Umbria

If you long to escape, to set out in search of yourself, but think the ideal place exists only in your mind, don't despair: you just need to encounter Umbria! The beating heart of vibrant Italy, perched on the slopes of mountains and hills that offer views of pristine landscapes and small villages. Simple places, guardians of a humble, unpretentious life, offer silence and peace, but also meditation for those who choose to venture to Assisi, which still exudes authentic spirituality today. Art enriches this land with the cathedral of Orvieto, among the most beautiful in Italy, with its imposing Gothic style and vibrant colors, but also with the small churches of Spoleto and the Galleria Nazionale Umbra in Perugia, which houses, among others, works by Piero della Francesca, Pinturicchio, and Perugino. But one of the faces of this land can only be discovered by savoring the flavors of its cuisine: authentic, like the free-range pigs and wild boars that become cured meats, naturally dried according to an ancient recipe; sweet and picturesque, like the chocolate that becomes a Bacio (a traditional Italian dessert) or even a pasta sauce, with the addition of walnuts in Terni, a staple in the creative cuisine of southern Umbria. But above all, delicious, like the truffle, white in Orvieto and Gubbio, black in Spoleto and Norcia: the true undisputed king of Umbrian culinary art. Escape the stress, the traffic, the frenetic hustle and bustle of stressed lives; the elsewhere you seek is in Umbria.