Bleisure in Marche

The Marche region boasts Italy’s highest percentage of businesses per inhabitant. Thus, the accommodation facilities have specialized in welcoming 'business' tourists, by providing exclusive services for working activities, such as 24 hours open multifunctional meeting rooms, transfers to airports and train stations, laundry service and many others.


What makes staying in the Marche for business unique is the wonderful landscape of rolling hills, backed by mountains and close to the sea. In northern Marche, Pesaro’s Vitrifrigo Arena is an imposing indoor sports arena, founded in 1996, now home to meetings and concerts, like the memorable recital by Luciano Pavarotti. Further south, down the Adriatic coast, Senigallia’s Rotonda a mare, inaugurated in 1933, is a waterfront round structure, originally used for hydrotherapy and recreational purposes, today it is a luxurious venue for exhibitions and conferences. Heading south, Ancona’s Loggia dei Mercanti, with its wonderful facade in Venetian Gothic style, is now home to the town’s Chamber of Commerce and a venue for conferences/meetings. Exploring Ancona’s green inland, we must mention Fabriano’s Oratorio della Carità, an extraordinary location for meetings, with its remarkable frescoes representing the seven Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy, made by Filippo Bellini from Urbino.


The numerous farmhouses, hotels and country houses surrounded by greenery are ideal locations to relax or take a break after a hard working day, or smart working; indeed many services are provided, such as gyms, fitness centres or guided tours to discover the attractions of the surrounding area. They all supply spaces and facilities to organize working sessions in a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere. Refined historic homes, convents, castles, patrician villas and manor houses can also host meetings and different events.


The Marche region also boasts a high concentration of historic theatres which represent the Marche’s precious cultural heritage and can host different types of events, from official and media events to more cosy and reserved ones.


The Marche region is also the birthplace of some of Italy’s most famous opera composers and singers, such as Gioacchino Rossini, to whom the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is dedicated, and also Giovan Battista Pergolesi and Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, both celebrated in Jesi’s Pergolesi Spontini Festival.


Many of the well known and famous Made in Italy products are made in this land. This is why a journey to the Marche region is also a good opportunity to visit the numerous factory outlets, selling designer clothing and shoes at knock-down prices. There are numerous brand merchandise that can be purchased in the many enormous shops and outlets. Famous brands, now popular all over the world, can be found everywhere in the region, from Ancona to San Benedetto del Tronto, Fermo, Civitanova Marche, including the whole Macerata area.

Top 5 Bleisure experiences

  1. A wide choice of outdoor activities are fully available, such as the adventurous canoe excursion to the Marmitte dei Giganti, boat trips from the Conero Riviera or the Riviera delle Palme of San Benedetto del Tronto, as well as diving to explore the sea bed and meet the sea fauna.
  2. Shopping in the many factory outlets where you can find items at knock-down prices. Famous brands, now popular all over the world, can be found everywhere in the region, from Ancona to San Benedetto del Tronto, Fermo, Civitanova Marche, including the whole Macerata area.
  3. You can relive the bel canto operas by some of Italy’s most famous opera singers and composers born in the Marche, such as Gioachino Rossini and Giovan Battista Pergolesi, in the skilfully decorated theatres widespread in the Marche, from the Rossini Theatre in Pesaro, the Pergolesi Theatre in Jesi, the L'Aquila Theatre in Fermo and the Ventidio Basso Theatre in Ascoli Piceno.
  4. Visiting the Marche is an ideal opportunity to keep fit and improve mental wellbeing. There are unmissable hiking trails in two National Parks: the national park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga in Ascoli Piceno and the national park of Monti Sibillini in Macerata. In the region’s protected areas we find the regional park of Sasso Simone and Simoncello in Pesaro Urbino, Gola Rossa and Frasassi, Monte Conero in Ancona and Monte San Bartolo in Pesaro Urbino.
  5. A trip to the Marche region can also mean feeling good, as great care is taken to the quality of life. Spas are important for physical health, as it enhances self-confidence and improve overall mental wellbeing. There are different spas in the region: in the province of Pesaro and Urbino the thermal baths of Raffaello in Petriano; in Genga, the thermal baths of Frasassi, in San Vittore; in the Macerata area there are the thermal baths of Santa Lucia in Tolentino and the thermal baths of Sarnano and, in the Ascoli area, there are the new thermal baths of Acquasanta in Acquasanta Terme.

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1 of 8 Image Monte Conero - Conero Riviera. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
2 of 8 Image Teatro dell'Aquila - Fermo. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
3 of 8 Image Rotonda a mare - Senigallia. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
4 of 8 Image Sailing on the Conero Riviera. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
5 of 8 Image Sibillini Mountains. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
6 of 8 Image Frasassi Caves. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
7 of 8 Image Oratorio della Carità - Fabriano. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche
8 of 8 Image Riviera delle Palme - San Benedetto del Tronto. Photo by: Archivio Fotografico Regione Marche