Umbria, which shares a border with the well-known regions of Tuscany and Lazio, is sometimes described as "undiscovered," which for such a beautiful and conveniently located part of Italy should also ...

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Umbria comes by its moniker honestly. It’s a land of rolling hills, vineyards and picturesque villages. Assisi is the most famous town, known for its Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and stunning ...

Hill-towns are Umbria’s most obvious attraction but it’s also a region of varied and glorious landscapes. West of Spoleto it’s all rolling hills, vineyards and olive groves; to the east, though, the ...

To reach the 12th-century Castello di Procopio, one must climb up a gravel road that winds along the edge of a wooded hill thick with acorn trees and wild chestnuts. Turn one last corner and a stone ...

About 30 years ago, Count Antonio Bolza decided to throw in the towel on his family’s ritual vacation to Tuscany’s Forte dei Marmi—precisely because too many other towels had started spreading along ...

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