Hotel Le Fontane, Pallino in Urbino ★★  

Perfectly situated just five kilometres from the artistic and cultural treasures of Urbino, amid hazelnut forests, walnut trees and terraced orchards four farmhouses have been carefully restored into confortable living-spaces of different sizes, offering highly flexible accomodations: from a mini-apartment (double bedroom, bathroom, sitting-living room with a cooking area) to a complete, traditional single family residence. Le Fontane pleasantly commands uninterrupted views over the Montefeltro mountains towards the Emilia Romagna. From the landscaped gardens and open spaces around the houses you can observe one of the ancient watch-tower of the bygone dukedom of Urbino and the three peaks where the Republic of San Marino is situated.