Sights & Tours
Sights & Tours
Everything Italians do they take seriously…especially their food and their history. And the true emotional attachment for Italians is first to one’s town, then one’s area or province…and then comes national pride.
This depth of the locals’ knowledge is why I strongly recommend a tour. You hear the personal stories, the recipes passed down from nonas, and the local history that guides were taught when they were very young. You get recommendations for this restaurant’s farro soup and that town’s special ceramic artist…and if you are lucky, the recipe for the limoncello that your guide makes at home.
I would always go on a tour…there’s not one better than the other. I recommend any of the tour operators below. Look for a tour that piques your interest. Take some time. Review the websites, see what they have to offer. Poke around.
Let me know what you discover.
Meg Roberts
RECOMMENDED TOUR GUIDE COMPANIES OFFERING DAY TOURS
Dreavel www.dreavel.com
Discovering Umbria www.discoveringumbria.it
Tours By Locals-Umbria https://www.toursbylocals.com/Umbria-Tours
Taste of Umbria http://www.tasteofumbria.it/tours/index
Umbria Tours and Experiences https://www.umbriaconme.com/en/tours-in-umbria-excursions-and-experiences_1.html
Ann Robichaud (only American authorized as regional guide for Umbria) https://www.annesitaly.com
MEG’S “DON’T MISS”
Asissi and Valnerina – Giottos paintings
Montefelaco – wine of the king of Sagrantino
Narni – mysterious medieval artifacts tour
Deruta – world’s best ceramics and terracotta
Bagneregio – the dying disappearing city
Todi
Orvieto
Gubbio
Norcia – famous for dried meats and truffles
Cacceluccio – home of lentils
ROMAN RUINS TOURS
WINERIES / CANTINAS/ WINE TASTING
Cantina Todini.srl
Cantina Roccaafiore
Antonelli San Marco
Decugnano dei Barbi
Tenuto di Salviano
Lungarotti Winery
Cantina Giorgio Lungarotti (also museum)
Cantina di Filippo /Organic wine
Cantina Neri’Azienda Agraria Brunozzi
Cantina Peppucci
Paolo Bea Winery
CANTINAS OPEN DURING HARVEST/VENDEMMIA
CAVES TO VISIT IN UMBRIA
Orvietto Underground and Dumomo di oprvietto
Grotto di Monte Cucco
Coves de Frasassi
Eremo delle Carceri
Pozzo della Cave
Le Vie Vave
Well of St.Patrick
Todi Sotterranea /underground
Narni Sotterranea
Parco Naturale Regionale Gola della Rossa di Frasassi
PARKS TO VISIT
Monte Cucco Park
Monotre Rain Falls
Sacro Bosco (Vitterbo statues in the park)
Carsulae
Parco Nazionale dei Monte Sibillini
The Park of Monsters
Marmore Falls / Roman waterfalls (see activities for exciting water experiences)
Piediluco Lake
Bolsena Lake /Lago di Bolsena
Isola Maggiore / Isola Polvese/Regional Park/Campo del Sole
Lago Trasimeno