A peaceful and beautiful family house in a gently rolling Italian landscape
Welcome, Benvenuto, Welkom,
Villa Ca' Lucciola offers you a unique getaway from home. Surrounded by typical Italian landscape with breathtaking views, the villa is located in the quiet area of Mondavio in the beautiful region of Le Marche. Just a short easy drive from the beaches and a couple of miles from downtown Fano and other attractions
Area Attractions
Regional Food & Wine
The food of Le Marche shares from the bounty of the sea as well as the farm. Brodetto is the most famous fish stew of the Adriatic coast, and varies in form from each coastal town. The marchigian versions of brodetto include red and gray mullet, cuttlefish or squid (or both), oil, garlic and saffron - served on either fried or toasted bread. Other seafood favorites include the port of Ancona's stoccafisso (dried codfish, which is not native to the Mediterranean), and local varieties like sole, bream, clams and mussels. Vincisgrassi is the lasagna of Le Marche, made with ground pork, mushrooms, tomato and bechamel sauces, all topped with local truffles. Favorite meats include veal, rabbit, game birds (quail, pigeon), chicken and goose. Both meats and fish are usually done either in a porchetta style using fennel, garlic and rosemary, orpotacchio (with onion, tomato, white wine and rosemary). The meat (beef, veal or lamb, mostly) "alla brace" is also quite popular, cooked on embers of wood fire. In Marche you can often find the "maialino", suckling pig cooked in a woodfired oven.
Pecorino, especially young pecorino, is the most favored cheese of Le Marche, but the casciotta d'Urbino (PDO) is also popular. Le Marche desserts are not overwhelmingly sweet and often use sweetened cheeses like pecorino or ricotta as ingredients: think of sweet things such as calcioni and piconi. Other desserts include a pizza dolce, or sweet pizza and frustenga, a cake made with raisins, figs and walnuts.
The wines of Le Marche include full bodied DOC reds like Ancona's Rosso Conero, the popular Rosso Piceno and and the sparkling Vernaccia di Serrapetrona (DOCG). However the real standout of Le Marche is its white wines, especially Verdicchio (dei Castelli di Iesi or di Matelica - both DOC), considered by many to be the absolute best wine to have with seafood. Bianchello del Metauro (DOC) is a traditional, straw colored white that is excellent with Le Marche's shellfish. Spirits of Le Marche include home made grappas and other infused liquors, but the most popular is Mistra, an aniseed liqueur used as a digestivo.
Places to Visit
Just a few of the interesting places to visit, nearby and a bit further away from the house.
Explore and enjoy!
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