Introduction to the Undiscovered Region of Marche Italy

Discover Undiscovered Opera under the Stars

Cancello Est has put together a special long weekend for the 50th Anniversary of the Macerata Opera Festival which is featuring Women in Opera.

We have planned a fully inclusive weekend of degustation, wine, unforgettable scenery all against the backdrop of Opera Under the Stars on a warm, balmy summers night.

50th Macerata Opera Festival: L'opera è femminile
In 2014 Macerata celebrates the 50th anniversary of its opera season at the Sferisterio with three great heroines of classical melodramas. In new productions of Aida, which inaugurated the very first season in 1921, Tosca and a reprise of the well-known Traviata of the mirrors by Brockhaus and Svoboda. 

In celebrating women all three operas will also have a lady conductor. 

Spend a glorious long weekend in the magnificent undiscovered Le Marche region of Italy, enjoying food, wine and magnificent scenery against the backdrop of three stunning operas, staying at the newly renovated 16th Century Boutique Hotel Cancello Est.

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Costs : from €700 fully inclusive but excluding airfares

50th Macerata Opera Festival: Opera is Female!

 In July and August 2014 Macerata celebrates the 50th anniversary of its opera season at the Sferisterio with three great heroines of the classical melodrama.

They can be seen in new productions of Aida - which inaugurated the very first season in 1921 - and Tosca, along with a reprise of the well-known Traviata of the mirrors by Brockhaus and Svoboda. All three operas will have a female conductor.

Spend a glorious long weekend in the magnificent undiscovered Le Marche region of Italy, enjoying food, wine and magnificent scenery against the backdrop of three stunning operas, staying at the newly renovated 16th Century Boutique hotel Cancello Est.

Fully inclusive packages  start from £700 per person sharing, excluding airfares.

View the Accommodation package at www. Cancelloest.com view the Opera details on http://www.sferisterio.it

Contact marcs@cancelloest.com  for more details or telephone from the UK direct 0208 133 86624


 

Gino D'Acampo shows Holly Willoughby where Le Marche is in Italy!

Gualdo Sunsets - amazing this time of year!

Car Commercial with Hot Chicks……….. not like this!

Delizioso! Italy is the birthplace of some of out favourite foods, so where better to have a culinary adventure?

Passport to the World - Journalist Maryke Roberts raves about Gualdo MC and Cancello Est

Cathy Retief-Neil will be sharing interesting insights on Gualdo, Italy on the travel programme, Passport to the world. The very respected travel journalist Maryke Roberts shares insights and travel tips on her recent trip to the village of Gualdo Macerata and particularly to Cancello Est 

Bridal Suites ready for Opening in September

The renovations at Cancello Est are nearing completion and all being well we should be open for business in September. Two of the Bridal Suites are just about complete and are looking splendid - all we need to add now is a Bride and Groom to the one and  a romantic second honeymoon couple to the other.

The marble bathrooms are fabulous and you can shower or bath with breathtaking views of the mountains and the Sibilini National Park.

Sarnano Suite - En suite (bath and Shower), 16th Century Fresco, Extra-long King size Bed 

Sarnano Suite Marbled bathroom (shower, and double hand basins)

Smerillo Suite complete with private lounge area

A loo with a view - Smerillo Suite Marbled Bathroom

Bertolli introduces its hot sexy Italian chef, Alfredo Caldo-Freddo. Too Funny

Brilliant Italian Humour - Too funny

Spring Flowers Coming into their Glory

Tulips welcoming Spring ( and some fantastic warm weather in Gualdo). After such a long winter the colours really give a lift to the soul with promises of summer to come.

Spring time is one of Marches' best kept secrets!

Spring is Busting out all Over!

Spring has sprung, temperatures rising daily and after a chilly winter everything is is bud and starting to look glorious. Its the most wonderful time of the year!

Great day out to Ascoli Piceno

The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto River and the small river Castellano and is surrounded on three sides by mountains. Two natural parks border the town, one on the northwestern flank (Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini) and the other on the southern (Parco Nazionale dei Monti della Laga).

Ascoli was founded by an Italic population (Piceni) several centuries before Rome's founding on the important Via Salaria, the salt road that connected Latium with the salt production areas on the Adriatic coast. In 268 BC it became acivitas foederata, a "federated" city with nominal independence from Rome. In 91 BC, together with other cities in central Italy, it revolted against Rome, but in 89 BC was reconquered and destroyed by Pompeius Strabo. Its inhabitants acquired Roman citizenship, following the developments and the eventual fall of the Roman Empire.

During the Middle Ages Ascoli was ravaged by the Ostrogoths and then by the Lombards of King Faroald (578). After nearly two centuries as part of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto (593-789), Ascoli was ruled by the Franks through their vicars, but ultimately it was the bishops that gained influence and power over the city.

In 1189 a free republican municipality was established but internal strife led dramatically to the demise of civic values and freedom and to unfortunate ventures against neighboring enemies. This unstable situation opened the way to foreign dictatorships, like those of Galeotto I Malatesta (14th century), initially recruited as a mercenary (condottiero) in the war against Fermo, and Francesco Sforza. Sforza was ousted in 1482, but Ascoli was again compelled to submit to the Papal suzerainty. In 1860 it was annexed, together with Marche and Umbria, into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy.

The central historical part of the city is built in marble called travertino, a grey-hued stone extracted from the surrounding mountains. Its central Renaissance square, Piazza del Popolo ("Square of the People") is considered one of the most beautiful in Italy. According to traditional accounts, Ascoli Piceno was home to more than two hundred towers in the Middle Ages: today some fifty can still be seen.