Travel

Flying to Ancona or Pescara airports via Ryanair from Stansted airport - and now Liverpool to Ancona - are the fastest– and almost certainly the cheapest – routes. Currently there is one mid morning flight a day to both Ancona and Pescara from Stansted and 3 flights a week from Liverpool. Montelparo is pretty much half way between these two airports and travel time by motorway is around 1 hour 20 minutes from either. Rome (Ciampino) and Bologna (Forli) are both around 3 hours drive from the house.

Local Amenities

Montelparo is a beautiful hill-top village with all the necessary ammenities (super-market, post office, bank etc.).

Coast/Beach

The pleasant town of Grottammare offers the luxury of a free beach in an Italian seaside town just 30 minutes drive from the house. The beach is surrounded by palm trees with free showers and a drinking fountain within easy walk of the town centre. The sea is safe and warm with shallow sandy beaches. There are many other free beaches and plenty of private ones up and down this stretch of the Adriatic.

Skiing

There are a number of ski resorts in the Sibillini mountains offering family rather than taxing runs. The nearest is around 40 minutes from the house.

.