CANADA -- Italian Countryside Vacation, Umbria, Italy

Italian Countryside Vacation UMBRIA, ITALY

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$1499 per person

UMBRIA Italy Discover the culinary delights of Umbria, its green landscape and its quiet pace of life during your stay at the Relais il Canalicchio.

Various towns and villages are spread across this green, pastoral region and all of these have their own distinctive charm. The hotel is located a 35-minute drive south of Umbria’s largest city, Perugia. Here, you can wander around old-fashioned streets and gaze at beautiful buildings like the Palazzo dei Priori and the cathedral, both of which can be found at the Piazza IV Novembre.

Drive 50 minutes northeast from the hotel and you’ll find the village of Assisi, the birthplace of one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity, St Francis. Today it is the home of a beautiful basilica, built in the 13th century.

Amazing fresco paintings and beautiful art adorn the building and visitors can marvel at this as well as the nearby cathedral in this quaint little village.

Relais Il Canalicchio Canalicchio is a traditional, picturesque town with stone buildings and cobbled streets that wind their way around the medieval Castello di Poggio and its imposing tower. In this tranquil setting you’ll find the boutique Relais Il Canalicchio. The hotel offers stunning views of quaint houses, lush vineyards and green olive groves that surround the area. Wake up to the soothing sound of birdsong and the sun slowly

gaining strength over the rolling green countryside, as you enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Discover the delights of the surrounding village or relax within the confines of the hotel.

With its own swimming pool, wellness centre, billiard room, tennis courts and a calm reading room, you’ll find plenty of activities to entertain your days.

Stay in a

Superior Room Stay in a Superior Room and enjoy a charmingly Italian base with views of the green, Umbrian landscape that surrounds the hotel. Covering 20 square meters, each room includes amenities such as a flat-screen TV, a chic en-suite bathroom with bathtub and a comfy double or twin beds.

Restaurant "Il Pavone" Your included daily breakfast will be served here. The Il Pavone restaurant offers delicious traditional dishes, using local produce to give you a true taste of the region. Many of the ingredients are sourced from the "La Canalicchio" farm, and food lovers can enjoy lots of delicious Umbrian treats while staying at the hotel. The cuisine is based around the five following ingredients that are native to the region.

Extra-virgin olive oil – made with top-quality Umbrian olives, including frantoio, leccino and moraiolo, and pressed only once.

Wine – the La Fontana white wine, and Sagrantino dell'Umbria red, are produced from sweet, juicy grapes.

Honey – flavoured by the nectar that comes from the scented flowers of surrounding fields, orchards and woods.

Tomato sauce – made with only the pulp of ripe tomatoes grown on the hotel’s farmland, which are selected and processed in a traditional way offering a wonderful aroma and delicious taste.

Pulses - red and white beans, chickpeas, and lentils are typical produce grown on the town’s farm, which are hand-picked and dried in the warm Italian sun.

COOKING Class A charge of â‚Ź30 per person is payable at the hotel for ingredients

Enjoy a cooking lesson at the Relais il Canaliccio.

If you fancy becoming a master chef or already consider yourself to be a budding culinary wizard, then this is your chance to further your aspirations. A cooking class at the resort will allow you to get to grips with great Umbrian dishes as well as improve already acquired cooking skills. In addition to this, the hotel’s own sommelier will teach you how to match your newly-created gastronomic delights with the perfect bottle of wine.

A FREE

Wine tasting SESSION is included in your stay, please make your own travel arrangements

The Wellness CENTRE You have free entry to the spa with this offer. At an additional charge, paid directly at the hotel, you can enjoy treatments in an intimate, private atmosphere. Qualified, expert staff will be able to advise you, taking you through a wide range of massages, body and facial treatments which would suit you best.

The wellness centre offers anti-stress, relaxing, and shiatsu massages; body-wraps, a water bed, chromo-therapy room, Finnish Sauna, Turkish Bath, hydro-massage bath, solar shower and a relaxation room where guests can enjoy herbal teas and fresh fruit. Fitness lovers can also enjoy the exercise equipment at the hotel’s gym.

ASSISI Assisi is one of the most visited cities in Umbria, once home to St. Francis and St. Clare, it’s now a religious centre of the region, and a prime destination for many pilgrims. Explore the narrow, steep, picturesque lanes which conceal plenty of surprises: a hidden restaurant, a faded fresco or a stunning view. The town is set on the slopes of Mount Subasio, and it’s possible to trek the nearby Regional Park, which opens up stunning views of the scenery that characterises Assisi.

Gubbio Set on the lower slopes of the beautiful Mt. Ingino, Gubbio was once the capital of Umbria.

Old buildings, monuments and streets which date back to the Middle Ages abound in the city.

Its ancient walls were built at the end of the 13th century, and visitors can discover gorgeous palaces, the Piazza Grande, as well as Roman, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. The elevation of the town also provides splendid views across the green countryside.

Perugia The old town of Perugia is steeped in history, and every street and corner reveal various delightful glimpses of the past. Visit the Cathedral of St Lorenzo which towers above the rest of the city, and explore some of the many other churches that profuse in Perugia. Despite the Medieval look of the city, however, Perugia is a vibrant and youthful city. Among other things it’s the proud host of the Umbria Jazz Festival and the EuroChocolate Perugia - the region’s international chocolate exhibition, where you can taste delicious home-made Umbrian chocolate.

WHAT TO SEE IN THE Surrounding area of Perugia

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