Umbria

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Assisi, Perugia and Orvieto

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Photo: Assisi panorama — Gunnar Bach Pedersen, Public domain

At a glance

What the app holds for this region, counted from its own data.

  • 16 towns
  • 55 places to see
  • 40 free to enter
  • 3 festivals
  • 3 places to see in UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • 7 small towns with a ready-made walk

Top highlights in Umbria

In the app each one opens as a reel of photos, with directions and a way to its town.

  • Fontana Maggiore

    Perugia

    Perugia's emblem: a fountain built in 1278–1280 to mark the arrival of water in the upper town by a new aqueduct.

    Photo: Fontana Maggiore, Perugia — Monica, CC BY 2.0

  • Basilica di San Francesco

    Assisi

    The basilica that has kept the remains of Saint Francis since 1230, built at the wish of Pope Gregory IX.

    Photo: Assisi - Veduta dalla Rocca Maggiore, San Francesco 02 - Photo by Luca Aless Light corrections and crop by Paolo Villa — Luca Aless; light corrections and crop by Paolo Villa, CC BY 4.0

  • Duomo di Orvieto

    Orvieto

    Orvieto's cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, begun in 1290, a masterpiece of Gothic and Romanesque building in central Italy.

    Photo: Façade of the Duomo di Orvieto, Aligned in Light — Andrew Parlette, CC BY 4.0

  • Ponte delle Torri

    Spoleto

    An arched bridge grown from a Roman aqueduct, 230 metres long and 80 high, across the Tessino gorge, with a fortress at each end.

    Photo: Spoleto Ponte delle Torri — Norman Lewis, CC BY 3.0

  • Palazzo dei Consoli

    Gubbio

    One of Italy's grandest public palaces, built in 1332–1349 over Gubbio's Piazza Grande.

    Photo: Gubbio, palazzo dei consoli, esterno 02.1 — Sailko, CC BY 3.0

  • Cascata delle Marmore

    Terni

    Europe's highest man-made waterfall, 165 metres in three drops, where the Velino falls into the Nera.

    Photo: Cascata delle Marmore 244 — Gabry boss at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain

Small towns to discover

Small towns worth the detour, each on a published list and each with a short walk. In the app each has a ready-made walk, one stop at a time, past the town's checked places.

  • Spello
  • Norcia
  • Castiglione del Lago
  • Montone
  • Trevi
  • Nocera Umbra
  • Panicale

16 towns in the app

  • Perugia
  • Assisi
  • Orvieto
  • Spoleto
  • Gubbio
  • Todi
  • Spello
  • Norcia
  • Terni
  • Narni
  • Castiglione del Lago
  • Città di Castello
  • Montone
  • Trevi
  • Nocera Umbra
  • Panicale