approx 1 hour, 66km
The most famous attractions are the Basilica of San Francesco and the Sacro Convento, but there are several other important churches, a Roman amphitheatre and temple, art galleries, the Monte Subasio natural reserve and the Calendimaggio festivities.
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A great medieval town with good restaurants and a wonderful funicular (funivia) ride uphill to a church overlooking the city and its valley. Its museum boasts the Eugubine tablets, a trilingual bronze text in Umbrian, Etruscan and Latin.
The town is also home to the annual Festa dei Ceri in May, which sees people race up the hilltop town while carrying statues.
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Italy’s 4th largest lake sits on the border between Umbria and Tuscany, and makes for a lovely reminder of the Italian Lake district. The lake shore boasts medieval castle-topped towns, olive groves and cypress trees, but to best appreciate the lake, we recommend a lake crossing from Tuoro to Isola Maggiore.
Despite its name (Maggiore means larger), this island is still reasonably small, and yet incredibly picturesque. It has chapels visited by St Francis of Assisi and a couple of good lakefront fish restaurants. Park your car for the boat crossing in Tuoro, where you will also find a tour of the battle sites where Hannibal defeated the Romans.
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