Why Ancona?
October 11, 2011
Ancona’s Top Sights Will Tell You Why
The Gola della Rossa Natural Park is the biggest conservation area in the region of Marches. The park is a sight worth seeing and is divided up into different routes for varying abilities to get around the park. Touristic, the first route is about an hour long. Next is also easy but will take 2 hours and lastly, the difficult one, a bit more difficult and taking about 3 hours. In the park is the Gola della Rossa, a fantastic mountain gorge and the Grotte di Frasassi which goes almost 20 kms inside the Park.
The Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto is a place of worship with high attendance and is well-known throughout Italy and also Europe. Tradion has it that the Holy House of Nazareth was transported by angels across the sea from Palestine to the small town of Tersatto in the 13th century. It was moved to different locations until finally it came to stay where it is now. Many have made the pilgrimage to the shrine looking for answers for many reasons of a spiritual nature.
Monte Conero Regional Natural Park. This is a place of natural beauty, distinctly Mediterraean in the plant life,flora and fauna. There are wondrous views of beaches, the sea and mountains. There are many species of birds and animals too. If beaches are your thing then you must visit the Velvet Beach. It is a flat, wide, sandy beach , a great place to enjoy the sun. Good place for families to have fun.