Porchetta
What Is Porchetta? If you visit Tuscany & Umbria you are likely to come across road-side vans selling Porchetta , wood fired oven roasted pig that is flavored with garlic, salt and fennel. They are...
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A Walk On Monte Ginezzo Near Cortona
Monte Ginezzo Walk, Tuscany These are images taken on my Monte Ginezzo walk, a hike in the hills near Cortona. This is another route from my walking guide book, Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria...
Trattoria Dardano, Cortona
Trattoria Dardano Whilst in Cortona celebrating my sister’s birthday we went to Trattoria Dardano for lunch before going on my Cortona Walk . Trattoria Dardano is located about halfway along via Dardano, a road that...
A Walk Around Cortona
Cortona, A Hill Town In Tuscany Cortona is a Tuscan hill town high above the broad Val di Chiana, since the 1990′s it has been put firmly on the tourist trail by the popularity of...
Hot Springs At San Casciano dei Bagni
Thermal Baths At San Casciano dei Bagni On Easter Sunday in April 2012 we went to the small Tuscan village of San Casciano dei Bagni . We had heard that there were free hot baths...
Sensational Umbria - The Steve McCurry Exhibition in Perugia
Steve McCurry, Umbria Exhibition In June we went to the city of Perugia to see a photography exhibition by Steve McCurry who spent some time in Umbria photographing people and places for the exhibition. The...
Wine Tasting At The Città di Castello Truffle Festival 2014
Città di Castello Truffle Festival This weekend was the Città di Castello white truffle festival, an event where many truffle food producers set up stall along with other artisan food makers. The hills of the...
Aerial Photos of The Rocca di Pierle
The Rocca di Pierle lies at the western end of the Niccone Valley. It is just in Tuscany and controlled the pass that lead towards Cortona and the Val di Chiana. In danger of collapsing,...
Aerial Photos of Umbertide
Drone Photos Of Umbertide If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter you may have seen that I have recently bought a drone for taking aerial photos and video. Today I took the drone up...
Antique Market In Citta di Castello
Citta di Castello Antiques Market On the third Sunday of every month the Umbrian town of Citta di Castello hosts an antique market. Citta di Castello is sometimes (and in my opinion unfairly) dismissed by...
The Perugia Flower Show
Flower Show, Perugia On the last Sunday in May in Umbria many local wineries open their doors to the public for the Cantine Aperte event. However, on this weekend it is also the Perugia Flower...
I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea Restaurant
Ristorante Simone Corsetti The restaurant at the I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea winery has been taken over by new management at the start of 2014. It is one of several Restaurants In The Niccone Valley and...