Experience Le Marche
The quiet heart of Italy.
Between the Apennines and the Adriatic: a landscape of hill towns, vineyards and valleys, still mostly kept to itself.
Around the house
Walking, villages, markets and friends of the house.
Walk from the door through olive groves and wheat. Drive twenty minutes to a Saturday market. We'll introduce you to the producers we buy from and the restaurants we'd send our own families to.
Hill towns
Medieval centres on every ridge, each with its own piazza and its own festival.
Vineyards & cellars
Verdicchio, Rosso Conero and small producers who still pour for you themselves.
Mountains
The Sibillini for walking and long lunches in mountain villages.
The coast
The Conero cliffs and Adriatic beaches, an easy day out.
Summer nights
Flags, drums and the whole town in the piazza.
Through the summer, the hill towns hold their festivals — flag-throwers, music and long tables in the street.
Seasons
Every month has its reason.
Spring
Wild flowers, green hills, and lavender along the drive by June.
Summer
Sunflowers in July, warm evenings, village festivals, the sea within reach.
Autumn
Harvest, truffles, mist in the valleys and long golden afternoons.
Winter
Snow on the Sibillini, fires lit, and the hill towns to yourselves.
Mountain & village days
Excursions, arranged quietly.
A morning in a hill town, a vineyard lunch, a drive into the mountains or down to the sea. We'll arrange the car, the table and the introductions.
Enquire
Your time at Villa Lume starts with a conversation.
Tell us who is coming, and roughly when. We'll reply personally, usually within two working days.
Begin an enquiry