Walking in a surprising Umbria

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This tour will bring you to green, hilly Umbria,  also known as the green heart of Italy. Umbria is a region with many faces, where everyday life is mixed with the traditions and spirituality of its past.  
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Overview

Trip type
Self-Guided / Independent Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy walk through Assisi
    • Experience walk to Balciano in the national park of Monte Subasio
    • Explore Monte Subasio National Park and today you will be walking through this Park
    • Visit you descend through the forest to the Porta Cappuccini town gate
    • Awesome walk to Manciano passing the abbey of Sassovivo
    • Enjoy the pleasant walk to Spoleto

What's this trip about?

    This tour will bring you to green, hilly Umbria,  also known as the green heart of Italy. Umbria is a region with many faces, where everyday life is mixed with the traditions and spirituality of its past.  

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Details

Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age range12 years and up
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CitySpello
End CitySpoleto

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Hiking & Walking
  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • Transformative

Destinations

  • Europe
  • Italy

Attractions

  • Assisi

Activities

  • Culture
  • Homestays & Cultural Immersion
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • 7 or 9 overnight stays with breakfast
    • 3 dinners
    • route instructions and maps (two weeks before arrival time gps tracks on request can be send for free)
    • luggage transportation
    • route briefing in the starting hotel

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1 You arrive in Spello and will stay in a *** hotel in the medieval centre.

You are met on your first evening and will have the opportunity to discuss your holiday.

Spello has lovely little streets to wander around, colourful decorated with plants and flowers. A very picturesque spot is the Via Torre di Properzio, which ends near the Roman ‘Porta Venere’, but also the Roman mosaics and the S.Maria Maggiore church are worthwhile to visit.

Day 2: Spello-Assisi

Spello is situated on the west edge of the Monte Subasio National Park and today you will be walking through this Park. The route has different variants. The first stretch will lead you through the olive groves on the slopes of Monte Subasio. After 8 km (475m a.s.l.) ...

Day 3: Assisi - Balciano

Today you walk through the Mount Subasio National Park along the Franciscan walking path 51. A highlight is the Fosso del Marchetto, a mini canyon. Walking through forest and olive groves you will reach your hotel, where you can enjoy a swim in the swimming pool.

Walking time: 6  hours (19 km)

Day 4: Balciano - Vescia

The route of today is varied. From the hotel you descend in the valley of the Topino river. You leave the valley climbing up to the castle il Poggio and the you descend to the village of Capodacqua. One last uphill climb with beautiful views on the surrounding hills a...

Day 5:

This beautiful route amongst olive groves will take you first to the waterfalls of the Altolina and then to the 11th century Benedictine Abbey of Sassovivo. During the time of St. Francis this important abbey had vast powers of jurisdiction and a considerable patrimon...

Day 6: Manciano – Trevi – Campello alto

You leave Manciano and  walk to Trevi on the lower flank of Monte Serano, known as the capital of olive oil. Trevi has a medieval aspect and worthwhile to visit are the Duomo and the S.Francis church, which houses a museum. You leave the town walking among the olive g...

Day 7: Campello Alto - Spoleto

If you would like to shorten your walk, after breakfast you will have a transfer by vehicle to Poreta. Your  will walk along the olive grove path till Spoleto. As the name indicates you will mostly walk through olive groves on the slopes of the mountains. You pass sev...

Day 8: Departure after breakfast

The 10 days tour:

The 8 days tour can be extended with two extra days. You will stay an extra night at your hotel in Assisi and make a nice walk through the hilly country side and the woods of Mount Subasio. (19 km / 5 ½ hours).

Another extra night you w...

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Dates & Availability

Price From $725
Price per day$91
Last Updated: 12/22/2021

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Alessandra Good afternoon yesterday was a great experience. Michele has managed to intrigue the children and to create a good climate so different pupils have addres...

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MARCELO

Nov 2019

Unforgettable adventure

Thank you all so very much for making this trip an unforgettable adventure. The transportation and translation services were spot-on and the experiences on the farm,...

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HANNAH

Oct 2019

It was perfect!!

We did the Truffle hunt tour with lunch on the farm with Allessandra as our guide...This was BY FAR my favorite day on our entire trip to Italy. The sisters who own ...

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STEFAN

Sep 2019

It was a marvelous

Dear Alessandra, it was a marvelous half day tour! Thank you very much for guiding us through Assisi, sharing your knowledge, fascination and inspiration with us! Al...

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Local taxes to be paid directly to the hotel

Accommodation

,Spello: Hotel Il Cacciatore ***    This hotel is situated  the historical town centre of Spello. All rooms have air conditioning, private bathroom, TV and telephone. The hotel has a bar and a           restaurant.    www.ilcacciatorehotel.com Assisi:  Hotel da Angelo **  is situated in the new part of Assisi about 900 meters from thehistorical centre. The hotel has 32 rooms, all with bathroom, television and telephone. The hotel has a car park, swimming pool, restaurant and bar. www.hoteldaangelo.com In Assisi it is possible to upgrade to a *** star hotel: You stay in  Hotel la Terrazza, in Assisi, 900 meters from the historicalcentre: restaurant, bar, swimming pool, air-conditioning and wellness centre (Turkish baths, mud treatment etc.) www.laterrazzahotel.it       Balciano: Hotel il Tartufaro ** The hotel has 17 rooms with private bathrooms, TV, airco and mini bar. The hotel has a swimming pool and a restaurant where specialized in truffle dishes www.tartufaro.it Vescia: Il Borgo del Fattore is a B&B in a restored ‘frantoio’ (olive oil mill) from the 17th century. There are 5 rooms, each with a bathroom. The dinner is served in the restaurant ‘Il Fichetto’ close by (50 m.). www.luigitega.it Manciano: the farmhouse B&B La Pintura is situated in a magnificent position near Trevi. There are 7 rooms, all with private bathroom. Dinner is served in a unique dinning           room. The farm house has a swimming pool.  www.lapintura.it Campello Alto: Hotel le Fontanelle is situated at 650m a.s.l. surrounded by the woods. This Small mountain hotel has 12 rooms with private facilities. There is a bar, good restaurant famous for its black truffle recipes and a swimming pool www.albergofontanelle.it Spoleto: Hotel Clitunno ***  is situated in the historical centre of Spoleto, close to the Roman theatre. The hotel has 45 rooms with air-conditioning, television and private         bathroom. It has a bar and excellent restaurant. www.hotelclitunno.com Or Hotel Charleston ***  is situated in the historical centre of Spoleto. The hotel, a 17th century ‘palazzo’, has 24 rooms with air-conditioning, bathroom with shower or bath tub, sat tv, mini-bar and parquet. There is a wine bar, bar, breakfast room, wire less room with computer for the guests, a sauna and a garage. www.hotelcharleston.it Or who would like to stay in a more rural environment with swimming pool Hotel la Macchia *** is situated just outside Spoleto (20mins walking to the historical centre) This hotel has a swimming pool, restaurant, bar, garden and free car park. 11 rooms with air conditioning, mini-bar, Sat TV and Wifi connection www.albergolamacchia.it
Requirements
Terrain, level of difficulty: For walkers with experience. Routes through middle/high level hilly landscapes with some steep climbs. Daily distances between 11 and 22 km. An average of  3 km an hour. You will walk on footpaths, mountain tracks, forest trails and occasionally on roads. ,
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Meals Included
  • All Breakfast
  • 3 dinners
Age Requirements
12 years and up
Additional Information
  • Departures: from 15 March till 15 November.
  • 8 day tour no start on Sunday
  • 10 day tour no start on Saturday

Trip ID
umbria-WalSurUmb

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