Marche

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Before: documents, housing, school. First week: codice fiscale, SIM, bank account. First month: residence permit if non-EU, residence, SSN registration, then the driving licence within a year. Household goods duty-free for arrivals from outside the EU, car to be re-registered.

The Adriatic railway serves the whole coast (Pesaro, Ancona, San Benedetto); to Rome you travel on the Orte–Falconara line, largely single-track. Port of Ancona for Croatia, Greece and Albania; airport at Falconara. Inland a car is indispensable.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Since 2023 the Marche health service is organised in five territorial health authorities (AST, one per province) plus the Marche university hospital trust and INRCA. The region is not under a recovery plan and was rated compliant in the 2023 LEA monitoring.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

Labour market with a strong manufacturing base (footwear, furniture, appliance and paper districts) and employment rates among the highest in central-southern Italy. Seasonal tourism on the coast; job centres run by the Region; ZES unica incentives since 2025.

Four state universities: Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona), Macerata, Camerino and Urbino Carlo Bo, plus academies and conservatories. Grants, housing and canteens are run by a single regional agency, ERDIS Marche.

Five provinces (Ancona, Pesaro e Urbino, Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno), ordinary statute, no linguistic minority recognised under law 482/1999. Patron festivals: San Ciriaco in Ancona (4 May), the Quintana in Ascoli, the Cavalcata dell'Assunta in Fermo.

Temperate Adriatic coast, Apennine interior with cold winters and snow on the Sibillini. Most of the region is in seismic zone 2, the Apennines in zone 1: the 2016–2017 sequence hit the provinces of Macerata, Fermo and Ascoli. Recurrent floods in the smaller valleys (Misa, September 2022).

Historic centre of Urbino (UNESCO), Frasassi caves, Monti Sibillini National Park and the Conero Riviera. Seaside tourism concentrated in July and August at Senigallia, Fano and San Benedetto; the interior is little visited. Tourist tax set by each municipality.