Marche — uncrowded destinations — page 4

At Fossombrone, in the Marche region, the Metauro river has carved out the Marmitte dei Giganti: a gorge of polished limestone and turquoise pools.

A thousand metres up in the Sibillini Mountains, the sanctuary of Macereto is a wind-swept octagonal stone temple on a deserted plateau.

At the mouth of the Frasassi gorge, in the Marche, San Vittore alle Chiuse is one of the most intact Romanesque churches in Italy: worth a stop.

Elcito, a handful of stone houses at 820 metres beneath Monte San Vicino: fewer than five residents and a rare, total silence in the Marche.