Ancona is the capital of the Italian region called Marche. It is an important port city on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Most of its medieval center was bombed during World War II. Its cathedral, however, is set on the mountain overlooking Ancona and still worth a look. There is also a monument built by Mussolini on the waterfront. It offers glorious vistas, on a coastline that extends from Venice to Pescara with mainly flat sandy beaches. The popular resorts of Portonovo, Sirolo, and Santa Maria di Badia are at the Mount's base.
Many ferries link Ancona, and therefore Italy, to Croatia, Greece and Turkey.
Get in
By plane
Ancona Airport
By boat
Ferries are cheap and go regularly between various places by the coast. The following international lines are serviced by car ferries:
• Split - Ancona - Split
• Rijeka - Zadar - Split - Hvar - Korčula -Dubrovnik - Bari
• Korčula - Hvar - Split - Ancona
• Zadar - Ancona - Zadar
• Zadar - Dugi otok - Ancona
• Dubrovnik - Bari - Dubrovnik
To/From Greece
• Patras - Ancona - Patras
• Igoumenitsa - Ancona - Igoumenitsa
• Patras - Igoumenitsa - Ancona - Igoumenitsa - Patras
Check out Blue Line International ,SNAV, or Jadrolinija for more info on some of these lines.
• To/from Bar (Montenegro) - 18 hours, twice a week, only in the summer, cheapest way approx 70 €
An up-to-date site with all ferry schedules from Ancona to Greece, Croatia and
