Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond. While mass tourism seems to be wreaking havoc on the world’s ...

Marche, located south of Emilia-Romagna, east of Tuscany and Umbria, and north of Abruzzo, boasts a diverse landscape shaped by the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Ancona, its capital and ...

Of 20 administrative regions within Italy, Marche (pronounced MAR-kay) is in the central eastern portion of the country between Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo. It has 1.5 million residents living within a ...

If you’ve visited the major sites in Italy and yearn for something unique and different, consider Civitanova Marche, a pleasant seaside village with a distinctive local flavor. The little fishing town ...