Albergo Shine

Hotel information

The hotel has 9 double and 2 triple rooms. 5 of them have their own terraces and one has an elevated platform for disabled people. All rooms are spacious, bright and comfortable and are furnished with all modern facilities. Furthermore, the hotel boasts a main terrace of 120 m² and the possibility of parking your car in the garage. Shine is ideal for those who want to live near unspoilt nature without sacrificing life's comforts.

Food & beverage

The restaurant and pizzeria of “Shine” offer typical dishes of traditional Italian cuisine, with specialties of fish and meat such as homemade noodles with aubergines, courgettes, peas and crabmeat or passatelli (kind of small dumpling) with yellow boletus and typical sausages, veal or beef steak or mixed grill. “ Shine” prepares a wonderful pizza from a wood burning stove. Throughout the year you are offered the specialties of the famous truffle in four different varieties. The white truffle cut in very thin slices on toast from a wood burning stove, egg noodles, rice and polenta (corn pie), white brown truffle (bianchetto), black summer truffle and black noble truffle served with entrées such as scrambled eggs or Italian pancake or radicchio salad with melted cheese from a wood burning stove or very fine cut meat salad (carpaccio). Then savoury first main dishes with truffles such as Strigoli in truffle sauce (a kind of noodle in truffle sauce) or Chitarrine (a kind of Sicilian noodle cooked the Norcia way, (Norcia, the famous truffle town in near Umbria) followed by excellent second main dishes such as grilled fillet steaks in puff paste and cutlets with melted cheese.

Travel information

You will find “Shine” at Acqualagna, province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the beautiful open country of the Marche. You can reach it easily by car using the SS3 Superstrada, (Highway without toll) coming from the Highway with toll (autostrada) exit (uscita) at Fano and head for Rome. You exit the SS3 at Acqualagna and follow the signs “Palazzetto dello Sport” and “Shine”.

Quick description

Acqualagna, the famous capital of the Truffle in the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Pesaro – Urbino; is the home of the hotel and restaurant “Shine“. It is also near to one of the most medieval Italian cities, Gubbio in Umbria, and the big underground caves of Frasassi. This beautiful place offers a “disco pub” and an off license with more than 400 very famous wines to taste in the restaurant and also in the characteristic wine cellar.