Get lost in Umbria

Two years ago I went to Umbria for the first time. I had been sick for a few months, the disease had not yet run its course but it was beginning to manifest itself and a holiday in Umbria seemed to me a good idea. In short, it was a place close to home (Florence), without the sea (with cortisone I could not stay in the sun) and not too expensive. It was a pleasant surprise.

This year, however, I decided with my husband to get lost in Umbria.

They were three days of vacation in which we discovered beautiful villages like Rasiglia and its canals, where we always ate well and where nature gives you calm and tranquility, as if time stopped.

We stayed in an old convent, with water springs, immersed in a forest. Il Convento di Acqua Premula welcomed us and pampered us (also thanks to the kitchen).

And my passion for Umbria was reinforced.

It is a small region but with character, without being too pretentious but genuine. Where the flavors of the past have remained intact, where I also found the mysticism of the places. Think about how it must have been in the Middle Ages to travel through the woods that connected the various villages, which were independent realities. To the sacred places such as Assisi or Cascia, which may be noisy during the day, invaded by tourists and pilgrims, but which in the evening, with the setting of the sun, have maintained that silence and that calm of that time, as if time did not exist.

The food then reigns supreme. In Umbria, cured meats are the basis, but also truffles, pasta, meat … in short, it is difficult to eat badly … in fact, I gained two kg.

However, I recommend a weekend in this land. Choose a base and then wander through its streets, get lost in the woods, villages and in any case get lost in Umbria.