Umbria Travel Forum

I would be grateful if you could supply the times of buses that run between Citta di Castello and Assisi between 12th and 18th of June.

Thank you

G'day everyone.
New kid{??] on the block.
Will be in Rome in July. Would like to do a day trip to Orvieto.The tour groups seem to combine this
location with Assissi and the general feedback is too little time spent in both.
My question is - Has anyone info or experience of early morning train departures from Rome?
The sites I have encountered show midday departures which is too late.

We will be with a tour group in Assisi, but I have a childhood friend who lives in Lavello. I haven't seen her in years and can't imagine being this close and not getting to visit her.
I need to know what the easiest, fastest way to get from Assisi to Lavello . Train to Rocchetta, then rent a car? Rent a car for the entire trip? If I rent a car are there penalties if I return the car in Naples? We want to rejoin our group in Pompeii the next afternoon. If I drop the car in Naples, is there a good Metro to Pompeii?

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

Buon giorno. I will be arriving in Spoleto in early July and am looking for suggestions for a place to stay for a week. My wife will be in Spoleto as well attending a workshop at La Mama Umbria and will have room and board at La Mama and unfortunately spouses cannot stay there. I am looking for something quaint and relatively low priced and somewhat close to Spoleto and La Mama. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Grazie.

Buon giorno. I will be arriving in Spoleto in early July and am looking for suggestions for a place to stay for a week. My wife will be in Spoleto as well attending a workshop at La Mama Umbria and will have room and board at La Mama and unfortunately spouses cannot stay there. I am looking for something quaint and relatively low priced and somewhat close to Spoleto and La Mama. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Grazie.

We are landing at Fiumicino airport on Wednesday, March 13, and need to travel to Orvieto for our first night of the trip. I find it difficult to use Italy's train site, www.trenitalia.com. I believe that we will need to take a train from the airport to Rome's Termini station and then change trains to get to Orvieto. We land near 7 AM on a Wednesday, March 13. Can anyone help with the train schedule from Fiumicino to Orvieto? Can the tickets be purchased from a machine? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Mimi

Hello - I've found several street maps for Orvieto. How far is it between
the funicolare to the duomo area? Would enjoy walking the upper town if not too far. Thanks.

In viewing Rick Steves guide to actual travel into the main town, he relates private vehicles are not allowed. There seems to be a bus that you can get that takes you up into the main piazza. The question is on what route do you find this bus, and how much is the cost and hours in operation? Is this information correct? Thank you for your reply! Sararosa

Planning to spend 3 nights in Orvieto in May, arriving there from Rome by train and departing there by train to Venice. I know we can get a bus to Civita so will do that. Not much interested in going to Florence, have been there before. Any other towns that are an easy travel distance from Orvieto for a day trip and can be reached by bus or train? Todi? Spoleto? Interested in soaking up some small town ambience between our stay in Rome and our stay in Venice. Any suggestions much appreciated.

Has anyone visited the underground caverns(caves) in Orvieto lately? I will be visiting Orvieto in the spring of this year, I only have one day there, so I am attempting to use my valuable time wisely. I would like to visit the caves, and view the chapel in the cathedral, in the morning.Does anyone know how long the guided tour of the caverns take, and the cost? Thank you for your assistance. Sararosa

We will arrive in Orvieto on March 13, 2008, and would like recommendations of good, reasonably priced restuarants or bistros or cafes in the vicinity of the Duomo. We would like to walk to the restuarant and to have a place we could call "home" for the 4 days, 3 nights we are there. We enjoy very much having a familiar place to eat while we are on trips.

We enjoy healthy dishes made with fresh vegetables and local ingredients. The simplier the better. We would like to have a selection of main courses in the 5-10 euro range, if possible.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Also, we would like to locate a grocer in the vicinity of the Duomo.

Thanks so much,
Mimi

I am going to Passignano w/my 3 kids this summer. We are looking to soak in the city and itlian culture. Does anyone have recommendations for rentals; apartments in town or villas in walking distance. Also, any advice on certain sections of the city that are more kid friendly. I don't want to rent a car the whole time if i can help it.

Gracia!
PS - my husband is leaving today for a week to scout things out, but I just found this site. If anyone has contacts we could use, please let me know.
Filomena

Hello - we are planning a week in Umbria (probably in Todi) and wonder if anyone has experience with public transport from Siena to Todi. I know the train goes there, but there seems to be a lot of stops and it takes over 4 hours. Is there a bus that is more direct? We are mulling over not keeping our rental car for the week in Umbria - does anyone have advise on this. Is it advisable to keep the car. Has anyone stayed in Todi? What about parking? does anyone know anything about bike rentals in Todi and whether they have helmets (or do we need to pack our own). Thanks.

