Umbria is the green heart of Italy. The landlocked region sits between Tuscany and Rome, and it’s home to Assisi with the Basilica of St Francis, Orvieto perched on its cliff, the university city of Perugia and little hill towns where the steps are lined with flowers. There are fewer tourists than in Tuscany, and prices are lower. If you’re wondering where to stay in Umbria, this guide will help you choose.
The towns are close together, but each sits on its own hilltop, so deciding where to stay comes down to atmosphere as well as trains and parking. Here are my six suggestions, with three hotels in each town.
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🎡 Top Activities & Tours:
1. Discover Assisi on a guided walking tour with a visit to the basilica and hear the stories behind the city of St Francis
2. Taste Umbrian wines on a guided tour with wine tasting at a vineyard in Montefalco on a relaxed afternoon
🛌 Best Hotels:
1. Sina Brufani is Perugia's classic luxury hotel, with a glass-bottomed pool above Etruscan ruins
2. Hotel Il Palazzo is on the street between the square and the basilica in Assisi, with a lift
3. Hotel Morlacchi is a small budget hotel close to the cathedral, with breakfast included
🚗 The small hill towns are easiest to reach by hire car at your own pace
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Where to Stay in Umbria: The Best Towns
- Perugia - best town for city life and travellers without a car
- Assisi - best town for first-timers and culture
- Spello - best town for couples and wine lovers
- Spoleto - best town for culture and peace and quiet in the south
- Orvieto - best town for train travellers and a trip from Rome
- Lake Trasimeno - best area for families and a beach holiday
I go through the towns from Perugia in the north down through the valley to Spoleto, then Orvieto in the south-west and finally Lake Trasimeno on the border with Tuscany. For each town you get a map, transport, price level and three hotels in different price ranges. The prices come from a search for a weekend in May for two people, and they rise in July and August and during the towns’ festivals.
1. Perugia - best town for city life and travellers without a car 🎷
- 📍 Distance to the centre: You stay right in the Old Town. From Piazza IV Novembre with the cathedral and the fountain, you walk along the main street, Corso Vannucci, to Piazza Italia in five minutes.
- 🚆 Transport: Perugia Fontivegge railway station is down in the valley, and from here the small automated Minimetrò line runs up to Pincetto just below the centre. The train to Assisi takes about 20 minutes.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: Perugia’s small airport is about 20 minutes away by car. From Florence Airport, allow just under two hours, and from Rome Fiumicino about two and a half hours.
- 💰 Price level: €€ to €€€€. The three hotels below cost around €124 to €520 (around £105 to £435) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Safe in the Old Town, also in the evening. The area around Fontivegge station is more run-down, so stay up in the centre.
Perugia is the capital of Umbria and the only real city in this guide. The Old Town sits on a hill, and the main street, Corso Vannucci, links Piazza Italia with Piazza IV Novembre, where the 13th-century Fontana Maggiore fountain stands in front of the town hall, Palazzo dei Priori. Inside the town hall is the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria with the region’s largest art collection, including paintings by Perugino, who came from the area.
The city has two universities, so the streets are lively in the evening all year round. In July the Umbria Jazz festival fills the squares with concerts, and the Perugina chocolate factory, which makes Baci, is from here too. By the old Rocca Paolina fortress, escalators run from Piazza Partigiani up through the underground streets to the centre.
I would stay in Perugia if you’re travelling without a car. From here you can reach Assisi and Spello by regional train in under half an hour, and from the station the Minimetrò runs up to the centre every couple of minutes. If you come by car, you can leave it at the Pian di Massiano terminus and take the line up, so you avoid the traffic zone completely. If you’re coming from Florence, you can spend a few nights there first, and my guide to where to stay in Florence will help you choose a neighbourhood.
The downside is that Perugia is a city with suburbs, traffic and a steep hill up to the centre. The hotels in the Old Town are inside the limited traffic zone, the ZTL, and many old buildings have no lift. On the other hand, it’s easy to find parking outside the zone, and the medieval town of Gubbio is less than an hour’s drive to the north-east if you fancy a day trip.
