Ballooning over Le Marche
Le Marche Ballooning experience starts with the inflation of the balloon at ground level, a moment of great anticipation before climbing into the basket ready for your flight.
We fly at dawn (approximately at 6:00 mid-summer). Morning flights are nearly always possible. The balloon flight normally lasts just over an hour, and concludes with the traditional Champagne toast and a hearty breakfast after which we load everything back on to the trailer of the chase vehicle which follows our flight from the launch site, and return home.
When possible, we follow the route that we took in the balloon, so that you can see from ground level what you noticed from the air. The inflation takes about 30 minutes, and we are usually back by mid-morning. After the balloon has taken off our crew picks up freshly baked bread, pizza and pastries from the local bakery for the morning’s breakfast. Local meats and cheeses, sourced from local markets, along with fruit in season, are served with possibly the finest Italian sparkling wine.