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<h2>One Day Activities in in Umbria</h2>
<P>Actividayz offers outdoor adventures, cooking classes, and other one-day activities in Umbria
and throughout Italy. Our activities allow travelers to immerse themselves in Italian culture and daily
life.</P>
<h2>Umbria Wine Tours</h2>
<P>One of the small Italian regions, Umbria has numerous mountains and hills. The very identity of
its original inhabitants, the Umbrians, is so clouded that we still have no clear understanding
of the meaning of their name (for more info, look into Umbria Tours). In Umbria, halfway up
the slopes of Monte Fumaiolo, one can find the source for theTiber. Umbrian destinations in the
Tiber Valley, include Assisi, Spoleto and Orvieto.</P>
<h2>Cooking Classes in Umbria</h2>
<P>Umbria is the lively home of the Università degli Stranieri. It is also home to the Rocca
Paolina, Italy's largest fortress. Perugia's main square is Piazza IV Novembre; in its center
is the Fontana Maggiore. The local art museum, La Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, is filled
with wonderful works. Umbrian recipes make the cooking clases in Umbria more attractive.
Walk to the end of Corso Garibaldi to see the simple little church of Sant'Angelo; farther on
is the monastery of Sant'Agnese. It is quiet, semi-deserted places such
as these, erected not out of the pomp of religiosity but as retreats for hermits, monks and nuns,
that best exemplify the spiritual nature of Umbria.</P>
<P>Umbrian castles include the 14th-century Monte del Lago and the 13th-century Torre dei Lombardi.
Medieval towns peer down at the edges of the lake, among them Castiglione del Lago, whose Palazzo
Comunale is frescoed with heroic and mythological scenes. On the last Sunday of July, the people
of Passignano sul Lago host a fishermen's regatta. Pilgrims flock to Rigone to visit the church of
La Madonna dei Miracoli; most of them pop into the lovely 13th-century Romanesque church of San Vito
as well.</P>
<P>Three towns are home to numerous events in Umbria: Spoleto, home of the Festival of Two Worlds, has
been a cultural center for centuries. Arriving on the Via Flaminia, you can't miss the Rocca
Albornoz. Seen from outside, the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is unforgettable, with its
terra cotta-paved piazza, symmetrical belltower and golden Byzantine mosaic. Inside are Fra
Filippo Lippi's frescoes, possibly Michelangelo's inspiration for the Sistine Chapel. The
magnificent 10th-century church of Sant'Eufemia was the court church of the Dukes of Spoleto,
hence its soaring vault. In the municipal cemetery, the church of San Salvatore has a very rare
4th-century facade.</P>
<P>Orvieto is home to the Tempio Belvedere, Italy's only remaining above-ground Etruscan temple;
and the Pozzo di San Patrizio. Assisi's Basilica of San Francesco is near the church of San
Walk up to the top of the hill, where the fairy-tale castle, Rocca Maggiore, Almost forgotten
in the countryside near Narni are the ruins of Carsulae, an ancient Roman city. Not far away is
the 13th-century monastery called Lo Speco di San Francesco.. On the road from Trevi to Spoleto
is the Temple of Clitunno. If you drive from Umbertide to Gubbio you'll encounter an entire string
of castles, including two impressive family fortresses, the Castello di Serra Partucci and the
Castello di Civitella Ranieri. Deep within an olive grove on the outskirts of Spoleto is
Umbria's oldest monastery, the 8th-century San Pietro in Valle.</P>
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