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1. St Francis: past and present. Perugia 18 April to 1 November 2026

(MICE & Events)

... the National Gallery of Umbria Promoted by the Fondazione Perugia and curated by Costantino D’Orazio, the project celebrates the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi with a fresh and ...

Created on 16 April 2026

2. Palazzone: wine, hospitality and authentic experiences in the heart of Umbria

(Experiences & Tips)

The Palazzone estate features wine, hospitality and authentic experiences in the heart of Umbria A wine estate with a boutique hotel Among the most representative wineries in the Umbrian region, Palazzone ...

Created on 30 March 2026

3. Easter traditions in Bastia Umbra: faith, culture and community

(On the road)

Easter in Bastia Umbra, the little town in the Umbria region in the foothills just below Assisi, is a celebration of faith, culture and community. Easter is shared by residents and visitors The Easter ...

Created on 25 March 2026

4. Giotto and St. Francis An exhibition in Perugia 14 March-14 June

(Leisure)

To mark the opening of the Giotto and St Francis exhibition in the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia on 14 March, Elle Viaggi is offering a three-day, two-night package. An exhibition dedicated to ...

Created on 11 March 2026

5. Umbria, Simona Meloni: “The demand for slow tourism is growing”

(Cities & Regions)

“The demand for slow tourism is growing says Simona Meloni, councillor for tourism, sport and agriculture of the Umbria region. Close to 8 million visitors in 2025 The 800th anniversary of the death ...

Created on 10 February 2026

6. Assisi: a living sanctuary of faith, art, and continuity

(Cities & Regions)

... of the Franciscan pilgrimage sites.  Italy’s second most important Christian pilgrimage site The sanctuary city of Assisi, which is an unparalleled example of continuity from its Umbrian-Roman origins ...

Created on 28 January 2026

7. The journey before the destination: trends that will guide tourism in 2026

(Leisure)

... Umbria, Perugia remains the ideal destination for slow tourism. Even the vineyards of Verona, with San Bonifacio, are experiencing renewed interest. In all these locations, we have seen an average increase ...

Created on 28 January 2026

8. ENIT’s monitoring data crowns Italy at Christmas and New Year

(Cities & Regions)

... activities linked to the ski season. Significant performances were also found outside the Alpine regions with Umbria recording 56.03%, and the Abruzzo 51.5%. Art and culture top the bill followed by ...

Created on 09 January 2026

9. A Christmas Village and choir in Monte Castello in Vibio, Umbria

(Leisure)

The Umbrian village of Monte Castello di Vibio, in the province of Perugia, will once again be a Christmas Village.   A journey through magic, tradition and community During the Advent period and for ...

Created on 25 November 2025

10. The Italy British tourists like

(Editorial)

... the more traditional sun and sea destinations. the islands or Tuscany and Umbria for villages in the inland areas. In fact, after the big three the airports most used by British visitors in 2025 were Naples, ...

Created on 19 November 2025

11. After the staycation, the workcation and the daycation…here comes the whycation

(Editorial)

... Marche to the medieval calm of Umbria’s villages, the culinary prowess of Emilia-Romagna, and the quiet coastlines of Calabria and Basilicata, Places where it is possible to slow down, savour local life, ...

Created on 03 November 2025

12. Italia Highlights. Focusing on gourmet experiences and green travel trends

(Tour operator)

... on food and wine". The exclusive products linked to Italian excellence also include ‘Central and Northern Italy: Umbria, Liguria, Piedmont and Franciacorta, Trentino and Valpolicella.” The core business ...

Created on 09 October 2025

13. Cortona Jazz Festival: music and wellness in Tuscany in October

(MICE & Events)

... between Tuscany and Umbria. Once a hunting lodge, Villa di Piazzano preserves over five centuries of history, is richly decorated with frescoes and can boast perfectly preserved Renaissance architecture. ...

Created on 15 September 2025

14. Pellicano Hotels Italy’s new La Badia in the hills outside Orvieto

(Hospitality)

La Badia, a new acquisition by Pellicano Hotels Italy’s latest acquisition in the Umbrian hills just outside Orvieto, will open in 2027.  Just ten minutes from the Rome to Florence motorway This €43 ...

Created on 25 August 2025

15. FS Treni Turistici Italiani. Summer: Côte d'Azur. Autumn: art, food, win

(Transportation)

... a journey through food and wine heritage From October to December, it will be possible to travel to Arezzo every Sunday, passing through Assisi, to discover Umbria and Tuscany and with the possibility ...

Created on 21 July 2025

16. ENIT and ISNART: 8 out of 10 rooms are already booked for August 

(Business)

... registering a rise in foreign visitors. Data that are confirmed by airport arrival forecasts, which estimate around 19 million arrivals from abroad. Latium, Marche and Umbria are in high demand The Jubilee ...

Created on 16 July 2025

17. Una Italian Hospitality: the Una Hotels Villa dei Platani Foligno

(Hospitality)

... Umbria it now has three hotels belonging to both the Una Esperienze and Una Hotels collections. Located in Foligno the hotel is housed in an elegant Liberty-style villa dating back to 1928. A recent renovation ...

