Agriturismo il Pettirosso

The Pettirosso farm is located somewhere about the village of Ostra surrounded by colourful hills especially in spring and autumn. It is not far from the Adriatic Sea and from Senigallia: historical town and well-known seaside resort.

The Pettirosso has a favoured position. Thanks to good and panoramic roads, it is possible to reach some of the most historical, artistic and cultural centres of the region that are situated only at few km from the house.

PARKS AND NATURAL RESERVES:
The natural park of Monte Conero, the Conero riviera with its typical and beautiful places like Portonovo, Numana and Sirolo;
The regional natural park of Gola della Rossa and Frasassi with the famous Frasassi caves;
The natural park of Gola del Furlo (Pesaro-Urbino);
The green hall of Valleremita (Fabriano).

HISTORICAL SITES:
Jesi (the town where emperor Frederic II of Svevia and the musician G. Battista Pergolesi were born);
Fabriano (the town of papers);
Loreto (with its sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary);
Recanati (where it is possible to visit the house of the famous italian poet Giacomo Leopardi)

CASTLES, FORTRESS AND MEDIOEVAL VILLAGES:
Ostra, Ostra Vetere, Corinaldo, Barbara, Arcevia, Loretello, Piticchio, Serra dei Conti, Genga, Serra San Quirico, Morro d'Alba, Mondavio

ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS:
Ostra Vetere, Sassoferrato, Conella di Arcevia, Castelleone di Suasa, Pergola, Cingoli, Urbisaglia, Cupra Marittima, Helvia Recina (Villa Potenza), Ancona, Fermo, Fossombrone.


CHURCHES AND ABBEYS:
Heremitage of Fonte Avellana (place quoted in the Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri poet), S. Maria di Portonovo (Conero Riviera), S. Maria in Castagnola (Chiaravalle), S. Maria di Moie, San Vittore alle Chiuse (Genga), S. Elena di Serra San Quirico, S. Apollinare di Monte Roberto, Abbazia di Valdicastro (Fabriano), Abbazia di Sitria (Fabriano).

ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL SITES:
- Urbino: ducal and Renaissance town,
- Gradara castle;
- San Leo fortress;
- Gubbio: medioeval town;
- Ascoli Piceno: medieval town;
- Pesaro: home town of the musician Gioacchino Rossini and where each summer the Rossini Opera Festival takes place;
- Macerata: famous for its summer opera season at Sferisterio;
- 7 towns dedicated to the painter Lorenzo Lotto as Ancona, Jesi, Cingoli, Mogliano, Monte San Giusto, Recanati and Loreto. In 2007 they all celebrated the 450th anniversary from his dead.

ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THE SEA
Brodetto (Adriatic fish soup) and stockfish.

THE INLANDS AND ITS PRODUCTS
Truffle, sausages and salami, formaggio di fossa (Dicth's cheese is a typical local product obtained by the fermentation in the seasoning ditch of the local cheese produced in the area between the Rubicone and Marecchia valleys. The ditch is a subterranean environment dug in tufa with a flask shape. It is 4/7 metres deep with a diameter of 2 metres. Probably, it dates back to the Middle Ages), Caciotta del Montefeltro (small flat, soft, either fresh or matured cheese), pizza al formaggio marchigiana (typical pizza cake filled by cheese pieces), lonzino di fichi (dried figs salami).

D.O.C. WINES
- Colli Pesaresi wine;
- Bianchello del Metauro;
- Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi;
- Verdicchio di Matelica;
- Lacrima di Morro d'Alba;
- Bianco dei Colli Maceratesi;
- Rosso Conero, Rosso Piceno;
- Vernaccia di Serra Petrona.