Italy Guide
Marche
Ascoli Piceno
Located between the Monti Sibillini and the coast, the pleasant town of ASCOLI PICENO is off the radar of most tourists. This seems odd considering it has plenty of grand architecture and a lovely café-lined central square that's among the most pleasant in Marche. At Mardi Gras it hosts the region's most flamboyant carnival and in August its streets are given over to the Quintana, a medieval festival that incorporates a spectacular joust. If that wasn't enough, Ascoli's restaurants and food stalls are the proud purveyors of olive all'ascolana (fried olives stuffed with veal), one of the tastiest, if not exactly healthiest, of the region's many gastronomic specialities.
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