Hotels in Perugia
Sina Brufani - five-star palazzo with a pool above Etruscan ruins
Sina Brufani is Perugia’s classic luxury hotel and sits on Piazza Italia at the end of Corso Vannucci. The indoor pool has a glass floor, so you can look down on Etruscan ruins, and there’s a spa, sauna, gym and restaurant. According to Booking.com, on-site parking costs €20 (around £17) a day and must be booked in advance. Several guests feel, however, that the breakfast doesn’t live up to the price.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “The location is fantastic.”
See photos and book Sina Brufani here.
Times Suites - modern guesthouse in the middle of the Old Town
Times Suites is on Via Sant’Ercolano, a few minutes’ walk from Corso Vannucci, and has a score of 9.2 from over 850 reviews. The rooms are modern and have air conditioning, but there’s no reception, so you check in yourself. There’s also no lift or breakfast, but there are bars nearby, and your car will need to go in a public car park.
From one review: “The rooms were clean, spacious and very modern.”
See photos and book Times Suites here.
Hotel Morlacchi - small budget hotel with breakfast close to the cathedral
Hotel Morlacchi is a two-star hotel on Via Leopoldo Tiberi, a couple of minutes’ walk from Piazza IV Novembre. It scores 9.1 from just under 800 reviews, and breakfast is included in the price, although several guests find it fairly basic. There’s no lift, and if you want to park for free nearby, you’ll need a permit from the hotel.
One guest highlights: “Excellent location, very clean and friendly, helpful staff.”
See photos and book Hotel Morlacchi here.
2. Assisi - best town for first-time visitors and culture ⛪
- 📍 Distance to the centre: You stay in the Old Town. From Piazza del Comune it’s about a ten-minute walk down to the Basilica di San Francesco and five minutes to Santa Chiara.
- 🚌 Transport: The railway station is in Santa Maria degli Angeli, about four kilometres away down on the plain, and a bus runs from there up to the town. The train from Perugia takes about 20 minutes.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: Perugia’s airport is about 15 minutes away by car. From Rome Fiumicino, allow about two and a half hours, and from Florence Airport just over two hours.
- 💰 Price level: €€ to €€€€€. The three hotels below ranged from about 140 to 861 euros (around £115 to £720) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Very safe. The town is full of pilgrims during the day and quiet in the evening, but the streets are steep and slippery when it rains.
Assisi is the town of St Francis of Assisi and the most visited in Umbria. The Basilica di San Francesco is made up of two churches, one on top of the other: in the upper church, Giotto’s frescoes cover the walls, and the saint’s tomb lies in the crypt beneath the lower church. The town, the basilica and the Franciscan sites in the surrounding area are listed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You’ll find the opening hours for the two churches and the crypt on the basilica’s own website.
At the other end of town stands the Basilica di Santa Chiara with its facade of pink and white stone, and in between lies Piazza del Comune with the columns of a Roman temple. High above the town is the Rocca Maggiore fortress, with views across the whole plain, and down by the station is the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, built over St Francis’s little Porziuncola chapel. If you want the stories behind it all, you can take a guided walking tour with a visit to the basilica for around 60 euros (around £50).
I would stay in Assisi if it’s your first trip to Umbria and you want a beautiful town with plenty of sights right on your doorstep. In the evening, once the day-trippers’ coaches have left, the streets go quiet and the light falls on the pale stone. The town is also in the middle of the region, so Perugia, Spello and Spoleto are all within an hour’s drive.
The downsides are the daytime crowds, especially at weekends and on religious holidays, and the fact that the whole town is built on a hillside. The Old Town is a restricted traffic zone, ZTL, so your car has to be left in one of the large car parks just outside the town walls, and if your hotel has no lift, you’ll be carrying your suitcase up the stairs.
Hotels in Assisi
Nun Assisi Relais & Spa Museum - five-star hotel with a spa in Roman excavations
Nun Assisi is on Piazza Matteotti at the eastern end of the Old Town, in a converted 13th-century convent. The spa sits down among Roman excavations, and there’s an indoor pool, a restaurant and a bar. Breakfast is included, and on-site parking costs 25 euros (around £20) per night. It’s at the pricier end, the score is based on only just over 120 reviews, and a couple of guests missed having an iron in the room.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “Beautiful surroundings and the most amazing spa facilities ever.”
See photos and book Nun Assisi here.
