Just a short walk from the city centre, stroll down the pedestrianised Viale della Vittoria to take your early morning. swim.

The Pasetto Beach is a unique stretch of Ancona shoreline running north to south for almost a kilometre. Currents make its water perfect for swimming while the beach has picturesque steep white rocks behind it. The bright colours of the caves (first built by fishermen in 1889) contrast with the white rock. The Passetto also has unique rock formations such as the ‘Pope’s Seat’ and ‘The Square’, plus bathing establishments on stilts and ‘The Cave Dwellers Trail’ which leads to the ‘Grotta Azzurra’ or ‘Blue Cave’.