Visit Umbria. Ten itineraries for classic Umbrian day trips including scenic drives, crafts, wine tasting and good family restaurants. See our self guided tour of Assisi in the previous page
Weather:
Weather forecast for Perugia, Umbria’s capital city
Maps:
Downloadable maps of most Umbrian towns
Museums:
Opening times and addresses of the most important museums in Umbria
- Archeological museums in Umbria
- Museum Pericle Fazzini in Santa Maria degli Angeli
- The Basilica of San Benedetto in Norcia (with Gregorian evening Vespers)
- Fuseum in Perugia (modern sculptures)
- Aboca Museum of medicinal herbs
Parks:
- Nature Park of Monte Subasio, Assisi
- Nature Park of Monte Cucco and its cave, near Gualdo Tadino
- National Park Sibillini Mountains, Norcia
- Introduction and links to the Great Outdoors in Umbria
Travel notes:
Articles written by individual travelers about their experience in Umbria, on Slowtravel
Italy Gazeteer, the personal website of Bill Thayer who has visted Umbria many times on foot. There are wonderful pictures, strong opinions and detailed historic information
Umbrian food and wine:
- Madonna del Piatto Blog, discover the best of Italian home cooking, recipes, family stories and great food pictures
- Travelers reviews of Umbrian Restaurants, on Slowtravel
- Salt, pepper and time, an article written by Letizia about the Umbrian prosciutto and other delicious cured meats of Umbria
- Umbrian food, an overview by La Cucina Italiana
- Gusto Wine Tours fun, off-the-beaten-track wine tours specialized in Umbrian small wineries
Shopping:
- Date and location of several weekly food, clothes and antique markets in Umbria:
- Outlet shops and factory stores in Umbria:
- Medieval armours
Festivals in Umbria:
Umbria offers a variety of festivals and art events all year long, only a few have websites in English. For more details see the Italian links
- Festival dei due mondi, an international festival embracing performing and figurative arts, in Spoleto in July
- Umbria Jazz, an international jazz festival, in Perugia in July, in Orvieto in December
- Festival delle Nazioni, classical music in Citta di Castello at end of August
- Giostra della Quintana, a competition among medieval knights in Foligno in June and September
- Corsa dei ceri, a spectacular and exciting “procession” in Gubbio in May
ITALY TRAVEL INFO
Borghi d’Italia:
The most beautiful small villages (borghi) of Italy. Most of the Umbrian “borghi” are at a short drive from our agriturismo
Forums about Italy:
Discussions about travel, food, culture, lifestyle and other info for those who love everything Italian.
- Slow Travel
- Italy Magazine
- Lonely Planet Thorn Tree
- Fodor’s Talk
- Frommer’s
Learn Italian:
The University for Foreigners in Perugia is the oldest and most prestigious italian institution involved in teaching and research activities as well as in the diffusion of the Italian language and civilisation in all expressions. Several of our guests come to relax in the countryside, to cook and to practice their language skills after an itensive course at the University.
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