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Umbria holidays

October 2021

  • Locals Guide to Perugia for Travel

    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Perugia, Italy: five great things to do

    The ancient walls, papal fortress and creative quarter of Umbria’s 2,500-year-old capital make a happy haunt for flâneur Gianluigi Bettin

November 2019

  • View over fields to Assisi,

    Walking in Italy: on the trail of Saint Francis of Assisi

    We follow a trail through Umbria’s green hills walked 800 years ago by Francis of Assisi – the ‘first environmentalist’ – but swap prayer and poverty for soft pillows and handmade pasta

August 2019

  • Beautiful small town, Umbria, Italy.

    Honey, we forgot the kids: a child-free holiday in Umbria

    No kids for a week means a group of parents get the chance to be themselves again amid Umbria’s green hills

April 2017

  • Umbria in bloom … in early summer, millions of flowers turn Castelluccio’s lentil fields red.

    After the earthquake: Umbria's culinary magic is winning back visitors

    Two powerful earthquakes laid waste to parts of central Italy last year, but resilient producers in fabulously foodie – and beautiful – south-east Umbria are determined to look forward, not back

April 2016

  • The dramatic Andalucían hill town of Setenil de las Bodegas, which has houses built into its overhanging rocks

    Off-season in Andalucía: escape the crowds and save money

    Travelling out of season can make for a superb and affordable short break, as our writers discover in southern Spain, Corsica, Portugal and Italy

August 2015

  • Lucia Pinelli (left) and daughter Alina run Il Fontanaro, more or less amicably.

    The foodie traveller
    The foodie traveller ... learns to cook tagliatelle like an Italian mamma

    In the glorious surroundings of Il Fontanaro, an organic farm in Umbria, central Italy, a mother and daughter team teach guests to prepare the specialities of the region, and quite a lot about Italian family life, too

January 2015

  • Eremito Hotel, Italy

    A digital detox in Umbria, Italy

    Sarah Phillips breaks her Wi-Fi habit at the Eremito, an Italian eco-hotel that mixes an aesthetic design with an ascetic lifestyle

July 2014

  • Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi in central Umbria

    How to do Umbria, Italy, on a budget

    Italy’s ‘green heart’ can be friendly on the wallet. Donald Strachan finds affordable ways to enjoy Umbria’s great walks, food, festivals and art

March 2013

  • View from the Monestevole farm, Umbria

    Earthy delights: the Tribewanted movement comes to Italy

    Emine Saner gets her hands happily dirty at Tribewanted's latest sustainable tourism project, a community farm in rural Umbria

June 2011

  • lucca-walls-readers-tips-tuscany

    Experts' and readers' tips
    Readers' tips: Top spots in Tuscany

    Stunning hilltop villages, breathtaking scenery, cultural highlights and hearty cuisine to die for: Been there readers share their Tuscany secrets

April 2011

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    Summer holidays: 10 of the best trips for couples

    You may only have eyes for each other, but great views and fantastic food won't go amiss. Here are our experts' tips for romantic breaks

November 2010

  • Black howler monkey with cub.

    Readers' writing competition: Green/responsible travel

    It is possible to have a fantastic holiday and do your bit to help save the planet, as Monty Roy discovers volunteering at a monkey sanctuary in Argentina

June 2010

  • Muxima, Portugal

    Family holidays where kids can go wild – and mums and dads can chill

    Laid-back places to stay, from a treehouse in Portugal to a log cabin in the Norwegian highlands

July 2009

  • People doing Capoeira in Brazil

    Now you're talking ...

    Want to speak like a native but don't fancy spending your entire trip in a classroom? Combine lessons with activities and the chance to hang out with locals

May 2009

  • In brief

    Dutch scrap flight tax | Big moment for Mini | Bob Dylan as was | Colourful Umbria | Madagascar ban is off | Cannes' starry nights | Gulet trip and more

April 2009

  • In brief

    Literary larks | A menu less ordinary | Follow that whale | Ibiza by mobile | Summer in style | England's finest

November 2008

  • A taste of Italy at harvest time

    A taste of Italy at harvest time

    An olive-themed gastro-holiday provides the perfect excuse to explore the Marche region in all its autumn splendour

May 2008

  • Mini Metro train, Perugia, Umbria, Italy

    A greener way to Umbria's capital

    The arrival of Perugia's new 'Mini Metro' is providing a car-free way to visit this ancient city, but it still has to win over its critics. Bernhard Warner reports

September 2007

  • Montali country house, Umbria, Italy

    A taste of veggie heaven

    A stay at Montali in Italy's Umbrian hills was enough to make up for 20 years of vegetarian holiday disappointments, says Mark Oliver.

October 2006

  • Pick your own

    November is the month of the olive harvest in Italy, which means bucolic scenes of crinkly faced farmers shaking their boughs and plenty of extra vergine, sampled fresh at the press.

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