Top Umbria Nature Walks

Discover the secrets of authentic Italian cuisine with this 4-hour home cooking experience in Assisi. Visit a typical Umbrian home; get hands-on as you cook up an array of appetizers, pastas, and meat dishes; then tuck into your delicious homemade creations, accompanied local wine and dessert.

On this behind-the-scenes tour of the family-run Tili winery in Assisi, you won’t just have the chance to enjoy multiple glasses of organic, locally made wine. You’ll also go for a tour of the vineyard and facilities, will learn the ins and outs of the winemaking process, and will even enjoy a light meal, featuring bruschetta, cheese and salami with homemade preserves, and other traditional nibbles.

The Marmore Falls, with a total height of 165m divided into 3 sections, is the highest in Europe. It is formed by the river Black, an environment extraordinarily rich in cultural, historical and naturalistic heritage. The botanical guide will provide you with notions about the nature and curious flora that will fascinate even children. Free time to walk through the falls, relax at one of the many lookouts, refresh yourself at the snack bars, buy some souvenirs and take lots of pictures .

- We begin our day visiting Assisi, the old town and the Franciscan places: Basilica di San Francesco, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Piazza del Comune, Cattedrale di San Rufino, Chiesa di San Damiano. - River rafting is certainly one of the most fun and exciting activities to live in Umbria. Aboard an unsinkable raft, we launch ourselves into an adventurous descent on the streams, pushed by water currents, through places of great naturalistic interest otherwise inaccessible: rock walls, waterfalls, woods and large meadows. - The Cascata delle Marmore is the highest in Europe. It pours into the valley formed by the river Nera, an environment extraordinarily rich in cultural, historical and naturalistic heritage. The botanical guides of the park will take you along the ring of the nymph and the meeting of the waters paths, telling you the legend about the origin of the Marmore Falls and providing notions about the most characteristic and curious flora that will fascinate even children.

UMBRIA NATURE & SPORT GUIDED TOUR: 7 nights, glorious nature and adventurous excursions: river rafting, hot air balloning, kayaking, horseback riding, atv adventure, trekking...and traditional cuisine!

Leave Orvieto behind for a day, and head into the beautiful Umbrian countryside, on this intimate tour. Begin the day with a traditional breakfast, and meet your guide: an expert truffle-hunter. Following your meal, venture into the nearby forest with your guide and a trained dog, and learn the art of truffle-hunting first-hand. Enjoy snacks as you explore, and see if you have any luck in unearthing the prized fungi.

A 9 km- track with a friendly, engaging and capable english speaking guide. Among colors, lights and unforgettable views for a day of relaxation and taste. The tour includes also a food tasting with local specialties. The advantage of walking with a local expert is to familiarize yourself with people, with some traditions that make each community unique and to discover hidden places off the beaten paths. Your tour guide isn’t just expert about the region you’re exploring… it’s his home. He will introduce you to the people, places and traditions that make each community different and unique.

We visit the only farm in Umbria specialized in breeding and processing of buffalo milk. Product of our country: the mozzarella! The characteristics of the Umbrian pastures combined with the centenary experience Surrounded by the green, with the ancient product, handed down from father to son, and modern technologies - up to the finished product: mozzarella, ricotta, scamorza, caciotta and many other delicacies. At the end a delicious tasting. Certificate of completion included !!

The extra virgin olive oil, made in simple, genuine and savory food, is probably the most representative product among the delights of Umbrian gastronomy. We are familiar with the oil mill where we could learn about the production process of olive oil, from cultivation, to harvesting, pressing and use of the product. At the end, we’ll enjoy a delicious tasting.

UMBRIA THE WAY OF SAINT FRANCIS GUIDED TOUR, 7 nights, a spiritual journey through some of the most beautiful countryside imaginable, in the footsteps of the Poor Man of Assisi.

By trekking through springs, waterfalls and caves, you will be the friendliness of the people, the magnetism of the mountains. An experienced guide on the route and the surrounding landscape. Back from the excursion, you enjoy some tastings of typical local products.

Enjoy a private walking tour through the city's characteristic medieval streets. Our guide will take you inside the famous Duomo and in the streets that have made this town in the heart of Italy famous. Orvieto is located on a volcanic rock 100 meters above the beautiful valley of the Paglia river. The city is known for its magnificent 14th-century cathedral century, one of the most important in Europe architecturally.

- We begin our day visiting the Marmore Falls, the highest in Europe. It pours into the valley formed by the river Nera, an environment extraordinarily rich in cultural, historical and naturalistic heritage. You will have some free time to walk through the paths of the falls, relax at one of the many lookouts, refresh yourself at the snack bar, buy some souvenirs and take lots of pictures and selfies to always treasure the extraordinary beauty of this place. - Then we explore Orvieto, an ancient city of Etruscan origin that dominates the valley of the river Paglia from the top of the tuff cliff on which it stands. A beautiful place to visit with a unique history dating back to million years ago. We take a stroll around Orvieto old town, and visit the majestic Cattedrale of Santa Maria Assunta.

