Umbria Local Guide

21/08/2020

Visita guidata di Assisi e della Basilica di San Francesco. Scopri le bellezze della città sito UNESCO.

26/11/2015

If they had regional slogans for Italian licence plates, the obvious choice for Umbria would be: “Poor Man’s Tuscany.” Or, perhaps more helpfully: “Next Door to Tuscany!” Or, to quote a popular tourism pitch of the past 20 years: “The New Tuscany.” The landlocked region smack in Italy’s centre may not have Michelangelo’s David, the Leaning Tower or Chianti and Brunello, but it does boast Tuscan-like rolling hills, less-crowded piazzas and cheaper villa-rental rates. [ 344 more words. ]

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If they had regional slogans for Italian licence plates, the obvious choice for Umbria would be: “Poor Man’s Tuscany.” Or, perhaps more helpfully: “Next Door to Tuscany!” Or, to quote a popular tourism pitch of the past 20 years: “The New Tuscany.” The landlocked region smack in Italy’s centre may n…

15/10/2015

Set in the beautiful town of Perugia, Eurochocolate is an international chocolate exhibition. Held since 1993, it now attracts nearly one million visitors every year. Lasting usually 10 days, the festival is set throughout the town centre and it offers a variety of free activities, such as art displays, experimental chocolate tasting, street performances and chocolate sculpting. At its XXII edition, the theme for Perugia Eurochocolate 2015 is . [ 146 more words. ]

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Set in the beautiful town of Perugia, Eurochocolate is an international chocolate exhibition. Held since 1993, it now attracts nearly one million visitors every year. Lasting usually 10 days, the festival is set throughout the town centre and it offers a variety of free activities, such as art displ…

29/07/2015

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  The spectacular Castelluccio landscape in Umbria. Photo: Eric Van Den Brulle It was late on a cold spring afternoon when I came down off Mount Subasio after a five-hour trek from the pilgrim town of Assisi, thighs burning, hiking boots caked with mud. The rain had just begun to clear when I stumbl…

13/07/2015

The historic Italian region offers a range of eco-retreats and activities to responsible travellers, who can enjoy its picturesque rural landscape and artistic heritage. Perhaps not the most famous touristic destination and sometimes forgotten because of the proximity of the more popular Rome and Florence, Umbria is a small jewel in the centre of Italy. It is one of the country’s most eco-friendly regions, thanks to its attention to renewable energy, sustainable tourism and recycling. [ 183 more words. ]

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The historic Italian region offers a range of eco-retreats and activities to responsible travellers, who can enjoy its picturesque rural landscape and artistic heritage. Perhaps not the most famous touristic destination and sometimes forgotten because of the proximity of the more popular Rome and Fl…

05/07/2015

On your next trip to Italy, what would you think about learning to make stained glass, or to weave on a 19th century loom? It represents a refreshing change from shoe shopping; certainly more edifying and probably less tiring. Look no further than Perugia, a gem of a small city in Umbria, smack-dab in the centre of Italy, which has far more to it - thankfully -- than the Amanda Knox trial(s). [ 820 more words. ]

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On your next trip to Italy, what would you think about learning to make stained glass, or to weave on a 19th century loom? It represents a refreshing change from shoe shopping; certainly more edifying and probably less tiring. Look no further than Perugia, a gem of a small city in Umbria, smack-dab…

03/07/2015

The seeds of Renaissance were planted in Assisi. One of Giotto's frescoes in theBasilica of San Francesco d'Assisi literally shows the founder ofan order based on its vows of poverty, holding up the church. If you believe there's a God given order to life, you might say that the advent of Francis and the Franciscans was the way things were meant to be. [ 279 more words. ]

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The seeds of Renaissance were planted in Assisi. One of Giotto’s frescoes in theBasilica of San Francesco d’Assisi literally shows the founder ofan order based on its vows of poverty, holding up the church. If you believe there’s a God given order to life, you might say that the advent of Francis an…

27/06/2015

Tim Jepson offers a guide to the best dishes, destinations and food-themed holidays in Umbria, the “green heart of Italy” A view of the town of Assisi in Umbria, Italy Photo: Fotolia/AP Umbria is known as “the green heart of Italy” for a reason. Although it is tiny and land-locked – this is the only…

26/06/2015

26/06/2015

The poster for this year's Festival of Two Worlds was illustrated by the Colombian artist Fernando Botero.Credit Courtesy of the Festival of Two Worlds The dancing couple in the above poster is quintessential Botero – large, exaggerated, full-figured beings dressed in their Sunday best. The man wears a dark hat, narrow tie and powder blue jacket that pulls at the waist. [ 399 more words. ]

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The poster for this year’s Festival of Two Worlds was illustrated by the Colombian artist Fernando Botero.Credit Courtesy of the Festival of Two Worlds The dancing couple in the above poster is quintessential Botero – large, exaggerated, full-figured beings dressed in their Sunday best. The man wear…