Amandola is in Central Italy, located in the provincia of Ascoli Piceno, the southernmost part of the Le Marche region. Le Marche is to the east of Umbria and Tuscany and to the south of Emilia Romagna.
Amandola is located within the national park, Parco Nazionale Monti Sibillini. On the map below, Amandola is at bottom, center, in yellow. Pleasant alpine breezes and crisp, cool mountain lakes are the perfect way to beat the Italian summer heat. In under an hour's drive, you are on the Marche Riviera, a series of quiet Adriatic beaches stretching for nearly 100 km from Monte Conero to the north to San Benedetto del Tronto to the south.
Amandola is also close the hilltowns of Umbria. Spoleto, Assisi, Perugia, Montefalco and Spello are just an over an hour's drive. It's a perfect base to explore Italian culture, history, art and cuisine.
If you're traveling from the UK, Ryanair
flies daily to Ancona, Pescara and now Perugia airports (all of which are between 75 min - 90 min drive
from Amandola). From the U.S., the nearest airports are either Bologna
or Rome. Driving time from Bologna is about 2.5 hours; from Rome, it's
3.5 hours. Click on the map below to better orient yourself with the area. Click on the "zoom in" function -- the "+" sign in the top left corner of the map below -- to enlarge map; click "zoom out" or "-" for opposite effect.
Here are some useful links for planning your trip:
Airfare:
Opodo, search for cheap flights
Kelkoo, search for cheap flights
Car Hire/Rental
For an informative, guide book on the region, click here.