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Notes on Umbria

Compared to other Italian regions, Umbria appears a little overlooked and understated. But if you are looking for a peaceful stay in the countryside, you can’t do much better. Here are our notes on Umbria.

A nightingale singing in the soft, warm nights and floating skies that make the light change from sombre to bright in a split second range among my fondest memories from Umbria. Along with old plateau towns like Perugia and Orvieto, where public transport includes lifts and escalators. Real imaginary hilltowns loaded with historic or religious significance. The sweet water and mushy seabed of the Trasimeno Lake. Impressive natural phenomenon like the marble waterfalls and the fossil forest. Flag throwing sbandieratori in medieval costumes. And the culatello, salami and pancetta from local butchers follow by the food that hunters and gatherers bring home from the forests and the celebrated chocolate kissed Baci from Perugia. Umbria is a pastoral dream, less than a 1 hour drive away from Rome.

Fettuccine col rancetto

Fettuccine col rancetto

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Wrought Iron Crafts in Umbria

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The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia

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Tordandrea di Assisi

The few things I know about Tordandrea di Assisi

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June 22, 2014
Tordandrea is a fork in the road to Assisi surrounded by nondescript houses and flat green fields. But interesting nonetheless.
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Umbria – The Green Heart of Italy

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January 5, 2014
Try to google "Green heart of Italy" and you will have more than a million results pointing at Umbria.
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Facts about Santa Maria degli Angeli Assisi

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June 5, 2013
To non Catholics a visit to Santa Maria degli Angeli Assisi come as a revelation of history, beauty and spirituality. Here are 10 facts to explain the magic of the place.
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Best Photo ops Perugia

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January 7, 2013
How a Perugia guide goaded a group of travel bloggers to the most photogenic sights of the city.
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The Assisi Pilgrim Trail

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August 16, 2012
The sad but instructive story of names stamped into the pavement along the pilgrim trail from Santa Maria degli Angeli to Assisi.
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Perugia satellites – Signals from heaven

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June 4, 2012
Some people in Perugia seem to have discovered a brand new and very modern way to communicate with God.
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Undiscovered Umbria

Undiscovered Umbria

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April 2, 2012
Tugged in between Rome and Florence rural Umbria tends to be overlooked. A great pity considering the beauty of landscape.
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Tuscany’s bread without salt

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March 8, 2010
Even though salt tax has long been abolished and the salt supply lines to central reestablished, people in Umbria and Tuscany still prepare bread without salt.
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Italian hunter’s chicken

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February 22, 2010
The traditional Italian hunters chicken dish comes in a great number of varieties, but I prefer the one with olives, capers and anchovies.
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