ANCONA, haven for Maritime Spotters

I went recently to Ancona, situated in the region of Marche, Italy, read on "trip advisor" that the city was ugly and people shouldn't bother visiting, my intention was to have the opportunity to live what the city has to offer, which is a lot, in terms of the Maritime World, but going back to some of the "Trip Advisor" reviews, if your idea when visiting Italy is cities like Firenze, Venezia, Roma, then Ancona is not for you, the city is in my opinion far from being ugly but do not rank amongst the most beautiful to be visited in Italy, if you however are looking for some serious maritime ambiance with plenty on offer to be explored, then Ancona should without a doubt be part of your list, various cruise ferries visit the city daily, it is one of the most important Ports serving the Adriatic Sea, with Ferry connections to Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and even other Italian Ports, cruise ships also visit Ancona on regular basis, Container ships, fishing trawlers, tugs and possibly top of the list the FINCANTIERI ANCONA shipyards, where many ships are build, at the present VIKING CRUISES new cruise ships VIKING SEA and VIKING SKY are under construction, both to enter service in 2016, most importantly of all is the freedom we can have moving around and register these wonderful moments, with the guarantee of being saluted by locals, locals by the way are friendly and so helpful, being a small city, they will tell you where to go for a coffee, lunch or having a terrific dinner, there is a feeling of a cosmopolitan ambiance a lot to do with the thousands of passengers from the most various nationalities taking the ferries, foot passengers, car passengers or of course freight passengers. For more information of Ancona, follow this link here. Other entries here will follow, photos above taken from the 13th to 15th of November 2015