The Marches region, known as Le Marche (lay Mar-kay) in Italian, is a tangle of contradictions. Its wild landscape of craggy hills and dramatic mountains gives way to lush forests and pristine beaches. The tidy, sleepy hill towns and farming villages that dot the sage- and wheat-colored patchwork ...

Postcard from Caffè Meletti, an historic bar in Le Marche.

Only 37 when he died in 1520, Raphael was one of the most influential artists of his day.

Le Marche is known as "Italy in one region," for it has mountains, beaches, and beautiful hill towns. Here are the top 5 things to do in Le Marche.

A round-up of food festivals in Le Marche.

Part 1 of 20 Things We Love About Italy includes travel ideas for the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Le Marche, Liguria, and Lombardy.