ITALY
Assisi
Well looked after all the time, this was a very good tour and well worth the money. Alan, May 2022 Feefo Perugia • Assisi • Cortona • Lake Trasimeno • Spoleto • Gubbio • Orvieto
Umbria, Perugia & Assisi – the Heart of Italy Journey to the green heart of Italy to discover unspoilt Umbria, with its archaeological treasures, fine art, hearty cuisine and Mediterranean landscape. Experience rolling countryside, as we go up soaring hills topped with time-warp towns, down into the magical Frasassi Caves and onto the sparkling waters of Lake Trasimeno.
Frasassi caves
Your itinerary DAY 1 – Arrival in Perugia Arrive at Rome or Perugia airports for your transfer to your hotel.
Umbria
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DAY 2 – Perugia & free afternoon We take a guided tour of this university city, along the Corso Pietro Vannucci to the Piazza IV Novembre. From the Piazza Italia you can take an escalator down to the streets of medieval Perugia, an underground world hidden within the 16th-century Rocca Paolina fortress. (B)
+ Included Experience – Guided tour of Perugia
DAY 3 – Assisi This morning we head for Assisi, dominated by the vast Basilica of St Francis complex, which includes a Franciscan monastery and two churches. Sitting on the green hillside with the town climbing ever higher behind it, this is a UNESCO World Heritage site that attracts pilgrims from around the world. As we wander the flower-hung streets with our local guide, we learn how St Francis came to be so highly revered in Italy, from his early life as the spoilt son of a silk merchant, to his renouncement of riches and founding of the Franciscan Order of monks. We have some free time to explore the old-world town centre with its shuttered stone houses, ‘holein-the-wall’ shops and tiny family-run cafés – the silky ‘strangozzi’ pasta with rich, earthy black truffles is a must-try! A varied collection of churches and cathedrals dots the piazzas, while two medieval castles, Rocca Maggiore and Rocca Minore, jostle for dominance on the skyline. (B) + Included Experience – Guided tour of Assisi DAY 4 – Cortona & Lake Trasimeno This morning we travel towards Lake Trasimeno, known as the Sea of Umbria by locals of this landlocked region, a huge splash of azure surrounded by
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