The best MTB trails around Apecchio

What can be said that hasn't already been said? It's beautiful to climb up, reach the summit and enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view, from the Adriatic to the Sibillini, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria and Emilia Romagna. It's beautiful to descend, the road is in good condition and doesn't require particular acrobatic "skills". Not to be missed

Piobbico is a beautiful town in the province of Pesaro Urbino with about 1800 inhabitants. It is located in a valley between Monte Nerone and Monte Montiego and stands right at the confluence of two rivers: the Biscubio and the Candigliano. Piobbico is also known as the Land of the Ugly, due to the National Association of the Ugly, founded at the end of the 19th century to allow young women from Piobbico to find a husband; it currently has about 30,000 members and every year, on the first Sunday of September, the World Festival of the Ugly takes place. The festival is famous throughout central Italy and attracts a very large number of people each year.

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Building in a state of abandonment for many decades but which offers a perfect position to admire the Catria and Nerone massifs

Excellent stopping point before climbing Monte Nerone to Rocca Leonella. A drinking water fountain is also available in front of the bar

Mountain of the Umbria-Marche Apennines of 1525m in height. The origin of the name has two hypotheses, the first, more suggestive, is the one that wants the origin of the name linked to the Roman consul Claudius Nero who would have gathered his legions here before the famous Battle of Metauro (year 207 BC) in which defeated the Carthaginians. A more likely hypothesis links the name of this mountain to the discovery of a statuette of the god Mars, which occurred during the construction works of the RAI broadcasting center on the summit.

The history of Piobbico is connected to the history of the Brancaleoni count family, which dominated these districts for seven centuries, in fact the Brancaleoni Castle developed in successive periods, from 1200 to 1700. Its construction began as a fortress and then assumed, over the years, the appearance and grace of a Renaissance palace, full of frescoes, stuccos, fireplaces, writings in Latin, Greek and vernacular, dates and names, which allowed to reconstruct the architectural history of this large container (135 rooms). Going up the medieval village you arrive at the square where the clock tower stands. The tower rests on a pointed arch vault dating back to the 1200s, therefore prior to the construction of the first nucleus of the building, evidence of an old watchtower. Towards the end of the 16th century, a tower was erected above the vault on which two clocks were placed, one on the facade facing the town and one on the facade facing the San Carlo courtyard. On the entrance facade, next to the tower, you can admire an elegant loggia which, together with the balustrade, make the facade less massive, giving the whole complex a refinement that is more suited to a Palace than a Castle. In fact, this immense building (135 rooms) has developed over the centuries, through a series of interventions, expansions, until reaching the current structure in which the Renaissance features prevail, but also presents evident defensive and military security elements typical of the late Middle Ages.

Recommended stopover!