I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

Amateur Traveler episode 674. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about Piazzas and

Palaces and Cisterns, beaches and Basilicas and grottoes as we go to Le Marke in Italy.

Welcome the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Italy. I'd like to welcome to the show Chantel and Giovanni from the Italian on tour.com

and we're talking about a region in Italy that may not be on your map and that is

le Marke.

Chantel and Giovanni, welcome to the show.

First of all, and how did I do?

Did I pronounce it anywhere close to being correct?

I think you got it right.

Perfect. And can you put it on a map for us where are we talking about because I had to look this one up

Okay, so le Marke is located in Central Italy and it's on the east side so it's on the Adriatic coast. So if you're coming in

from Rome you're looking at about three hours east by car. Okay and none of to me the well-known cities in Italy are in this

region although you're just below San Marino which I think a lot of people

have either heard of or maybe collected their stamps or

whatever but why are we going to le Marke? Well I think you want to come to le Marke

if you've really in search of an authentic experience.

Leake is in Central Italy, just like Tuscanyas and Umbria,

which have become very popular over the years but Le Marke because of its location

and also because of its geographical location with the Sablini Mountains

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