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PORTO SANT'ELPIDIO

A brief introduction

Porto Sant'Elpidio is a town of 24,415 inhabitants (2007), in the region of Marche and in the province of Ascoli Piceno. It is part of the 40 municipalities that in 2009 will become part of the new province of Fermo.

The history of Porto Sant'Elpidio is relatively short. The country has remained relatively small until 1952, when it obtained independence from municipal Sant'Elpidio a Mare. With the development of the footwear industry, then in following years there was a noticeable population increase.

Except some historic villas, houses of ancient noble families, the city has no sites or monuments of interest to tourists. The biggest tourist attraction, for this reason, is the sea, and the beach: its nearly 8 km of coastline, make Porto Sant'Elpidio the largest municipality in length in the province of Ascoli Piceno. Along the coastline, recently, have been built several tourist facilities.

Around Porto Sant'Elpidio

Travelling by car, Porto Sant'Elpidio may be, however, a good starting point for trips a day or more inland, to discover many places of interest, as:

• the historic towns of Fermo and Macerata, Tolentino, San Severino Marche, Recanati, Cingoli;

• the numerous medieval villages as Torre di Palme, Moresco, Montefiore Dell'Aso, Treia, San Ginesio, Visso, Sarnano, Caldarola, Penna San Giovanni;

• the Roman ruins of Urbisaglia and Falerone;

• the numerous Romanesque churches and abbeys, in Fermo and Macerata area, and the important Shrine of Loreto;

• theatres, art galleries, museums;

• the fortresses (Urbisaglia) and castles (Caldarola)

• the National Park of sibillini mountains, the nature reserve of Abbadia of Fiastra, and the other peaks of Marche Mountains.

Recanati	Urbisaglia, Rocca	Treia	Loreto
Torre di Palme	Corridonia, San Claudio al Chienti	Abbazia di Chiaravalle di Fiastra	Montecosaro, Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti
Fermo	San Benedetto del Tronto	Moresco	Porto San Giorgio, the beach

Couchsurfing in Porto Sant’Elpidio

Currently there are several couchsurfers in Porto Sant'Elpidio, some of them quite active.

Italian Adriatic Surfing Network

Porto Sant’Elpidio is included in [Italian Adriatic Surfing Network] that is a network of cs members wholive on the eastern cost of Italy with the aim to help and host those travellers who want to discover the eastern part of Italy.