{"id":3793,"date":"2022-10-11T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2022-10-11T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:20:31","slug":"ten-steps-for-arrival-in-ancona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/11\/ten-steps-for-arrival-in-ancona\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancona!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were undecided about whether or not to include Ancona in our plan but since we needed to return the rental car at the \u00a0Ancona Airport, it made sense to spend a few days in the city. \u00a0Doing so however, was no easy task. \u00a0We needed to drop off the rental car at the airport and then take a bus back to the city. \u00a0It all worked out but it took some planning to work out the logistics!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">We took advantage of low-season rates for a stay at a nice hotel (Grand Palace Hotel) near the city center and the harbor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At first glance, Ancona looks a bit gritty but we think that it\u2019s an interesting city to explore for a couple of days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3795\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/15E81060-043A-4893-B43C-AD19270632B4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Side Street in Ancona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We found a fun place for a pasta dinner called Spaghetteria No 9. \u00a0The passionate chef Simone, did it all\u2026greeted customers, took orders, cooked the pasta, and served wine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3796\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3796\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9F39531A-0079-43E3-B7B9-5672FB1BCCA1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seafood Pasta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simone drank a shot of limoncello with us and served complimentary, delicious tiramisu &#8211; creamy, fluffy and dusted with lots of chocolate. \u00a0It was a fun dining experience!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3810\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3810\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/15F6F2BB-8A1F-4DB7-B734-CABF2C88D0E5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiramis\u00f9 at Spaghetteria No. 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The port in Ancona is extensive. \u00a0Cruise ships dock here and ferries take passengers and cars to Croatia, Greece, Turkey and beyond.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3797\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3797\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AD447DC8-0154-4B9B-8B1E-90D52FE10BA7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancona Port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ancona has its own Arch of Trajan:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3798\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3798\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A268AE37-0432-4DFC-BBF0-47BFFF98F8A4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancona Arch of Trajan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monuments in the Piazzas:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3805\" style=\"width: 1254px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3805\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/938FF641-049A-45D3-9B31-2A5699C94037.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1254\" height=\"1661\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camillo Benso Di Cavour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And an O.K. Archeological Museum. \u00a0The detail on this crown was beautiful!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3800\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3800\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/D3FB3D38-41A8-4D2A-BB78-14E5AA1986EF.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornate Gold Crown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can now order a sandwich or a glass of wine in Italian but, I\u2019m going to need many more hours of practice and instruction before I can speak more than simple sentences. \u00a0Learning a bit of the language has certainly enhanced the travel experience!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3803\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3803\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9AC22EC2-0DED-4821-97F9-906EF4CFB582.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon Over Ancona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were undecided about whether or not to include Ancona in our plan but since we needed to return the rental car at the \u00a0Ancona Airport, it made sense to spend a few days in the city. \u00a0Doing so however, was no easy task. \u00a0We needed to drop off the rental car at the airport &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/11\/ten-steps-for-arrival-in-ancona\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ancona!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy-fall-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3793"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}