Umbria
Walking the Way of St Francis. Discover An alternative Pilgrim trail to the Camino
26/10/2016 .
Perugia. Precious Pearl of Umbria.
25/10/2016 .
Perugia is the capital of Umbria and one of the best preserved of the region’s hill towns.
Read the full story hereFoligno. Still undiscovered in Umbria
26/02/2016 .
Early evening and the ancient Palazzo Candiotti in Foligno has a big smile on her face. It’s just like old times. A proper baroque banquet. The Festa d’Oro e di Vento no less, with 250 guests commemorating the 70th anniversary of the modern Quintana joust. I can almost feel this grand old dame sighing in contentment in her Sunday best. If I didn’t know better, I would think I’d been teleported back to the 17th century.
Read the full story hereWalking Holiday in Le Marche
16/06/2015 .
Our first evening briefing in the lounge of Hotel Leone was preceded by wine and nibbles, so naturally, on the pretext of looking to store much needed energy for the next day’s trek, the majority of my nibbles were gratefully received . After all, you don’t go on a walking holiday in Le Marche trekking the mighty Sibillini national park with hunger pains, that would be foolish wouldn’t it?
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