le Marche that are located in similar locations to provide you with touring itineraries that we think you'd enjoy and are within easy reach of our Le Marche Villa .

 

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Cycling holidays in Le Marche ItalyCycling holidays & mountain bike tours in Le Marche

Our Le Marche Villa is ideally positioned for an Italian cycling holiday or mountain biking holidays. Situated on the edge of the Sibillini Mountains National Park and 2km from the medieval town of Sarnano, this wonderful area of Le Marche, Italy has vast networks of trails and old mule tracks that are ideal terrain for cycling holidays.

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Shopping at designer outlets in le marche italyShopping at Le Marche designer fashion outlets

There are endless numbers of designers and manufacturers of stylish fashions in Le Marche and most of them have a designer outlet where you can pick up fashions at a discount. This page is dedicated to a few of the designer outlets that are within easy reach of the villa.

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religious pilrimages to ItalyReligious pilgrimages to Le Marche and Umbria

Our Le Marche Villa is equi-distant from two very important places of Christian pilgrimage, Loreto; home to Mary's house brought here brick by brick from Nazareth and also Assisi, home of Saint Francis. There are many other important churches and places of pilgrimage in the area. Here are a few highlights.

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Festas and events in Le Marche Italy

Le Marche Festas & Events

Le Marche hosts 'festas' or outdoor celebrations, games, concerts and dancing most weekends from Spring to Christmas and during the Summer these also occur on most weekdays as neighbouring villages compete in throwing the best party. 

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Beaches in le marche adriatic coast

The Adriatic Coast and beaches of Le Marche, Italy

The Adriatic Coast or the Adriatic riviera of Le Marche consists of 180km of beautiful, clean, safe beaches. and is within easy reach of the Villa and Sarnano.

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Markets in le marche italy

Antique and food markets in Le Marche

Street fairs selling antiques, bric-a-brac, the not-so-old stuff that's known in Italy as modernariato, and even what some might label as junk have become popular across the peninsula and over twenty towns in Le Marche now have a regular antiques market.

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Le Marche Italy Sightseeing and touring

Sightseeing & touring on your holidays in Le Marche, Italy

Whilst driving and touring Le Marche and its wonderful landscape you will discover many preserved medieval centres or centro storico in the Marche villages and towns.

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Family Holidays in Le Marche Italy

Le Marche family holidays

We have put the Italian family model at the heart of our holidays in Italy, the villa is equipped with their happiness in mind. If you can drag the children away from the villa and the pool, volleyball or badminton, the swings, climbing frame and slide, then the local town of Sarnano has a good childrens playground and crazy golf, plus football pitches and a tennis court, this page has some great ideas for other fun family days out in the local part of Marche region.

 

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walking holidays and hiking in le marcheWalking in Italy, hiking, trekking and rambling holidays in Le Marche

Most visitors to Italy love to visit medieval villages, admiring the art, culture, history and food, travelling through the glorious countryside they often remark on it's incredible beauty. However, to really get under the skin of Italy and beautiful Le Marche and understand the way the people live you should try hiking Italy off the beaten track and immersing yourself on a italian walking holiday amongst Le Marche's wonderful flora and fauna.

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sport and adventure holidays in le marcheSport, action and adventure on your holiday in Le Marche

Whether your Italian holiday to Le Marche is for relaxation purposes, or, you are a serious adrenaline junkie, we have listed below a range of suggestions for sports and extreme sports that you can watch or participate in near the Villa in Le Marche. Alternatively, if you are coming on a family holiday to Italy we have a page dedicted to a range of child friendly activities.

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