Snapped: Views from Marche
This year, we went for a week to Marche, in the east of central Italy. A Friend recommended Marche as "the undiscovered Tuscany", a stretch of rolling hills between the Apennine mountains and the Adriatic coast.
The fields on the hills were less spacious than in Tuscany, but no less appealing: condensed fields of olive trees, vineyards, wheat and sunflowers dotted for as far as the eye can see.
Here are some views taken from the house we stayed in.
![Our garden in Marche Our garden in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/the%20garden%20in%20Marche.jpg)
Our garden by sunrise
![Gran Sasso silhouet Gran Sasso silhouette](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/Gran%20Sasso%20silhouet.jpg)
At sunrise, you can see the silhouette of Gran Sasso, the master of the central Apennines
![Apennines in Marche Apennines in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/Apennines%20in%20Marche.jpg)
There is some magic in seeing the last stretches of the Apennines fading out into rolling hills
![Apennines in Marche Apennines in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/Apennines%20in%20Marche%202.jpg)
The same view with the olive trees right next to our house
![A view from Marche A view from Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/View%20from%20Marche.jpg)
A view to the South of our house
![View from Marche with bougainvillae View from Marche with bougainvillea](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/Marche%20with%20bougainvillae.jpg)
A view to the next farmhouse, with bougainvillea from our garden
![The next village in Marche The next village in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/The%20next%20village%20in%20Marche.jpg)
The next village from between the trees
![The next neighbour's fields in Marche The next neighbour's fields in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/the%20next%20neighbour%27s%20fields.jpg)
The neighbour's vineyards and olive trees, a typical sight in Marche
![houses on the hilltops in Marche houses on the hilltops in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/houses%20on%20the%20hilltops%20in%20Marche.jpg)
In many places in the world, people build houses in the valleys, where they are more protected. In Marche, houses and villages are built on top of the hills
![fields in Marche fields in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/fields%20in%20Marche.jpg)
A typical view of Marche: small fields, one next to the other.
![the neighbour's fields in Marche The neighbour's fields in Marche](http://theroadtothehorizon.net/photo/the%20neighbours%20in%20Marche.jpg)
Olive trees, vine yards, olive trees, vine yards, olive trees,...
2 comments:
shame Tuscany lays on the Tyrrhenian Sea.. very peculiar the connection with the Le Marche (that is the correct way to name the region)... different culture (in any means,landscapes, +else) geography sometimes is like math... an opinion, not! It takes more than a life to get into Italy: a trip like yours is just a sip from a multiflavours unique bottle of wine.
What a lovely shot. The grass is such a lovely shade. Wish I could grow an olive tree.:)
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