Hotel Il Palazzo - three-star hotel on the street between the square and the basilica
Hotel Il Palazzo is on Via San Francesco, the street leading from Piazza del Comune down to the basilica. It has a lift and air conditioning, and it scores 9.2 from 900 reviews. Breakfast costs extra, and a couple of guests mention minor issues in the bathroom.
From one review: “The property had an excellent location in Assisi.”
See photos and book Hotel Il Palazzo here.
Hotel Pallotta - simple hotel with its own trattoria by the square
Hotel Pallotta is on Via San Rufino, right by Piazza del Comune, and the hotel’s trattoria is on the ground floor. It’s a two-star with air conditioning, and it scores 8.8 from over 750 reviews. There’s no lift, and there are steps up to the hotel, so it’s not a good fit if you have difficulty walking. According to Booking.com, the public car park nearby costs about 12 euros (around £10) a day.
One guest highlights: “Very friendly and helpful staff.”
See photos and book Hotel Pallotta here.
3. Spello - best town for couples and wine lovers 🌸
- 📍 Distance to the centre: Spello is so small that you can walk from one end of the Old Town to the other in a quarter of an hour. Assisi is about 12 kilometres to the north.
- 🚗 Transport: Spello has its own railway station on the line between Perugia and Foligno, about ten minutes’ walk from the town gate. You’ll need a car to get to Montefalco and the vineyards.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: Perugia’s airport is about 25 minutes away by car, and from Rome Fiumicino you should allow about two hours.
- 💰 Price level: € to €€. The three places below cost around 82 to 168 euros (roughly £70 to £140) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Very safe and quiet in the evening. The streets are steep, and there are lots of steps.
If you ask me, Spello is the prettiest little town in Umbria. It sits on the slopes of Monte Subasio with Roman town gates, narrow lanes of pink stone and flowerpots on every step. In the church of Santa Maria Maggiore you can see Pinturicchio’s frescoes in the Cappella Baglioni, and from the town walls you look out across the plain towards Assisi.
The town is best known for the Infiorate di Spello, when the streets are covered in carpets of flowers on the night before Corpus Domini Sunday. The festival usually falls in late May or June, and that weekend the town is packed, so book well ahead if you want to stay here.
I would stay in Spello if you’re a couple looking for peace and quiet, good food and a small town you can stroll around in the evening. Assisi is a quarter of an hour away, and you can reach the wine towns of Bevagna and Montefalco in 15 to 25 minutes by car. Montefalco is known for its full-bodied red wine, Sagrantino, and you can taste it on a guided tour with wine tasting at a winery in Montefalco for around 25 euros (about £20). You can compare prices on car hire at Booking.com before you travel.
The downside is that Spello is small. There are few hotels, most places are B&Bs and apartments, and there isn’t really a luxury hotel in town. The Old Town is also a restricted traffic zone, ZTL, so you’ll have to leave the car in the car parks outside the walls. On the plus side, prices are lower than in Assisi, and several of the small places have free parking right by the walls.
Hotels in Spello
La Bastiglia - four-star hotel with a pool and terrace at the top of town
La Bastiglia is the closest Spello gets to a luxury hotel. It’s a four-star hotel on Via Salnitraria at the northern end of the Old Town, with a seasonal outdoor pool, spa, restaurant and a terrace overlooking the plain. Parking costs 15 euros (around £13) a day. It scores 7.9, and some guests feel the breakfast is basic and the pool is small.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “Fantastic location and a lovely view from the terrace.”
See photos and book La Bastiglia here.
Villa Pandolfi Elmi - guesthouse in a villa with a garden and free parking
Villa Pandolfi Elmi is on Via Tommaso Corbo just outside the walls and is a guesthouse in a villa with a garden. Parking is free, breakfast with fresh cakes and fruit is included, and it scores 9.1. With fewer than 100 reviews, though, there’s less to go on than at the bigger places.
From one review: “The location is fantastic, a few metres from the Old Town.”
See photos and book Villa Pandolfi Elmi here.
Residenza Frenguelli - budget rooms with free parking by the Old Town
Residenza Frenguelli is on Via Tempio di Diana, a few minutes’ walk from the centre, and has rooms with air conditioning and a kitchenette. There’s free parking nearby, and it scores 8.8 from more than 550 reviews. The bathrooms are small, and the kitchenette is fairly basic.
