Cattolica, the Queen of the Adriatic coast, has been welcoming tourists onto its long, wide beach from the 18th century, and represents a reference point in our Riviera’s day, night and fashionable life. The renowned “Della Regina” theatre, the outdoor arena, the music shows in the once traditional market square, the marvellous boutiques along viale Bovio, the town’s elegant “living room”, the many pedestrians zones enlivened by dancing fountains, and the romantic promenade which leads from our hotel to the centre, will make your nights in Cattolica unforgettable.
The innumerable discos in the area will liven your long nights on the Riviera.

And…just a few steps from town … castles, Renaissance palaces, medieval villages and ancient legends!
Just to name some of them …
…Ancient, medieval Gradara castle, theatre of the love affair between Paolo and Francesca, narrated in Dante’s poems. Charming Urbino, cradle of the Renaissance, Raffaello’s native town, with its large historical centre, which remained intact throughout the years, and its fabulous ducal palace. San Leo castle, clinging to the rock, an enchanting place, and Cagliostro’s mythical prison. The panoramic medieval village of Verucchio, where you can visit a rich museum hosting Villanovian finds. Montebello castle and its panorama, rich in history and haunted by mysterious presences, where we suggest a night visit … Let me tell you about my own experience …

I visited the castle on a summer night some years ago, together with some friends. Our interest laid in its extraordinary architectural features, both in the castle’s Renaissance and medieval parts, but we were unexpectedly attracted by the esoteric phenomena taking place in those rooms. As sceptical and hardly suggestionable as we were, certain that the whole story was just made of legends and lure, we were astonished as we felt very strong and strange sensations. In the room where every five years, on 21st June, you can hear little Azzurrina’s desperate cry, I even felt I was about to faint. The innumerable phenomena which happen there and which I don’t want to tell you about in advance, have been studied by scientists and declared inexplicable. But most fascinating is the fact that such phenomena make us relive the lives of the castle’s original inhabitants, through some very powerful forces still haunting the castle nowadays.