Hi All,

I might get January 2008 off work and visit Perugia. The purpose would of course be to learn Italian language but also to have some fun.

So, here are my questions:

1) how is January in Perugia - is there any life? any students? anything going on or is it a bit sleepy?

2) should i come with my car? is there a problem finding parking?

3) how much would one month rent of a studio apartment in Perugia be?

Thank you!!!
Darko

We are looking at booking a holiday to Umbria next June. We would like to book for 10 days but can only find accomadation in week blocks. Are there any sites that can be reccomended? We are hoping to stay in a smaller country town. If possiable we would like to avoide renting a car and rely on train/buses for getting around. Which area would we need to be looking at staying? Please let me know if it would be advisable just to hire a car.
Any infomation given would be gratefuly received.

how far away from Sant'Egidio airport is the train-station?

I know there are tour companies that offer a full day tour from Rome to Orvieto & Assisi.
They run about $125 pp. lunch included.
Is it possible to do either on your own via train from Rome or is it only worthwhile via a car or
tour bus? I know the trains go there from Rome but I don't know how difficult it is to tour on foot.

Thanks
Karen

Has anyone had experience with this hotel? Can't find info on tripadviser, which I find rather odd. Thanks, Eva

We're lucky enough to be in Umbria during Perugia's world famous Eurochocolate festival. What is parking like during the events? Are there times to avoid because of the dense crowds?

Hi !

Next month , my wife and I will spend a week in Umbria . We will rent a car in Firenze and have booked a "agritourismo " between Assise and Perugia.
We want to go slow and visit unusual places far away from the crowd.
Is there someone online who can give us good adresses off the beaten track?
We won't visit Tuscany, just Umbria.
Many thanks.

Ciao a Tutti!!
I am planning on beginning an Italian language course which will begin November 2, 2007 at the Universitą Per Stranieri di Perugia and was wondering if there was anyone out there planning on attending around the same time :-) Thanks for reading this! Hope to speak to some of you soon!!


-Emi

We are trying to use public transport wherever possible on our October trip to Umbria. We fly into Rome Fumicino. Would the following itinerary work, preferably travelling by train between places?

Rome- Orvieto-Perugia-Spello- Spoleto-Todi and return to Rome

we have 9 days in total.
Thanks in anticipation.

I am not at university for the next 2 months (Aug. and Sep.) so my Spacious single room in Perugia will be empty, (street:)Via Piero della Francesca (15 min walk to foreigner's university.On bus route.) with a kitchen, washing machine and personal bathroom. If anybody is interested let me know. benaddey@yahoo.it Mobile: +39 333 479 1649. I speak English and Italian and can give you a hand and show you around town when you arrive. Ben

I have the opportunity to take a side trip Orvieto for one day in September, but, it would be on a Sunday. Will shops and tourist attractions be open on a Sunday?

Two couples traveling to Italy in July. Our first stay is in Perugia for 4 nights. We want to plan some day trips and would like to spend at least a 1/2 day at a wine vineyard tour. Also want to visit Assissi. Any recommendations? Best way to travel there?

We are planning on spending five or six days in Umbria this fall. We are interested in Spello, Bettona, Montefalco, Bevagna, etc. We want to stay in town, not in the country. The only places we can find there are fancy expensive hotels, which we do not need. There must be some inexpensive rooms available in these towns, but it seems the only way I can find them is to ask you guys for help. . . . . Help!

Hi everyone. I'm Arpi,f, 24 years old, from Armenia, going to perugia for 2 months July/Aug,. I have 2 months' borsa there, and I would like to fidn an apartmrnt in the city centre, will be glad to share with other girls who are funny helpfull and looking forward to having great time in Perugia, preferably, from italy , Spain, Portugal, Brazil

pls write me if u have any ideas, or if already found something but need to share to reduce the price, plz feel free to write me or call me

mail: in_vano@yahoo.it, tell, 00 374 9 1 46 65 17

Hello all!

I will be moving to Perugia in September/October for a period of 12-18 months, and was wondering if anyone knew of any contacts for an apartment in the city center?

Looking for something quite nice, willing to pay a bit extra for the creature comforts.

If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations it would be greatly appreciate!

A presto!

Roberto.

As I was walking downhill from the parking area in Assisi I looked through a doorway and found an enchanting nativity scene. It was an entire village with small signs in Italian. As I remember, it was on the way to the church of Saint Claire. We will be returning to Assisi in July and I would love to show this nativity scene to my family. Does any one know the name of the street it is on? Thank you.

We have rented a house in S.Enea which is about 15km from Perugia. On our way there we want to call into a supermarket and stock up on provisions for the first few days. Are supermarkets open on a Saturday afternoon? Knowing Italy and its erratic opening hours I'm worried we might get stuck without food for a couple of days!! All help appreciated. Thanks.