Typical trattorias, restaurants overlooking the sea and shops where you can buy some gastronomic souvenirs on the Conero and surroundings
The long flat line of the Adriatic coast suddenly stops due to the reaching of a green mountain on the sea. It is the Conero, which contains in a limited space the most beautiful things the Marche has to offer: the blue sea and a green natural park, ancient villages and rolling hills, harbors, churches and castles, vineyards and crops alongside the urban charm of the capital , Ancona: the same name of the city, which in Greek means "elbow", refers to the shape of the promontory on which it stands.
So on the table at the restaurant you can taste land and sea specialties: brodetto and stocco all'anconetana, vincisgrassi, crescia and salami, potacchio meat is part of a centuries-old tradition that brings together the flavors of a rich and generous territory. And then fresh fish and seafood: you should definitely try the moscioli, the prized wild mussels from Portonovo. All this gives life to a rich and diversified offer: the ancient dishes and the innovative proposals can be tasted in the “pieds dans l´eau” restaurants directly on the beach, in the country trattorias or in the farmhouses on the soft hills. Not forgetting a delicious souvenir to take home.
Napoleonic Fort
A nineteenth-century fortress set to guard a white pebble beach. An elegant terrace overlooking the sea where you can taste, in the summer, the specialties of the Marche cuisine and the creative ones, refined dishes made by combining the flavors given by the sea, and not only. Moscioli, cuttlefish, squid, mullet … but also vegetables and meat from the Marche region. Perfect for a classy evening.
Hotel Fortino Napoleonico – Via Poggio – Portonovo (AN)
Tower
The windows of the dining room open onto a spectacular view of the Adriatic, framed by a dynamic and creative fragrant menu of sea, but which leaves room for the classics, such as boiled sea bass, turbot and prawns with traditional sauces and vegetables .
Via la Torre 1, 60026 Numana (AN)
Emilia restaurant
Directly on the beach: behind the green of the Conero, in front of the blue of the sea. Between one bathroom and another, at the bar you can enjoy snacks and aperitifs, while the restaurant conquers with its seafood dishes made strictly in-house, according to tradition: spaghetti with wild mosciolo, moscioli al gratìn, mixed grill, frying mixed and also boiled fish accompanied by homemade mayonnaise.
Emilia Restaurant – Portonovo Bay, 60129 Ancona
Trattoria Mafalda
The terrine of potatoes, clams and sausage; eggplant and cod parmigiana; tagliatelle with moscioli or ragu: these are just some of the many land and sea specialties that can be tasted in a place that is suspended between "land and sea". From the terrace the view goes all around and, in summer, beauty is part of the menu. Pasta, bread and desserts are homemade.
Trattoria Mafalda – Hamlet Poggio, Via Fulcinese, 72 / B – Ancona
Not only sea: "the Return" and the earth cuisine
An evening on a farm with a restaurant that focuses on stuffed pasta made by hand and stretched out with a rolling pin according to tradition. Here you eat meat, thanks to the breeding of cattle and chickens conducted organically. Among the main dishes, try stew, tripe, coratella and chicken "in potacchio". Vegetables also come from the farm. We eat outside in the garden for seventy covers.
Agriturismo Il Ritorno – Via Piani d’Aspio 12, Sirolo (AN).
Wine and gourmet shopping
The Moncaro cellar
From Camerano, on the Conero route that leads to Sirolo and Numana, you can stop at the Conero red wines atelier, produced in the Park area. The old cellar houses the internationally awarded wines and there is an assortment of local artisanal pasta, honeys, jams and organic pickles, as well as the Marche cold cuts (Fabriano Dop and Ciauscolo). Cellar visits are by appointment as well as guided tastings.
Cantina Moncaro, Via Direttissima del Conero, 31, 60021 Camerano (AN)
Fattoria Le Terrazze
Do you want to load good before leaving? Here you can buy typical Marche products, extra virgin olive oil and above all wine: in addition to the Rosso Conero DOC that will have won you over during the holiday, the IGT Marche and other specialties.
Fattoria Le Terrazze – Via Musone, 4 – Numana AN
Street Food and Take away in the city
At the kiosk of Morena
In Ancona it is an institution. One of the last authentic seafood kiosks. Moscioli, crocette, snails and oysters, fresh fish and stockfish, anchovies, canestrelli and fasolari, all cooked as tradition commands and served at the counter. The food is tasted on the spot, genuine street food, everything tastes and no frills.
At the kiosk of Morena – Corso G. Mazzini 65 60100 Ancona
Goodness of the Marche
In the heart of the historic center of Ancona there is a place that is both gastronomy and restaurant, ideal for savoring local products, as if to treat yourself to a delicious souvenir to take home, for a complete lunch or an aperitif. Cheeses, cured meats, preserves, jams, homemade specialties are the protagonists along with the best regional wines.
Goodness of the Marche – Giuseppe Mazzini, 96 – 60121 Ancona
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