Free winterfruit!

In some places in Umbria you may encounter a plant which during the dark and cold wintermonths carries some very happy looking berries. The plant is called Corbezzolo or Ciliegio Marino, better known as strawberry plant in English. It is an evergreen and the berries...

Winter wonderland Umbria

The previous post went out on ‘autopilot’ the day that we woke up in a house surrounded by a marvellous white blanket. Here some pictures of a completely different landscape. Click to...

Umbria in December

Where in November we were talking about new olive oil and truffles at the moment Umbrians are visiting the Christmas fairs. A small collection from our previous twitter feeds: •    Gubbio Chistmas tree (the biggest in the world). •    Christmas market in Castel Rigone...

Wintersport in Umbria

The Regione Umbria has embraced a plan to create three wintersport resorts in Umbria. The places where one can submerge him- or herself in some winterfun are: Monte Cucco, i Monti Sibillini and the Valsorda. The idea is to create different interconnected pistes in all...
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