Port of Ancona

Tourism The considerable number of passengers who transit the port of Ancona places in the centre of the Northern-Southern area in Europe and in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea also for tourism. You can visit several historical places in a short time; in particular, besides Trajan's Arch and St. Cyriac's Cathedral, which overlooks the port, within a few hundred metre radius, you can discover the area full of historical suggestions such as "Mole Vanvitelliana", Merchants' Loggia, St. Mary in the Square, Jesus's Church and St. Francis at the Stairs, Plebiscite Square, the National Archeological Museum, the Art Gallery "Podesti", etc. On a regional level, passengers in the port of Ancona, can be interested in historical monuments in Urbino and in San Marino, in cultural performances (Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Opera Season in Macerata) and in religious ceremonies in the Holy House of Loreto.