One guest highlights: “Excellent location with free parking nearby and a short walk into the centre of beautiful Spello.”
See photos and book Residenza Frenguelli here.
4. Spoleto - best town for culture and peace in the south 🎭
- 📍 Distance to the centre: From Piazza del Mercato it’s a five-minute walk to the cathedral and a quarter of an hour up to the fortress and the Ponte delle Torri bridge.
- 🚆 Transport: The railway station is in the newer part of town below the hill, and the train to Rome takes around an hour and a half. In town you walk, and escalators help you up the steepest stretches.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: From Rome Fiumicino, allow around two hours by car, and around 45 minutes from Perugia’s airport.
- 💰 Price level: €€ to €€€. The three hotels below cost around 108 to 174 euros (around £90 to £145) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Safe and quiet. Outside the festival weeks, the town is peaceful in the evenings.
Spoleto is less well known than Assisi and Orvieto, and that works in its favour. The town sits on a hill in the southern part of the region, with the Rocca Albornoziana fortress at the top, and right next to it the tall Ponte delle Torri aqueduct bridge spans the gorge. The path around the fortress gives you the best view of the bridge. The cathedral stands at the end of a wide flight of steps, and the apse has frescoes by Filippo Lippi.
Every summer, from late June to mid-July, the Festival dei Due Mondi fills the town with opera, dance, theatre and concerts, and prices go up. The rest of the year, Spoleto is a quiet town with good restaurants, where black truffles from the mountains feature on the menu.
I would stay in Spoleto if you want a quiet base in southern Umbria with fewer tourists. The man-made Cascata delle Marmore waterfall near Terni is around half an hour away by car, and you can reach Spello and Montefalco in under an hour. If you want to get out into nature, the paths from the bridge lead on up into the holm oak forest on Monteluco above the town. Spoleto is also on the railway line towards Rome, so it works well as the first or last stop on a round trip.
The downside is the hills. The Old Town is built on a steep slope, and the upper part by the cathedral and fortress sits well above the lower part. It’s best to leave the car in the Spoletosfera car park on Viale Matteotti, from where escalators take you up towards the centre, as the Old Town is a limited traffic zone (ZTL). On the plus side, hotels are cheaper than in Assisi and Orvieto.
Hotels in Spoleto
Hotel San Luca - four-star hotel with a garden and parking outside the traffic zone
I couldn’t find any five-star hotels in Spoleto itself, so Hotel San Luca is the top choice. It’s a four-star hotel on Via Interna delle Mura in the lower part of the Old Town, outside the traffic zone, and has a garden, a lift and on-site parking. It scores 9.1 from over 700 reviews, and the breakfast buffet gets the most praise. It’s uphill to the upper parts of town, which several guests mention.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “The breakfast was without doubt the big highlight.”
See photos and book Hotel San Luca here.
Aurora Boutique Hotel & Private SPA - three-star boutique hotel with a private spa
Aurora Boutique Hotel is on Via dell’Apollinare by Piazza della Libertà in the middle of the Old Town. There’s a lift and a private spa you can book, and breakfast is included in the price. It scores 8.9 from over 1,400 reviews. The hotel is inside the traffic zone, so you’ll need to leave the car in the Spoletosfera car park around 200 metres away.
From one review: “The staff are wonderful, friendly and super helpful.”
See photos and book Aurora Boutique Hotel here.
Hotel Clarici - simple hotel with parking in the lower part of town
Hotel Clarici is a three-star hotel on Piazza della Vittoria at the lower end of the Old Town. There’s a lift, breakfast is included in the price, and on-site parking costs 10 euros (around £8) a day. It scores 8.1, and a few guests have complained about the cleaning.
One of the guests writes: “Good location, friendly staff.”
See photos and book Hotel Clarici here.
5. Orvieto - best town for train travellers and a trip from Rome 🚆
- 📍 Distance to the centre: The Old Town sits up on the clifftop. From the cathedral it’s a five-minute walk to the Torre del Moro tower on Corso Cavour and a quarter of an hour to Piazza Cahen by the funicular.
- 🚆 Transport: Orvieto is on the railway line between Rome and Florence. From the station in Orvieto Scalo, a funicular runs up to Piazza Cahen, and the train from Rome takes just over an hour.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: From Rome Fiumicino, allow around an hour and a half by car, and just under two hours from Florence Airport.
