HOUSE GUIDES · 26 ARTICLES
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All the house's guides in one place. Each article lives in its own chapter of the site (The house · San Benedetto · Around) — below you'll find everything at a glance, sorted by theme.
THE HOUSE · FOR TRAVELLERS
Living at La Tana
Guides for those coming with dogs, children, as a large family, in a group. The story of the dalmatians, the winter writing retreat.
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
On holiday with the childrenin San Benedetto del Tronto.
A holiday home for families with children in San Benedetto del Tronto: a private garden with rabbits, an aquarium, a library, a TV with Sky Kids and Netflix. A sandy beach with a gently shelving seabed 1 km away. The pedestrian centre 100 metres away.
5 min · upd. 3 Jun 2026
DOG · VALUES
A holiday with your dog, without the guiltwhy a truly pet-friendly house makes all the difference.
«Pet-friendly» has become an easy label. A truly pet-friendly house is something else: no supplement for the dog, a garden that's genuinely fenced where your dog can share the stay with you, a welcome that doesn't make you feel like a case of tolerance. What changes when you stop bringing your dog «as a favour».
5 min · upd. 26 May 2026
LARGE FAMILIES · GUIDE TO 6 BEDS
A holiday home for a large or blended family · sleeps 6 in Le MarcheLa Tana, six at a time.
La Tana dei Dalmatini hosts large and blended families of up to six in a single apartment — two bedrooms plus the living-room sofa beds, one bathroom, a 110 m² garden right in the historic centre. For grandparents-parents-children, two families travelling together, or a blended family with cousins and grandchildren.
6 min · upd. 26 May 2026
PET-FRIENDLY · MULTI-DOG GUIDE
A holiday home for several dogs in Le Marcheno supplement, no limits.
When you travel with two or three dogs, finding a holiday home in Le Marche that doesn't charge a supplement for each one, doesn't impose a limit on numbers, and has a genuinely fenced garden is a rarity. What to look for, how to recognise it, and why La Tana is one of those places.
7 min · upd. 25 May 2026
RETREAT · WRITING · WINTER
A writing retreat in winteron the Adriatic coast, out of season.
Real silence, in Italy, is rarer than you might think. A week — or a month — of writing on the Adriatic coast out of season: what San Benedetto offers, what the house offers, and what not to expect.
9 min · upd. 25 May 2026
THE STORY OF THE HOUSE
The dalmatians of the housethe story behind the name.
Four dalmatians have passed through these rooms. Three gave the house its name: Lucky, Vanilla, Jackie. A story of the breed, of their life in the garden, and of a dream still open.
8 min · upd. 19 May 2026
GROUPS OF FRIENDS
A house for groups of friendsweekends, weddings, hen dos.
A house for groups of friends in San Benedetto del Tronto: six beds in a single apartment, the pedestrian centre 100 m away, a private garden. For birthday weekends, hen dos and wedding guests in the Marche–Abruzzo area.
4 min · upd. 19 May 2026
WITH YOUR DOG · GUIDE
A holiday with your dog in San Benedettothe 2026 guide.
Since August 2024 the town has had an official dog beach. Plus a fenced Parco Bau, an emergency vet, dog-friendly beach clubs. All ten minutes from the house.
4 min · upd. 19 May 2026
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO
Living the town
Three-day itineraries, an evening at the Molo Sud, the antiques market, New Year, Christmas, the Tirreno-Adriatico, the Sentina reserve, how to get here and get around.
SPORT · TOURNAMENT GUIDE
Sports tournaments in San Benedetto del Trontotennis and skating · where to stay nearby.
The Circolo Tennis Maggioni (10 courts, home of Simone Vagnozzi's academy — Sinner's coach) and the Pattinodromo Panfili (a rink approved for the European championships) are 9 and 12 minutes on foot from our house. For families travelling with a young athlete to a competition, a practical guide to the two facilities and to why the house works better than a hotel.
8 min · upd. 3 Jun 2026
HEALTH · HOSPITAL
Madonna del Soccorso hospital · our house ten minutes awayFor anyone coming for a hospital stay or an appointment.
La Tana dei Dalmatini is about ten minutes on foot from the Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, the main hospital in San Benedetto del Tronto. We regularly host relatives caring for a patient, or people coming for an outpatient appointment: a quiet house with a garden, close enough to pop back between one visit and the next. Below, everything you need to know — including the exemption from the tourist tax for anyone caring for an inpatient.
10 min · upd. 27 May 2026
ANTIQUES · GUIDE
L'Antico e le Palmethe antiques market of San Benedetto del Tronto.
Three days of quality antiques along the avenues of San Benedetto's pedestrian centre — period furniture, jewellery, paintings, silverware, rugs, ceramics, textiles and lace. Italian, European and American exhibitors. Free entry, the 2026 edition from 26 to 28 June.
5 min · upd. 26 May 2026
CYCLING · SPECTATORS' GUIDE
Tirreno-Adriatico · the finish in San Benedetto del Trontothe Trophy of Neptune's Trident · where to watch it, how to get there, where to stay.
The Tirreno-Adriatico — one of the most important stage races on the international cycling calendar — traditionally finishes on the San Benedetto del Tronto seafront. Our practical guide for anyone coming to watch the finish: the best vantage points, where to stay, how to plan the weekend.
6 min · upd. 26 May 2026
CHRISTMAS · GUIDE
Christmas in San Benedetto del Trontomarkets, nativity scenes, Natale al Borgo · six weeks of celebration.
