Fano · Le Marche · April 2027
Sam&Ellen
are getting married beneath the oaks at Relais Villa Giulia, with the Adriatic on the horizon.
Saturday 17 April 2027
We have the villa from the 16th to the 19th — come for all of it.
The Villa
A monastery, then a Napoleonic hunting estate,
now ours for a weekend.
A former monastery turned Napoleonic hunting estate, on the hills between Pesaro and the Adriatic — frescoed ceilings, olive groves, and an Orangerie of vaulted glass and citrus. We have the whole estate — the villa, the cottages, the pool, and the Orangerie — from Friday afternoon through Monday morning.
Our Story
How we got here
The full story — told properly, with the map and the questionable early photos — is coming to this page soon. For now: it started with a borrowed umbrella, and it ends in an orange grove. More or less.
Our Italy
Make a holiday of it — our pins
Gelateria Makù, Fano
The pistachio that ended the argument about pistachio.
Il Galeone, Fano harbour
Brodetto alla fanese — eat it once and understand the town.
Gradara Castle
A half-day trip; Paolo and Francesca's castle from Dante.
Urbino
Renaissance hill town, an hour inland. Worth building a day around.
The full interactive map lands with the travel pages — pack an appetite.