Isola Maggiore and Restaurant l’Oso
How to get to Isola Maggiore Last week we went to our favourite restaurant on the island Isola Maggiore on Lake Trasimeno: Ristorante l'Oso. The boat trip to get to the island, the island itself and the excellent food always make up for a day to remember when we have...
A day by the sea
Though Umbria is the only landlocked region of Italy, we go to the sea fairly regularly. Both the Mediterranean and the Adriatic sea are at about 1.5 to 2 hours driving. It is always a pleasure to walk by the sea, looking out for shells, enjoy the endless view, eat...
Deruta ceramics
Though I know Umbria quite well, in all these years I had never been to Deruta. Deruta is a medieval village close to Perugia, along the E45 highway, and famous for it’s hand painted pottery, majolica and ceramics. I went to see it all with my own eyes on a sunny...
Perugia in pictures
We have been working together with a quite large blog about Italy in the Netherlands, creating a Perugia City Walk to download. For our Dutch readers: this city walk can be downloaded for little money from the Ciaotutti website where they also published very...
Santa Maria Assunta in Spoleto
Santa Maria Assunta is the cathedral of Spoleto at the Piazza del Duomo. It is at the bottom of a long staircase in a very scenic position. The facade of the cathedral is decorated by the mosaic of Solsterno (1207) and eight rose windows. The bell tower dates back to...
Visiting Todi
Yesterday was a sunny day, perfect weather for a visit the medieval village of Todi where I hadn't been for years. From the Porta Romana we walked up to the centre. It is about 20 minutes walking up hill to get to the centre of town. If you are not particularly fit,...
Oasi La Valle @ Lake Trasimeno
The Trasimeno Lake is the largest lake in the centre of Italy and the fourth lake in Italy, after the Como Lake. It is also a shallow lake, only about 6 meters at its deepest point. It is a wetland, only fed by rainwater and it belongs to one of the Living Lakes of...
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