Join ItalianTourism.us to visit Italy’s “green heart” on this Umbria Tours Package.  You’ll visit the medieval towns that dot the beautiful landscape of Umbria from your home base in the peaceful town of Assisi. Submit form or call ItalianTourism.us today 800-227-1577 to book your Umbria tours package.

Escorted Umbria Tours Package Highlights:

• Rome: Welcome and farewell dinners at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit St. Peter’s Square and Basilica
• Orvieto: Ride a funicular through the ramparts to the cathedral
• Assisi: Guided walking tour, visit St. Clare’s Church and St. Francis’ Basilica. Also visit the Carceri Hermitage, the Monastery of St. Damian, and St. Mary of the Angels Basilica. View Giotto’s masterpieces inside the4 Basilica.
• Gubbio: Guided walking tour; ride the cable car to the San Ubaldo Basilica for a panoramic view
• Perugia: Guided walking tour, visit Piazza IV Novembre
• Todi: Orientation, enjoy a panoramic view from the terrace of Piazza Garibaldi
• Spoleto: Guided walking tour, visit Piazza del Duomo

Umbria Tours Package Hotels:

• Rome Grand Hotel Beverly Hills (F)
• Assisi Giotto (F)
• Rome NH Midas (F)

 

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Escorted Umbria Tours Package Day by Day Itinerary:

Day 1 Depart for Escorted Umbria Tours Italy

Day 2 Arrive Rome
Time to rest or start exploring the “Eternal City” before we head to the region of Umbria to start your escorted Umbria tour. At 6 pm, join your Tour Director and Umbria traveling companions and leave the hotel for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome’s lively restaurants. (Dinner)

Day 3 Rome-Orvieto-Assisi
Sightseeing with your Local Guide in Rome this morning features a visit to ST. PETER’S SQUARE and BASILICA before entering Umbria, “the green heart of Italy” and land of the Etruscans. Stop in Orvieto, perched high atop a volcanic rock, and ride a FUNICULAR right through the forbidding ramparts. Time to browse through tempting shops in the lanes off Piazza del Duomo and to take pictures of the fabulous gothic CATHEDRAL. Continue to Assisi, which will be your home for the next 5 nights of your escorted Umbrian tour. (Breakfast, Dinner)

Day 4 Assisi
Your Umbria tours walking tour with a Local Guide starts with visits to the CHURCH of ST. CLARE and the BASILICA of ST. FRANCIS, the hub of a religious order devoted to the ideals of humility, forgiveness, simplicity, and love for all God’s creatures. Also visit the CARCERI HERMITAGE, where St. Francis came to meditate and pray; the MONASTERY OF ST. DAMIAN, where St. Francis received his calling and where St. Clare died in 1253; and ST. MARY OF THE ANGELS BASILICA, where St. Francis consecrated St. Clare as the “Bride of Christ.” This afternoon you wish to join an optional Umbria tour to the picturesque town of Spello, known for its lovely artisans. (Breakfast)

Day 5 Assisi excursion to Gubbio
Today visit Gubbio, the town where St. Francis tamed the wolf. Follow your Local Umbria Tours Guide and admire the impressive Palazzo dei Consoli overlooking Piazza Grande, the 13th-century cathedral, and magnificent Palazzo Ducale with its elegant courtyard. For a panoramic view, ride a CABLE CAR to the San Ubaldo Basilica, which is famous as the end station for the Race of the Ceri, held in May. Tonight, you may wish to join an optional dinner outing with typical Umbrian specialties at a local taverna. (Breakfast)

Day 6 Assisi
Full day at leisure to relax or to further explore the city. An interesting optional outing is available to Pienza, renowned for pecorino cheese, and to the Montepulciano wine area in Tuscany. Return to Assisi in the afternoon. (Breakfast, Dinner)

Day 7 Excursion to Perugia and Todi
Today your Umbria tours begins in Perugia, capital of Umbria, and an important university town. A guided walking tour of Perugia features the PIAZZA IV NOVEMBRE, one of the grandest squares in Italy, graced by the Fontana Maggiore. Admire the gothic cathedral, the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, and Perugia’s stunning medieval municipal palace. Time to explore on your own—don’t forget to shop for chocolates and other specialties, for which the town is famous, on Corso Vannucci. You may also want to visit the art museum, one of the best in Italy. Next your Umbria tours visits hilltop Todi, originally an Etruscan frontier settlement and a prosperous town during the Middle Ages. It still has its three sets of walls: Etruscan, Roman, and medieval. On Piazza del Popolo, marvel at the 13th-century palaces, and from the terrace of PIAZZA GARIBALDI, enjoy a panoramic view of the valley and hills of Umbria before returning to Assisi. (Breakfast)

Day 8 Assisi Spoleto Rome
Today your Umbria tours ends in Assisi. After we leave Assisi we’ll stop in Spoleto, a former Roman municipium and capital of an important Lombard duchy from the 6th to the 8th centuries. Spoleto is famous for the annual Festival dei Due Mondi, held each summer since 1958. During your walking tour with a Local Guide, take pictures of La Rocca, the former Papal fortress that was used as a high-security prison until 1982; admire the Ponte delle Torri, erected on the foundations of a Roman aqueduct; and visit PIAZZA DEL DUOMO. This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner with wine at a local restaurant to celebrate the success of your Umbria vacation package. (Breakfast, Dinner)

Day 9 Rome
Your escorted Umbria tour ends in Rome this morning. Extend your Italy vacation or transfer to the airport with fabulous memories of your Umbria vacation.

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