Umbria Italy Experiences

In 1997, the earthquake which shook Assisi shattered the frescoes in the Basilica of San Francesco into over 300.000 fragments. To celebrate the 8th centenary of the foundation of the order of San Francesco, Assisi...

Cooking Class

A Question of Taste

The art of Italian cooking in Spoleto's culinary academy.

Spoleto is an Umbrian city famous for its Bridge of towers, Church of San Pietro and for its wonderfully conserved medieval center. Just north of the historic center, on a road running parallel to the ancient Via...

Winery Trips

Red revival

The rediscovery of Umbria's Sagrantino di Montefalco.

Even today, debate as to whether the Sagrantino di Montefalco is indigenous to Umbria or not continues. A number of historic sources date the origins of the Sagrantino of Montefalco to sometime around the year 1000,...

Art Escapes

In Vino Veritas

The history of wine and wineries in Torgiano’s Wine Museum.

Torgiano's Wine Museum was created in 1974 by Giorgio Lungarotti and his wife Maria Grazia, to celebrate Umbria's centuries-old agricultural traditions. The Lungarotti Foundation, responsible for the town's Wine...

Time to Relax

In Umbria, naturally

A state-of-the-art spa and a centuries-old botanical garden.

Alla Posta dei Donini is a beautifully restored period residence, and the idyllic location for a luxurious wellness escape, which is situated near Perugia in Umbria - "the Green Heart of Italy". A resort and...

Art Escapes

When dreams are made of stone

Scarzuola and the ideal city of Tomaso Buzzi.

Of all the regions in Italy, it is in Umbria that the traveler can most sense the sacred dimension which permeates even the most profane of places. This atmosphere is especially heightened at Scarzuola. To reach...