Created on 15 July 2025

18. DeMusicAssisi: the August festival that brings medieval music alive

(MICE & Events)

... will be over 25 free musical events in evocative locations for this unique festival in Umbria which is among the few of its kind in Italy. The event - promoted by the Municipality of Assisi, with the artistic ...

Created on 11 July 2025

19. Umbria Jazz Gourmet. Three restaurants to try in Perugia

(Food&Wine)

Umbria Jazz Gourmet is the chance to try these three restaurants in Perugia. A gourmet project in parallel with the Jazz Festival Umbria Jazz Gourmet is the gourmet spin-off of Umbria Jazz (from 11 ...

Created on 10 July 2025

20. Two days of music and fun in Gubbio with the Wonderlast Music Festival

(MICE & Events)

... Umbria. Good food and a beauty area In addition to the Wonderlast Stage, the Wonderlast Forest hosts interactive installations with technologies and products dedicated to sustainability. This is ...

Created on 10 July 2025

21. Assisi: “Discovering Mount Subasio” a programme of free excursions

(Experiences & Tips)

... geological fascination.  There are also lots of events aimed at families with children: on Sunday 27 July, adults and children will be involved in Umbrian legends and fairy tales, told by special animators, ...

Created on 07 July 2025

22. Italy Leads the Way in Sustainable Tourism

(Cities & Regions)

... content are Puglia (23%), Liguria (16%) and Umbria (15%). Among the most popular themes are how to minimize the tourist's ecological impact (21%) and the conservation of specific biodiversity (20%). These ...

Created on 03 July 2025

23. Green, gorgeous and gloriously underrated. Meet Umbria.

(Editorial)

Green, gorgeous and gloriously underrated. Meet Umbria. Move over Amalfi and Tuscany, there’s a quieter, greener belle in town. London-based CV Villas has declared Umbria, affectionately dubbed Italy’s ...

Created on 30 June 2025

24. FS Treni Turistici Italiani: Umbria, Tuscany and Piedmont in autumn

(Transportation)

The FS Treni Turistici Italiani proposal is expanding, and from next autumn it will add new destinations departing from Rome to Umbria, Tuscany and Piedmont. Slow travel on renovated trains These are ...

Created on 24 June 2025

25. Hidden Italy. Bevagna, a Medieval dream in Umbria’s green heart

(Cities & Regions)

In Umbria’s green heart, not far from much more famous towns such as Assisi and Spoleto, lies the medieval village of Bevagna. An ancient roman settlement Surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and ...

Created on 17 June 2025

26. Umbria’s Perugia Airport posts a record May with 68,910 passengers 

(Transportation)

Perugia’s international airport of Umbria has announced that 68,910 passengers passed through the airport in May, a growth of +23% compared to the same month in 2024. 5% more aircraft movements than ...

Created on 13 June 2025

27. Mandarin Oriental debuts in Umbria with 8-bedroom Procopio Castle

(Hospitality)

Mandarin Oriental debuts in Umbria with 8-bedroom Procopio Castle, part of the Exceptional Homes portfolio. An ancient fortress steeped in  history Exceptional Homes is a collection of carefully selected ...

Created on 03 June 2025

28. Giostra della Quintana. A pageant takes Foligno back in history

(Cities & Regions)

The Giostra della Quintana pageant in Foligno, Umbria, now in its 80th edition, takes Foligno in the province of Perugia back in history to the 17th century. This year the joust is on 13 and 14 September  ...

Created on 28 May 2025

29. Perugia the capital of jazz: Umbria Jazz returns from 11 to 20 July

(MICE & Events)

Umbria Jazz, the most important Italian festival dedicated to the world of jazz returns to Perugia from 11 to 20 July. Perugia hosts the festival every summer Founded in 1973 today the Festival takes ...

Created on 05 May 2025

30. Summer with the Festival dei Due Mondi, Italy's oldest festiva

(MICE & Events)

The 68th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Umbria, is scheduled to take place this summer from Friday 27 June to Sunday 13 July.  Italy’s oldest performing arts festival With a range ...

Created on 28 April 2025

31. Easter in Umbria – mysticism, events and conviviality at the table

(Cities & Regions)

Easter, which is just around the corner, is a period of great mysticism in Umbria, with important events taking place during Holy Week.  A procession in the town of Saint Francis Experiencing Holy ...

Created on 24 March 2025

32. Umbria is shaping the future of tourism through urban regeneration

(Cities & Regions)

The Umbria region is working to revitalize small towns and villages by implementing measures to restore residential life and services while securing resources for urban regeneration. “We need to turn ...

Created on 04 March 2025

33. There are new Italian entries in the Condé Nast Johansens 2025 guide

(Leisure)

... in Faenza. The Castello di Petroia is located in Umbria, the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites in Sardinia. Finally, in Sicily there is the Grand Hotel Des Étrangers in Ortigia. All properties are verified ...

Created on 31 December 2024

34. Six Senses expands in Italy with two new properties in Como and Milan

(Hospitality)

... the opening of Six Senses Rome in 2023 and the announcement of the opening of Six Senses Antognolla in Umbria. The Milan property is located in the heart of the city, in Via Brera 19, while the Como hotel ...

