Umbria, Valnerina and the Valley of Spoleto

Choose Umbria, Italy's green heart for your holidays, week-end or simply for a trip outside the town, you will discover the hospitality of its people, the quality of life, the ancient settlements, the historic centres which hold evidences and secrets of the Etruscans and Romans, the traces of the Middle Age, the masterpieces of the Renaissance, which will enjoy men, women and children.
Come in Umbria and appreciate the typical products, the ancient flavours which make its cosine exclusive, travel throughout the sensory routes studied to know the environment, the culture the fragrances of the gastronomy, the habits and customs, to understand why it is called Holy Land or Tale Land, far from pollution and from the chaos of the town.
Here you will be able to find the places of S. Francis and unknown spiritual aspects, towers and castles or centres for praying which hold thousands of pilgrims as the Cathedral of S. Rita from Cascia and S. Francis from Assisi.
This innovative idea have been studied to unify the flavours of the local traditional cosine inviting people to appreciate the natural and artistic beauty of this region, combining the pleasure of the cosine with an intelligent and alternative tourism, where the cultural and historical heritage is still to discover; come to see the numerous folkloristic or the historical festivals in costume with their intriguing and suggestive atmosphere, in the silence of the nature.
Man is what he eats, is a way of thinking which is more and more widespread in a world which wants to know not only what it eats but also where it comes from, how it is prepared, who did it, which culture produced it, and why not, take part directly to the preparing with passion, taste and love. We suggest the participation to the characteristic feast of the working of the pig, purchased in the local farms, butchered and put into sausages for your needs, and then delivered to your home.

The same process for the preservation of the soft and under-wood fruits like blackberries, raspberries and truffles or for the manufacture of the honey or cheese.
They will last a long week-end, you will be accommodated in the best bed&breakfast, country houses, holiday farms, convents, campers or campings suggested by us.

It will be possible to taste the genuine food coming from the countryside, some of these are cultivated with modern systems of biological agriculture and at the same time looking for an amazing view, of a panorama, of a church or an historical building, mystery, of attention to what we can find around the corner and of suggestive eagerness for the next, expecting new scenario and natural beauty, unusual and unpolluted places.
An holiday in Umbria can be planned in every period of the year because every month there are many important and attractive events: Umbria Jazz, the Festival of Spoleto or Todi, the meeting with the ancient roots of the Festa dei Ceri in Gubbio, the Giostra della Quintana in Foligno, the Corsa dell'Anello and the numerous local feasts organized by each pro-loco.

You can also choose the sports, extreme or traditional, in particular cross-country skiing in the Sibillini Park, water skiing in the Trasimeno or Piediluco Lake, rafting or free climbing, hiking, jumping, mountain-bike riding, guided tour riding horses or mule, quad, trout fishing on river Nera (no kill as well), wild boar hunting, the discovery of the suggestive route of railway Spoleto-Norcia or the thermal waters, that the ancient people already exploited to cure the body.
The Gastronaut will find not only the speciality of the cosine, but also tradition, culture, music, theatre and monuments, entertainment and facilities for sport, beauty centres, solariums, and the route of the wellbeing, adventure, local handicraft or high class shopping which will make happy women and children. Umbria is nice and healthy, we are convinced that this new kind of qualified tourism connected to gastronomy and to the discovery of the traditions, culture and handicraft, and it is a challenge to accept and to achieve for the third millennium.