STANLEY’S ON MARCHE

The Devil Wears Prada 2 star is back with a second series of Tucci In Italy, and it includes one area you might not know...

- By LAUREN TAYLOR

WITH Italy's hotspots well and truly trodden by tourists, finding corners of the country that are still a mystery to travellers can seem rare. But according to actor Stanley Tucci, Le Marche should be on our radars.

So far, the north-central region on the Adriatic coast, and its unique cuisine, has largely escaped international attention - so now may be the time to visit.

The Academy Award nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winner is back with the second instalment of his Disney+ and National Geographic show, Tucci In Italy, where he visits five new regions of the country, navigating its culinary past and present.

While the first series focused on the likes of Tuscany and Lombardy, the second was a chance for Italian-American Stanley, whose family have roots in Calabria, to explore new places.

In the five-part show, the 63-year-old visits Naples and Campania, Veneto and the large islands of Sicily and Sardinia. He also stopped off in Le Marche, familiar to Italians but far less known to the rest of the world.

Stanley touts it as “one of the most beautiful and cultured regions of the country, with a cuisine to match, that even now is still ripe for discovery”.

“There are places that you never thought existed [in Le Marche],” he says.