"When god created paradise - he created Umbria :-)" Top 5 Page for this destination Umbria by Trekki

Umbria Travel Guide: 1,086 reviews and 3,745 photos

Valle Umbria - from high in the hills over Bevagna

Paese dei miei sogni :-)

Update, October 2010:
no new tips, only a marvellous new video about Umbria made by the magnificent Eugubinian (= from Gubbio) Danae Film Production.
Thanks guys for this splendid visual material!

This was my first impression when I visited Umbria in April 2008. The impression lasted during my whole trip, even if I saw more rain than sunshine. It manifested even more after the rain was gone and the dark clouds shone in the low reappearing sun. Rainbows came and the whole air was alive and filled with magic. I suddenly understood why San Francesco and the other Italian saints had choosen this region to live and to build their churches and places of worship.

You might come across my title on another page of mine:
Rheinland Pfalz.
Umbria fascinated me from the very moment I set foot into it and while I was travelling around I realised why: it reminded me so much of my beloved Palatinate, yet it was different. But different in landscape and mountains only, not in people, food and the devotion, people have to their lives and the goods their soil produces.

I have yet to work up my impressions, inside and here on VT. In the meantime I’ve written the tips I desperately wanted to share: most magic accommodations, divine dishes in excellent restaurants and extra special places to visit. You will not find Assisi and Perugia here but villages like Gubbio, which is my most favourite, or Bevagna or Norcia or Piediluco, at the lake. I will need a bit more time to complete this page, but I need to work on my Rheinland-Pfalz page urgently, out of a very specific reason.

Enjoy my Umbria.
It is a place, God once created.

Ingrid

As of January 2012, I have written about the following single destinations in Umbria:
Gubbio,
Bevagna,
Orvieto,
Norcia,
Lago Trasimeno,
Abbazia San Pietro in Valle,
Preci,
Eremo di Santa Maria della Stella, near Rocchetta in Valnerina,
Colfiorito,
[Status: as of January 2012] More to follow one day.

All pictures have been taken by me, if not marked otherwise.
Please do not use any of them without my permission.
The same applies for my writings here.
Thanks.

Last visit to Umbria: May 2011
Intro Updated Apr 16, 2012
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TooTallFinn24 Aug 1, 2012 at 12:14 PM

Ingrid- Your pages on Umbria are like a combination of reading a novel and seeing a film at the same time. I have enjoyed them much and look forward to looking at more of them soon. Molto bene! Grazie!
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hunterV Jan 27, 2012 at 10:57 PM

Hello, Ingrid! Thanks for your splendid stories about your excellent trip! I enjoy reading your wonderful pages!
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ettiewyn Jan 19, 2012 at 7:37 AM

Ingrid, I just saw the main pic of your Umbria page and it looked so unbelievably beautiful that I just had to read the page :-) I am absolutely fascinated and you really show that Umbria is enchanted... or holy, as you say. Your love for it and the reasons for this strong love are shown in every single line, and it really makes me dream about this region. I have the feeling that it is a place that soothes the soul.
I also love the interesting details, for example the differences of the pinnacles - how fascinating :-) Or the origins of Valetine's Day, I did not know that!
I also like the idea of "slow food"! Although it includes animal products it has much in common with veganism - to really appreciate food, to take care of where it comes from and what it contains, and to be respectful and thankful about it, while still loving and enjoying the delicious meals :-) Oh, I feel hungry now!!! :-))
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moulik Aug 10, 2011 at 12:16 AM

ur writing is so powerful that a person confined to bed will start walking suddenly and take small trip nearby in mountains and start writing poetry
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WheninRome Nov 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM

Great Umbria page. Thank you for sharing!
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Tijavi Nov 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM

As always, you delight us with your passionate, well-written reviews. This is definitely one corner of Italy I'd love to explore...and oh, to taste Redibis' gastronomic delights. Grazie for sharing with us.
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Kuznetsov_Sergey Oct 15, 2010 at 11:19 PM

I haven’t been on this your page since October 2008 and found you have been working hard and achieved perfectness. I know how much you love Umbria so no wonder! I quite agree with you - this is really a wonderful land!
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Arkeolog Apr 29, 2010 at 1:09 AM

Great Page Ingrid, I liked every line of it. Congrats... Bora
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JLBG Apr 6, 2010 at 1:30 PM

I felt that it was Mary of Medicis' picture !
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FruitLover Mar 29, 2010 at 1:24 PM

Masterpiece, Ingrid! Valentine's whole year love affair. The only known name from my Italy spontanous family trip of 1991 is Orvieto. Cheers! P.S. If and when, just in case, you check my mostly unfinished pages - go to Meteora, embeded by Einstein quotes.