In May, we'll head south from Bologna to the Adriatic, where we'd like to stay one night at a scenic spot (hopefully, a view of the water) before heading inland to Urbino and then Gubbio, etc. Any suggestions for some tranquil place that also offers good cuisine?
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Denver
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Me again. I did some research on hotels along the coast when I was planning our trip (though in the end we stayed overnight in San Marino). Most of the coastal area (Fano, Pesaro, Rimini) reminded me a lot of pictures I've seen of Miami and other towns on the Gulf coast - miles and miles of high-rise hotels fronting on the beaches (do a Google image search to see). Not really my idea of tranquil or even very pleasant. But they would have a view of the water! I tried to figure out which cute villages we wandered through on our way down the Adriatic coast; one of them may have been Gabicce Monte, which looks like it's up on the hill/mountain, but overlooking the sea - which is what I remember about the town we stopped in. There's also a Gabicce Mare, but that's right on the water and has those dull hotels.