The uniqueness of a tour is the knowledge of the territory of the guide and the love that the guide himself has for his land and his beauties, proud and eager to be able to share it with others.

Truffle in Umbria is a fundamental element of good cooking. Combined with many dishes, it is an element that enriches the typical cuisine of the territory. The lands of our region are rich in this precious food, and living this experience of truffle hunting in Umbria will make your day fantastic, in contact with nature and with a reality of the Umbrian territory.

Assisi  - 3/4 hours - Walking through olive trees and river. An intact piece of the Umbrian Countryside a place of harmony and silence at the foot of the great Basilica of St Francis of Assisi; a walk through this landscape becomes an inner journey - one that inspired Michelangelo Pistoletto to create a stunning work of land art. This is a woodland under Fai protection. Through a gateway in the wall surrounding the square of the Basilica Superiore in Assisi you enter in a narrow path that leads to a wide  valley floor, at the foot of the city centre.  This is no  ordinary excursion; rather, it is an ongoing, peaceful discovery, a new form of pilgrimage into history and into the sacred, through 64 hectares of nature, amid wooded tracts, cultivated fileds, walls of pink stone, clearings and olive groves - a 64 hectare plot that years of neglect had reduced to a dumping ground, but which FAI has now salvaged in its entierity.

- Gubbio is one of the oldest Umbrian cities. Here you can breathe history from every stone and many are the traces of its glorious past: the Roman Theater of the first century AD, the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo which overlooks the city and houses the remains of the saint, patron of Gubbio, the Church of Santa Maria Nuova which houses the fresco "The Madonna of the Belvedere" by Ottaviano Nelli. At the end of the tour, we enjoy a traditional Umbrian lunch at a local restaurant. - We dedicate the rest of the day to Perugia. The capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting not only for the beauty of its hilltop setting, but also for its fine old buildings. - During our time in Perugia, we’ll take a visit to Perugina Chocolate House, located inside renowned Perugina chocolate factory. A magic place to taste fine chocolate and enjoy a rich collection of pictures, labels, posters, gift boxes and special old machines to produce the chocolate and its most famous product the “bacio”.

Naturalistic excursion to discover a hidden gem of rare beauty, the natural pools of Narni, the hill-town which inspired Irish author C. S. Lewis for his classic children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. The old town of Stifone, the ancient village of Stifone, the old village of Stifone, the old village of Stifone, the old village of Stifone. Enjoying some Umbrian delicacies with turquoise and emerald shades, that caress the rocks enclosed by a wild nature, a real corner of paradise.

The tour starts from our company and continues on foot for a visit to our beehives in the field. A passage to the millenary olive tree of Macciano is a must even if we are talking about honey ... Upon returning to the company we will illustrate the process of honey production and extraction and then finally ... the tasting of our honey.

- Pleasant morning to spend on Lake Trasimeno, the largest of Central Italy, the beautiful villages, the historic villages and historic houses. In just 30/40 minutes of kayaking, you can reach the shores of Polvese Island, and dock your canoe to enjoy a walk or get refreshed swimming in the beautiful waters of the lake. Time for lunch. - In the afternoon we reach Assisi, the old town and the Franciscan places: Basilica of San Francesco, Church of Santa Chiara, Piazza del Comune, Cathedral of San Rufino, Church of San Damiano. Here we'll enjoy a delicious aperitif.

The EVO Tour & Tasting Oro di Giano starts with a walk towards the Olive Tree of Macciano, a centuries old and one of the oldest in Umbria. It then continues with a guided tour of the farm and an explanation of the production processes (cultivation, extraction and conservation) of extra virgin olive oil. It concludes with a tasting of the company's three production oils.

- This morning we’ll lead to Assisi, the old town and the Franciscan places: Basilica di San Francesco, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Piazza del Comune, Cattedrale di San Rufino. - The extra virgin olive oil, known as green gold, probably is the most representative product among the delights of Umbrian gastronomy, made of simple, genuine and savory food. We’ll visit a renowned oil mill where we could learn about the production process of olive oil, from cultivation, to harvesting, pressing and use of the product. - The Cascata delle Marmore, is the highest in Europe. It pours into the valley formed by the river Nera, an environment extraordinarily rich in cultural, historical and naturalistic heritage. The botanical guides of the park will take you along the ring of the nymph and the meeting of the waters paths, telling you the legend about the origin of the Marmore Falls and providing notions about the most characteristic and curious flora that will fascinate even children.

Experience a private truffle hunt with a guide and trained dogs. Take an adventure through the Umbrian countryside, searching the region’s celebrated “Black Diamonds.” Explore the beautiful forests near Assisi with an informative host-hunter, who will teach you how to use these precious fungi. Then, enjoy a Tili Winery tour and a four-course meal of traditional dishes seasoned with the truffles unearthed on your hunt and paired with organic wines.

UMBRIA ART & HISTORY GUIDED TOUR: 7 nights, beautiful towns and villages, priceless art, rolling landscapes and traditional cuisine!