Cantiano is a good example of an Apennine mountain town, between Marche and Umbria, with its hard-faced medieval stone houses and an airy main square. The most remarkable churches are: the church of St. Agostino with its beautiful 13th century Romanesque portal, the collegiate church of St. Giovanni Battista, boasting a fine tondo in addition to various seventeenth-century paintings by Claudio Ridolfi; the churches of St. Nicholas and St. Ubaldo. The thirteenth-century renovated rooms of the former Augustinian convent is home to the Archaeological Museum, the Via Flaminia "G. C. Courses", divided into four sections ( prehistoric, protohistoric, Roman and medieval) and the Geo Territorial Museum. In Le Foci and Pontericcioli area  you can admire two Roman bridges. Nearby is the Tecchie Nature Park , stretching for over 180 hectares.
Il pane di Chiaserna (the bread of Chiaserna) is a typical product of Cantiano. It is made with spring water, with no use of additives and preservatives. The town also boasts the so-called visciola di Cantiano, a wild cherry, much appreciated for the preparation of jams, canned fruit and visciolato ( red wine infused with wild cherry). The slopes of Mount Catria in northern Marche are home to the region's very own breed of horse, the eponymous Cavallo del Catria, a sturdy animal that roams free up in the mountains. Well known is Catria's horsemeat, the prized white truffle of the valley of the Barbano and craft beer. In October Cantiano hosts the regional Market of the Catria horse.
The massif of Mount Catria is an ideal place for trekking, nature excursions, mountain bike and equestrian tourism. In Cantiano there's a school of equestrian tourism. The most popular event taking place on Good Friday is the Turba:  a full-scale costumed re-enactments of the  Passion of Christ.