Created on 18 November 2024

35. Borgo La Chiaracia Resort & SPA: a regenerating stay in Italy’s Green Heart 

(Hospitality)

Borgo La Chiaracia Resort & SPA, at the crossroads of Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio, is the perfect choice for a stay in Italy’s Green Heart. A typically traditional Umbrian farmhouse The modern 5-star property, ...

Created on 24 October 2024

36. Assisi beyond St Francis says “Yes” to art, culture, nature and fun

(Cities & Regions)

Assisi, the birthplace of Saint Francis, with its itineraries and religious sites says Yes to art, culture, nature and fun. Outdoor experiences, culture and spirituality The Umbrian city is located ...

Created on 21 October 2024

37. Garibaldi Hotels hospitality: discovering and experiencing Italy 

(Experiences & Tips)

... with its clubs, resorts, hotels & historical homes, the Garibaldi Hotels Group is present in the most beautiful Italian destinations from Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia and Umbria to Lazio and Trentino with 13 ...

Created on 09 October 2024

38. Cyclotourism according to hu openair: routes in five Italian regions

(On the road)

... after cycling, the Fabulous Village is the ideal place to stay in a strategic location, halfway between the capital and the coast, from which numerous places of interest are easily accessible. Umbria ...

Created on 17 September 2024

39. Vacanze col Cuore Group’s new Trasimeno Glamping Resort 

(Experiences & Tips)

... with its "horizontal hotellerie" model, its founder Loek Van de Loo talks about the new facility on the shores of Lake Trasimeno in Umbria. "We have expanded in Umbria, in a green paradise directly ...

Created on 05 September 2024

40. Naples leads, surprise for Siracusa and Mantua: the most loved vacation cities 

(Cities & Regions)

Naples took top spot but Siracusa and Mantua were also among Italians’ most loved holiday search choices. Basilicata and Umbria are growing in popularity The study was carried out by Preply, the online ...

Created on 04 September 2024

41. FS Treni Turistici Italiani: art, food and wine by rail in Umbria and Piedmont

(Transportation)

Rail journeys with art, food, wine and nature through Piedmont and Umbria from FS Treni Turistici Italiani.  Tourist trains to the Ligurian riviera The blue and blue livery of FS Treni Turistici Italiani' ...

Created on 04 September 2024

42. Orvieto. Umbria’s “high and strange” Etruscan hill city 

(Cities & Regions)

Orvieto is an ancient Etruscan hill city, perched on top of a volcanic massif, and with many strange and wonderful stories to tell. A “high and strange” city, said one Medieval traveller The first ...

Created on 07 August 2024

43. Assisi. Medieval music goes “pop” in Umbria from 15-20 August

(MICE & Events)

... vibrating like the strings of a harp played by passionate and expert hands. This is the aim of DeMusicAssisi, the first medieval music festival scheduled for Umbria, and one of the few in Italy, which ...

Created on 15 July 2024

44. HelloFly’s new flights from Perugia to Lampedusa and Verona

(Transportation)

... to and from the Umbria airport, offering passengers departing from Perugia’s airport greater flexibility and travel options for both tourism and business. Departing from San Francesco d'Assisi Airport passengers ...

Created on 03 July 2024

45. The Bwh Group adds the Antico Sipario Boutique Hotel in Umbria

(Business)

The Antico Sipario Boutique Hotel Signature Collection, is the Bwh Group’s new Italia entry. The hotel is on the border of Umbria and Tuscany   The hotel owes its name (sipario means stage curtain ...

Created on 19 June 2024

46. The historic Contessa road between Umbria and Marche reopens

(Cities & Regions)

The State Road 452, better known as the Strada della Contessa has reopened between the Umbria and Marche regions. Historically an important link between Umbria and the Marche  Tourism in the area suffered ...

Created on 18 June 2024

47. L’Acciuga Restaurant. A new Michelin-star Etruscan menu in Perugia 

(Food&Wine)

... is just ten minutes from the historic centre and is a hot spot of Umbrian cuisine. Viterbo-style carrots Stellar menus using local products It is helmed by chef Marco Lagrimino who exalts simple local ...

Created on 05 June 2024

48. Vacanze col Cuore Group to open the new Trasimeno Glamping Resort 

(Tour operator)

The Vacanze col Cuore group will open the new Trasimeno Glamping Resort in Umbria on 28 June.  “We are breathing new life into an area that was already a campsite” “We are expanding on the shores ...

Created on 04 June 2024

49. Trenitalia will operate daily services to over 700 destinations this summer 

(Transportation)

... Espresso Riviera trains, and the Cadore Espresso is confirmed between Rome and Cortina. There will be more than 9,700 daily connections of Busitalia in Veneto, Umbria and Campania, and approximately 1,000 ...

Created on 03 June 2024

50. The first Italy Michelin Hotel Guide, with just eight three keys

(Food&Wine)

... the Corte Della Maestà, a boutique hotel with just four rooms in Civita di Bagnoregio, as well as the Umbrian Castello di Reschio in Lisciano Niccone, the Casa Maria Luigia in Modena, a project of Michelin-starred ...

Created on 14 May 2024