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 Ancona offers an array
of attractions to visitors and travellers who spare some time to
stop here: a sea that the rest of Europe envies for its beauty,
hills that have been softly modelled by agricultural and vine
growing and wine producing activity, an immense artistic and
cultural heritage and a central position which facilities travel in
any direction and towards any destination. But Ancona is not only a
town to pass through: it has all the allures to
capture your attention, to seduce you and charm you on your arrival.
Accustomed for centuries to providing hospitality and entertaining
relations with varying peoples, to the traffic of the port and to
seafarers, Ancona has structured its tourist attractions around the
port and the sea.
Built on two hills that form an amphitheatre around the harbour, it
was settled in the 4th century BC by Greek colonists from Syracuse.
The oldest part of town straddles Colle Guasco, the hill above the
port. On its peak, high above the agitation of the modern city,
stands Ancona's finest church and its most obvious landmark, the
Medieval Cathedral of San Ciriaco, a pleasing mix of Romanesque and
Gothic. To see the rest of the best, start your walk from the bottom
of Corso Stamira down by the ferry docks. |
