Day 10 - Urbino

After breakfast, we decided to drive to Urbino, which has palace that houses the National Gallery of Le Marche.  The museum is supposed to be second only to the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence.  Since it's a rainy day, seemed like a good idea.

But before leaving, I snapped a few more shots around the villa - grape vines and olive tree.

The drive is about 2 hours on the AutoStrata - the large freeway, and about 3 hours on the smaller more scenic route.  We decided to go for the 2 hour option.

The centre of the city is built on a big hill.  It's one of the more touristy places we've been to so far.  There were a lot of visitors hanging around.  The museum is in an old palace, beside a beautiful big church.

The art was beautiful, as one would expect.

I think I found the design for this year's Christmas cards.  If you want a sneak preview, it will be one of these photos.

After the museum, we had lunch and wandered around a bit.  Then it started raining harder, so we headed back home.  This time we took the scenic route.  Even though it was cloudy and raining, it was still a beautiful drive through the mountains along windy roads.  Although lot of driving, still found time for my selfie.

Once back at the villa, we just relaxed around here for the rest of the day.

Today, off to explore more hilltop towns.