Marche · Pesaro e Urbino
Sant'Angelo in Vado
A 359-meter terrace town on the upper Metauro, built over Roman Tifernum Mataurense and host of Italy's oldest white truffle fair after Alba.
Picked by Peter Benei
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Visiting
- Best time
- Apr–Oct
- By car
- 1 h 25 min from Rimini
- Population
- 3,884
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- F12°
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- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Daytime air temperature, averages for 2020–2024. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com.
Why come
Sant'Angelo in Vado sits on a river terrace on the right bank of the upper Metauro, sixty kilometers from Perugia and twenty from Urbino. The Roman city of Tifernum Mataurense lies underneath the modern town: a municipium from the first century BC, built on a grid with the cardo maximus running past the public baths to a forum under the former convent of Santa Caterina. Excavations from 2003 onward uncovered the Domus del Mito, a 1,000-square-meter noble house from the late first century AD with 27 rooms and a sequence of polychrome figurative mosaics of Neptune and Amphitrite, Dionysus and Medusa that survive almost intact.
The white truffle fair began in 1963, the oldest in Italy after Alba, and runs across the weekends of October and the first half of November in Palazzo Mercuri and the streets around it. The Centro Sperimentale di Tartuficoltura, the national research center for truffle cultivation, has been based here since the 1980s.
How to get there
From Rimini (RMI), about 1 h 42 min by car.
Ancona (AOI) is about 1 h 47 min away.
By car from the center of Perugia 1 h 35 min or Ancona 2 h.
Coming by train into Rimini? Sant'Angelo in Vado is about 1 h 25 min away by road.
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What to see
Domus del Mito
Roman noble house from the late first century AD, 1,000 square meters across 27 rooms, with intact polychrome mosaics of Neptune, Amphitrite, Dionysus and Medusa.
Palazzo Mercuri
Liberty-style palace with frescoed rooms, used as the central venue of the Mostra Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco each October and November.
Mostra Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco
Italy's oldest white truffle fair after Alba, founded 1963, running across the weekends of October and the first half of November.
Tifernum Mataurense
Roman city underneath the modern town, a municipium from the first century BC, with the cardo maximus, public baths and forum still being excavated.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Extra Muros
Romanesque church outside the original walls, with frescoes from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and a wooden crucifix from the same period.
Living here
Could you live here?
Sant'Angelo in Vado is at the end of the road.
- A village of 3,884. The nearest town of 5,000 people, Urbania, is 24 min away: past our 15-minute rule, which makes this the end of the road.
- Urbino, a city of 13,827, is 41 min by car. Inside our 30 to 60 minutes: close for the services, far enough to keep its own life.
The rules come from our series Where to Move in Italy, written from the places we have lived: Part 1, The End of the Road · Part 2, The Small Town · Part 3, The City · Part 4, The Postcard · Part 5, The Other Half. The towns we would pick are in Part 6, The Best Towns.
- Population 3,884, down 6.6% since 2015
- Nearest city Urbino, 41 min drive
- Nearest national health service hospital Urbino, 19 km as the crow flies · how healthcare works in Italy
- Homes in the center: €640 to €940 per m² to buy, €2.50 to €3.50 per m² a month to rent
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More about living here
- Remote
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Full fibre reaches 96% of homes
- Primary school in the comune
- Earthquake zone 2, medium hazard
- Perugia airport (PEG), 1 h 36 min drive, the nearest with scheduled flights
- Regional capital Ancona, 2 h drive
If you are moving here
Who lives here
11% of residents are foreign citizens, most often from Pakistan, China and Romania, against 9% across Italy. 15 of them come from English-speaking countries or western and northern Europe. There are 212 people over 65 for every 100 children under 15, against 216 across Italy. 26% of homes have no resident, holiday homes and empty ones counted together, against 27% across Italy. Pesaro e Urbino province ranks 31st of 107 in Il Sole 24 Ore's quality of life ranking for 2025.
Health and schools
The nearest emergency room is in Urbino, 19 km as the crow flies. The nearest major one is in Rimini, 43 km away. The nearest IB school is International School of Rimini, 46 km as the crow flies.
Information, not medical advice. Confirm with a professional.
Taxes
A home that is not your main one pays 1.06% a year in property tax at the 2025 rate, charged on the cadastral value rather than the price. A main home pays none unless it is in a luxury category. The town adds 0.8% to your income tax, with nothing due on income under €8,500. 7% pensioner tax: this town is not in a qualifying area.
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What it costs
The average household in Marche spends about €2,480 a month, €620 of it on food, against about €2,170 across Italy. A family of three pays about €643 a year for water, on the Marche average.
Climate and risk
It is in climate zone E, on a scale from A, the warmest, to F, the coldest, and heating may run from October 15 to April 15, up to 14 hours a day, unless the mayor changes it. 7% of residents live in a zone the national maps rate medium for floods. Under 1% live in a zone rated high or very high for landslides.
These shares cover the whole comune, not any one street. Check an address on IdroGEO.
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Known for
WHITE TRUFFLE FAIR
Italy's oldest white truffle fair after Alba, founded 1963, running across October and the first half of November in Palazzo Mercuri.
DOMUS DEL MITO
Roman noble house from the late first century AD, with 27 rooms of polychrome mosaics depicting Neptune, Dionysus and Medusa, excavated from 2003.
TIFERNUM MATAURENSE
First-century BC Roman municipium underneath the modern town, with cardo, forum and baths still emerging from excavations.
Common questions
- What is Sant'Angelo in Vado known for?
- Sant'Angelo in Vado is a 359-meter terrace town on the upper Metauro, built over Roman Tifernum Mataurense and host of Italy's oldest white truffle fair after Alba.
- Where is Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- Sant'Angelo in Vado is a comune in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche, at 359 meters above sea level.
- What is the nearest airport to Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Perugia (PEG), about 1 h 36 min by car.
- How long is the drive from Perugia to Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- About 1 h 35 min by car.
- When is the best time to visit Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- Best in Apr–Oct. July is the warmest month, averaging 31 degrees, and May the wettest, with about 13 rain days.
- Which other towns are like Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- Sassoferrato, Pergola and Amandola.
- How many people live in Sant'Angelo in Vado?
- 3,884 residents, by ISTAT's count on 1 January 2025.
- Is Sant'Angelo in Vado a good place to live?
- By the rules in our Where to Move in Italy series, Sant'Angelo in Vado is at the end of the road: the nearest town of 5,000 people, Urbania, is 24 min away. The nearest city, Urbino, is 41 min away by car. The nearest national health service hospital is in Urbino, 19 km as the crow flies. Full fibre reaches 96% of homes.
Tags & data designations · numbers · sources
Recognized as
Landscape
The numbers
- Elevation: 359 m
- Population: 3,884
- Surface area: 67.34 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories: ISTAT, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
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