- 💰 Price level: €€ to €€€. The three hotels below cost around 105 to 295 euros (around £90 to £245) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Very safe. In the middle of the day there are lots of day-trippers around the cathedral, but it goes quiet in the evening.
Orvieto sits on top of a cliff of volcanic tuff, and when you see the town from the motorway, it’s easy to understand why so many people stop here. The cathedral is one of Italy’s finest Gothic churches, with a façade covered in mosaics, and in the Cappella di San Brizio you can see the Last Judgement frescoes that Luca Signorelli painted around 1500. Tickets and opening hours are listed on the cathedral’s official website.
Beneath the town lie hundreds of caves and tunnels, dug out of the tuff since Etruscan times, and you can head down on a guided tour. The Pozzo di San Patrizio well has two spiral staircases that wind around each other, so the donkeys carrying the water never met on their way up and down.
I’d stay in Orvieto if you’re travelling by train or want to combine Umbria with Rome. Trenitalia sells a combined ticket for the train and the funicular up to the centre, Orvieto Link, and you can read how to buy tickets for regional trains in my guide to trains in Italy. If you have a few days in Rome before or after, have a look at my guide to where to stay in Rome. From Orvieto it’s also a short trip to the village of Civita di Bagnoregio, which sits on its own clifftop just over the border in Lazio.
The downside is the day-trippers. Coaches from Rome and Florence fill the streets around the cathedral in the middle of the day, and the prices at the cafés on the square reflect that. The Old Town is also a restricted traffic zone, ZTL, so if you’re driving, it’s easiest to park by the station down in Orvieto Scalo and take the funicular up.
Hotels in Orvieto
Hotel Palazzo Piccolomini - four-star hotel in an old palazzo
Hotel Palazzo Piccolomini is on Piazza Ranieri in the western part of the Old Town, less than ten minutes’ walk from the cathedral. It’s a four-star hotel with a lift, gym and bar, and breakfast is included. The staff will park your car for 15 euros (around £13) a day. It scores 9.1 from over 1,000 reviews, and a couple of guests mention that the air conditioning didn’t work quite as it should.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “Exceptional service, the staff were absolutely outstanding.”
See photos and book Hotel Palazzo Piccolomini here.
Hotel Duomo - three-star hotel a few steps from the cathedral
Hotel Duomo is on Vicolo di Maurizio just behind the cathedral and scores 9.2 from over 1,000 reviews. The breakfast buffet is included, and the hotel has its own parking, which costs 20 euros (around £17) a day. Some of the rooms are in an annexe with several flights of stairs, so ask for a room in the main building if you’d rather avoid stairs.
From one review: “The location couldn’t be better, right next to the cathedral.”
See photos and book Hotel Duomo here.
Hotel Picchio - budget hotel with parking down by the station
Hotel Picchio is in Orvieto Scalo, the modern town down by the station, and was the cheapest of my three suggestions. It’s a three-star hotel, the breakfast buffet is included, and parking costs 5 euros (around £4) a day. You take the funicular or the car up to the Old Town, and there isn’t much going on down there in the evening. A couple of guests struggled to find the hotel using GPS.
One guest writes: “Good location and very convenient for visiting Orvieto.”
See photos and book Hotel Picchio here.
6. Lake Trasimeno - best area for families and a beach holiday 🏖️
- 📍 Distance to the centre: The lake lies 30 to 50 kilometres west of Perugia. Castiglione del Lago is on the western shore, and Passignano and Tuoro are on the northern shore.
- 🚗 Transport: Ideally you’ll want a car. Castiglione del Lago and Passignano have railway stations, and the ferry to the island of Isola Maggiore leaves from Passignano.
- ✈️ Time from the airport: Allow about an hour and a half by car from Florence Airport and about 45 minutes from Perugia’s airport.
- 💰 Price level: € to €€€. The three places below cost around 97 to 333 euros (roughly £80 to £280) per night when I searched for a weekend in May.
- 👮 Safety: Very safe and peaceful, including for families with children.
