In spring the Marche region shows itself in all its beauty. The vegetation on the hills is lush, the Sibillini Mountains in the distance show the still snow-capped peaks and the crystalline beaches of the Conero are already ready for the summer season. A perfect mix of nature, culture and traditions, ready to welcome tourists from all over the world. Imagine walking on the breathtaking terraces of Recanati and listening to the verses of Giacomo Leopardi in the background. Paolo Magagnini – actor and performer of the Tour Infinito Experience – guides visitors every day through the history and places of Giacomo Leopardi.
A walk of about an hour inside the Parco dei Colli dell’Infinito to relive the Leopardian atmosphere and the places that inspired the famous poem The Infinite. In addition to being considered Leopardi’s double by many in the city, Magagnini has always been a great enthusiast of the poet from Recanati: “I was born a hundred meters from the Leopardi house and as an altar boy I had the opportunity to enter the different rooms several times, learning to know the poet through his most intimate places”. It feels like immersing yourself in Leopardi’s poems as you walk from Piazza Sabato del Villaggio up the streets of the center to Piazza Giacomo Leopardi, with Magagnini’s interpretations as a backdrop. “You can breathe the culture, beauty and hospitality of Recanati. All this is a privilege for me”, confesses Paolo.
But it is not possible to talk about the Marche without talking about the natural beauty that characterizes it. Immersed in a prairie surrounded by woods and a few steps from the sea of the Conero Regional Park, the Hornos farmhouse and riding school is a perfect place to relax and live in contact with nature and local fauna.
Ajshe Fetai is a young riding instructor who daily guides experts and beginners on horseback riding on the beach. “It’s a sport suitable for everyone, at the beginning it may seem difficult and even a little scary but after twenty minutes in the saddle you gain confidence and everyone becomes knights.” Attention to respecting nature and animals is fundamental: “The first thing I tell tourists is that you have to respect the animal and remember that it has an iron in its mouth attached to the reins, you have to be very tactful.”
After the first half hour in the woods you reach the beach of Numana and the view that opens up to you is extraordinary. The horses begin to trot near the sea with the light of the sunset and Monte Conero in the background: “You feel a unique sensation, a thrill that enters you, being on horseback in such a landscape makes you go home happy”.
A job, that of Ajshe, which is first of all a passion: “When I was little my dad had 15 horses and I immediately fell in love with this world. It has always been my dream to organize nature walks with horses, then in a beautiful landscape like this makes me feel at home.”
