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Bastione Sangallo and northeastern city walls
Airpunk Says: Coming from the train station, the first part of the old town you will see will be a corner of the old city wall. This corner is decorated with a coat of arms of Pope Julius III. The city walls on this side are still preserved and only interrupted by the entrance at Via Arco...
Airpunk Says: The former chruch of San Francesco is now a mausoleum for the Malatesta family. The Malatestas chose the church as their burial place when it was still in use. Later, the tombs were transferred into the Portico of the church. The effigies and the smaller figures are worth to...
Pallazzo della Podestá or della Ragione
Airpunk Says: Built in 1229, in a time where a transistion between romanesque and gothic style took place, the Palazzo della Podestá is the most impressive building on the Piazza XX Settembre. This buildings was also object to alterations during the centuries, but while its exterior...
Airpunk Says: To the northwest of the old town, there is an old fortress from the 15th century. It was built by Matteo Nuti on order of Sigismondo Malatesta. It was once the most important part of Fano’s defense structures and was preserved well into the 20th century. During WWII, it was...
Airpunk Says: Fano’s small cathedral dates back to the year 1140, when it was finished. The cathedral stands on the site of a former church which was destroyed by a fire in 1111. The alterations made during the following centuries were mostly limited to the addition or refurbishment of...
Porta Maggiore and other fortifications
Airpunk Says: To the southwestern side of the town, new fortifications were built in the middle ages as the town became object to attacks from surrounding powers. The porta maggiore was built in 1227 as the main city gate and was altered several times during the following centuries. While...
Airpunk Says: The beautiful arch of Augustus stands on the southwestern side of the old town. It was erected in the year 9 AD, made of white istrian stone. To the left and to the right of the main gate, two smaller gates can be seen. The stone on top of the main gate had an ornament with...
Airpunk Says: Getting out to the northeastern side of the train station, you can access beach and beach promenade. It will take a little walk along a parking lot, but it is not that far. The beach is nice and everything doesn’t look as spoiled as in Rimini. Unfortunately, I don’t have the...
patatina Says: Moretta is a popular drink in Fano - it's coffee mixed with liquor that originated from the sailors who frequent the Fano port. It's thick and has a kick to it - definitely try it at one of the local cafes for something unique to the area! The place I'd recommend trying it...
Mike & Fior VillaMarina: Great seafood and pizza's
stefano99 Says: Specialising in seafood and pizza's, this restaurant is popular with the locals. The house pizza is pretty good!
Caffè degli Scomposti: Notte degli Scomposti
paolaraffetta Says: Cousy multicolor place where you can share a drink with friends, meet local artists, meet newcomers and old habituees... In downtown Fano, just across the Comune / Tomba Malatestiana.Have a beer, a cup of coffee, or one of the great ""drinks of the night"".You can also taste...
Airpunk Says: Fano is located on the Rimini-Ancona railway. Most regional train and few interregional trains stop there, granting hourly service in every direction. Some northbound services only run until Pesaro where you will have further connections.
The eternal question of two or three kisses
Fjord87 Says: This is a question many people argue about before they go travelling in southern Europe. "Do they greet with two or three cheek kisses?"Mostly people think that it's always three. The fact is, that three kisses is the French way, but in Italy they do only two kisses to...
Fjord87 Says: How to eat it?This is surprisingly important. There are some dangers in eating ice cream. They have to do with messing yourself up and not looking elegant while eating your ice-cream. ;). Here I have listed them and given some tips how to avoid these dangers.1. The gelato...
Fjord87 Says: And the ice-cream tastes?Now it is neccessary to talk a bit about the tastes.Since there is so many tastes to choose from, I can't possibly list them all here and explain what they are. Some gelati have names like "Banana" or "Cioccolato", and those are easy, but here I'll...
Fjord87 Says: What to buy?What to buy, then? In most places they offer three sizes of cones and three sizes of cups, plus they have their own special super-size offers. The "cono piccolo", the small cone, costs in non-touristic places 1.50-1.70 euros. The biggest one costs 2.00-2.20 euros...
Fjord87 Says: If you are going to Italy, this is very very important!!!Gelato is one of the most delicate aspects of the italian culture. It's soft, it's colorful, there's a lot of it, it's cheap and the most important thing: it's refreshing in the heat! It is ICE-CREAM. Here is a brief...
Fjord87 Says: The sun is lovely and we all think of it as a friend and a giver of life, but take notice that it can be also harmful! If you don't want to burn yourself very badly, use sunblock. Of course a tan is adorable, and don't worry about tanning yourself, but at least put sunblock...
Fjord87 Says: This is probably a commonly known fact in most countries, but since I come from Finland, where tapwater is drinkable, I just want to put this tip here anyway.So, don't drink tap water, it is not clean. People buy water from all grocery stores and all "tabaccherias", tobacco...
The church close to the train station
Airpunk Says: If you see the signs “chiesa” close to the train station, don’t even think about following them. You will be led closer to the coast and instead of an interesting renaissance or medieval church, you will see this building from the second half of the 20th century. Perhaps,...
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Specialising in seafood and pizza's, this restaurant is popular with the locals. The house pizza is pretty good!
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Fano - almost unknown outside of Italy
If there was a big surprise during my trip I made to Italy in April of 2006, it was Fano. The town, mentioned in most non-italian travel guides with no more than four lines, has preserved most of its...
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Fano is my husband's hometown - we visit as often as we can to stay with his wonderful parents, Mario and Itala, and enjoy the tranquil, easygoing town that it is. We have gone sailing off of Fano...
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A nice little town between Rimini and Ancona
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