Lake Trasimeno is Italy’s fourth-largest lake and the largest in central Italy, and it sits right on the border with Tuscany. The water is shallow and warms up quickly in summer, and several of the towns have small swimming beaches with sunloungers and playgrounds. Castiglione del Lago stands on a promontory with a castle and town walls, and Passignano has a long promenade along the water.
From Passignano the ferry sails to Isola Maggiore, the only inhabited island, where Francis of Assisi spent Lent in 1211. North of the lake near Tuoro, the Romans suffered one of their worst defeats against Hannibal in 217 BC.
See hotels by Lake Trasimeno here.
I’d stay by the lake if you’re travelling with children in summer, or if you want to combine Umbria with Tuscany. Cortona and Montepulciano are half an hour away, and Siena is just over an hour by car, so you can easily add a couple of nights there, and here you can read about where to stay in Siena. If you’d like to see more areas in the neighbouring region to the west, I’ve gathered the best bases in my guide to where to stay in Tuscany. The lake also makes a good stop on the way between Florence and Perugia. The easiest place to pick up a car is at Florence or Rome airport, and you can compare prices on Booking.com’s car hire.
The downside is that Trasimeno isn’t a swimming lake like the big lakes in northern Italy. The water is shallow and often murky, and the bottom is muddy in many places, so not everyone finds it inviting for a swim. On the other hand, most hotels and agriturismi have a pool, and you’re close to both Perugia and Tuscany.
Hotels by Lake Trasimeno
I Capricci di Merion Resort & Spa - agriturismo resort with a spa and a pool overlooking the lake
I Capricci di Merion sits in the hills near Tuoro sul Trasimeno, about two kilometres from the lake, and has both an indoor pool and an outdoor pool with views over the water, which is open in summer. There’s a spa, a restaurant and free parking, breakfast is included, and it scores 9.2 from almost 700 reviews. The attic rooms have low ceilings.
One guest writes on Booking.com: “The restaurant was very good, and so were the spa and the pool.”
See photos and book I Capricci di Merion here.
Le Macerine - family-friendly hotel with a pool and playground in Castiglione del Lago
Le Macerine is a three-star hotel on Via Salvo D’Acquisto in Castiglione del Lago, about a three-minute walk from the shore. There’s an outdoor pool, a playground, a garden and free parking, and breakfast is included. It scores 9.1, but the pool is only open from mid-June to mid-September, so if you come in May, you’ll have to do without it.
From one review: “The hosts were welcoming and attentive, so we felt completely at home.”
See photos and book Le Macerine here.
Parkhotel Montigeto - budget apartment hotel with a pool and sauna near Passignano
Parkhotel Montigeto is just outside Passignano sul Trasimeno, about two kilometres from the lake, and has an outdoor pool in summer, a sauna, a playground and free parking. It scores 9.0 from almost 700 reviews, and it was the cheapest of my three suggestions by the lake. Several guests feel the rooms could do with updating.
One guest writes: “It’s a rather practical place to stay when visiting Lake Trasimeno.”
See photos and book Parkhotel Montigeto here.
Where not to stay in Umbria?
Avoid the modern suburbs and business districts down in the valleys, for example around the station in Perugia or along the motorway near Ponte San Giovanni and Foligno. The hotels there are cheap, but you’ll be staying among roundabouts and will need the car or the train to get up into an Old Town. Terni is the region’s industrial town and fine as a base for the waterfall, but it’s not a town worth travelling for. Don’t stay at a remote agriturismo without a car either, as hardly any buses run out there. And if you do have a car, don’t choose a hotel inside a limited traffic zone unless the hotel can register your number plate. Otherwise you’ll end up carrying your suitcase up steep streets or getting a fine in the post.
If it’s your first trip to Umbria and you have a week, I’d split it in two: three or four nights in Assisi or Spello with day trips to Perugia, Montefalco and Spoleto, and two or three nights in Orvieto before taking the train on to Rome. If you’re travelling without a car, choose Perugia or Orvieto, where you can get from the train up into town without driving yourself. If you’re travelling with children in summer, Lake Trasimeno is the most relaxed choice, and if you’re a couple, Spello is hard to beat.
The two beautiful hill towns of Todi and Gubbio aren’t on the list, but they make good day trips from Orvieto and Perugia respectively. And if you’re travelling further around the country, I’ve gathered the best regions and cities in my guide to where to stay in Italy.
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