About Umbria...

...by Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-umbria-the-poor-mans-tuscany-you-can-live-like-a-king/2013/11/07/54969288-40e3-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html



 

A land named "Brunello"...

...around Montalcino

 

 

 

If you enjoy Brunello wine, you can imagine its birthplace: the land, the history, the faith.

 

 



  

 

 

 

And this is only a corner of Italy...







Sunset

The end of a beautiful day in Tuscany,

between Pienza and Montepulciano

 

 



Francigena Way between Tuscany and Lazio

Walking in beauty

 

From Val d'Orcia to Bolsena Lake

 

 

Francigena Way is one of the most ancient way of pilgrimage in Europe, from Canterbury (in England) to Rome, dated from del X century.

 







Not many people can walk all the way, but everyone can have the possibility to take a few steps in it, and one of the most amazing corner is in Italy (of course!) between Tuscany (Val d'Orcia) and Lazio (Bolsena Lake).

 

You can start from San Quirico d'Orcia (that is near villages like Montalcino, Montepulciano, Pienza) walking toward Radicofani, a beautiful hamlet on a vulcanic hill

 

 

 

 

The day after, walking through rolling hills, you may arrive to Acquapendente, a village characterized by many sources (the name sounds like "waterfall")

  

 

 

 If you are not tired, you can walk again - the third day - until Bolsena, an amazing village with the suggestive catacombs of St. Cristina

 





 A little more effort, and on the fourth day, in the beautiful contest of Bolsena Lake, you can arrive - walking on the original Roman consular road ("Cassia Road") - to Montefiascone, famous for its wine "EST,EST,EST"

 

 

 Welcome... and enjoy it!