From 6 December to 11 January, San Benedetto is in full 'SBT Christmas Holidays' mode: Christmas markets, lights, a Christmas Village, the living nativity of the Paese Alto in Piazza Bice Piacentini, the enchanted forest of lights. A practical guide to six weeks of celebration.
7 min · upd. 26 May 2026
MOLO SUD · ONE EVENING
An evening at the Molo Suda kilometre of sculpture, sea and waiting.
A kilometre of walking out over the sea, 145 open-air sculptures, the monument to Jonathan the seagull, the fishing boats coming home with their escort of gulls and — with a little luck — the dolphins. One of the walks you simply have to do when you're in San Benedetto.
6 min · upd. 26 May 2026
NEW YEAR · GUIDE
New Year's Eve in San Benedetto del Trontoa concert in the square, a fish dinner, the seafront on 1 January.
The concert on the evening of 31 December in Piazza Giorgini (organised by the Comune, free entry), special dinners in the trattorias of the centre, fireworks at midnight over the seafront, and a walk along the deserted seafront on the morning of 1 January. Our practical guide to New Year's Eve in San Benedetto.
6 min · upd. 25 May 2026
NATURE · BIRDWATCHING
Birdwatching at the Sentina Reserve180 species within cycling distance.
The smallest regional nature reserve in Le Marche is also the only coastal wetland between the Po Delta and the Gargano. Some 180 bird species recorded, free entry, six kilometres of cycling from the house along the seafront. A seasonal guide for anyone after real birdwatching without taking the car.
9 min · upd. 25 May 2026
PRACTICAL · GETTING AROUND
Getting around San Benedetto del Trontoon foot, by bike, by bus · without a car.
A seaside town nine kilometres long, and not very wide. You can do almost everything on foot or by bike on the cycle-and-pedestrian path. For the rest, Start urban buses and regional trains to the nearby towns. What really works, and what doesn't.
6 min · upd. 25 May 2026
OUT OF SEASON · GUIDE
San Benedetto del Tronto out of seasonwhat to do from October to March.
From October to March the town changes its rhythm: the sea still warm in October, olive mills pressing, the Sentina Reserve in the thick of the migration, the Carnival of Offida. An honest guide to six months that few people know.
8 min · upd. 25 May 2026
ITINERARY · 3 DAYS
Three days in San Benedetto del Trontothree doors into the same city — the house's anti-guide.
Not an exhaustive list. Three days framed as scenes — a seaside town, a hilltop village, the inland country. What we do, at the hours we do it. No FOMO, plenty of intention.
9 min · upd. 25 May 2026
PRACTICAL · ARRIVAL
How to get to San Benedettoby train, car, plane, coach.
The station is a nine-minute walk from the house, well served by the Adriatic line. Below: all the options — train, car, plane, direct coach from Rome.
4 min · upd. 24 May 2026
EVENTS · SEASON BY SEASON
What's on in San Benedetto del Trontothe year in events.
San Benedetto del Tronto isn't only the sea in summer. International concerts, world-class cycling, exhibitions, food, music festivals: a town that's alive all year round. A seasonal guide to the events that move the town — and the biggest dates of summer 2026, from Ricky Martin to San.B Sound.
6 min · upd. 21 May 2026
ONE NIGHT · STOPOVER
Just one night in San Benedettoeven just a stopover on the A14.
Looking for somewhere to sleep for a single night in San Benedetto del Tronto, perhaps on the A14 north–south route? We accept bookings for a single night too. Families passing through who become regular guests — the difference shows even over one night.
4 min · upd. 19 May 2026
AROUND · THE PICENO
Exploring the area
The villages of the Piceno, Christmas markets in Le Marche, the Loreto–San Gabriele pilgrimage, the 2027 Historic Carnival of Offida.
PILGRIMAGE · 3-DAY GUIDE
Loreto, San Gabriele and the Picenoa three-day itinerary for pilgrims and the curious.
The Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto (50 km from SBT) and the Sanctuary of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata on the Gran Sasso (75 km, among the 15 most-visited sanctuaries in the world): a practical three-day guide for anyone coming on pilgrimage to Le Marche who wants a working base away from the accommodation queues.
7 min · upd. 26 May 2026
MARKETS · REGIONAL GUIDE
Christmas Markets in Le MarcheAscoli, Candelara, Loreto, Macerata · the six destinations worth the trip from the coast.
From the four days of the Antiques Fair in Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli (5–8 December), to the Candles of Candelara (the only Italian festival devoted to wax), to the historic nativity scenes of Loreto: the six most characterful Christmas-market destinations in Le Marche, all within day-trip reach of San Benedetto.
7 min · upd. 26 May 2026
CARNIVAL · 2027 GUIDE
Historic Carnival of Offida 2027where to stay near the Bove Finto and the Vlurd.
The 503rd edition of one of the oldest traditions in Italy — documented back to 1524. Lu Bov' Fint on Friday 5 February 2027, the Vlurd on Shrove Tuesday 9 February. How to get there from San Benedetto, where to stay, what to bring, where to park.
8 min · upd. 25 May 2026
SURROUNDINGS · VILLAGES
The villages near uswithin half an hour's drive.
Eight villages reachable from the house in under forty minutes — seven in the Marche del Piceno, one in the Abruzzo of the Val Vibrata. Each for a different reason: a panorama, lacework, a fortress, a record-breaking alleyway, a view of the Gemelli.
5 min · upd. 25 May 2026