Choose Your Pace: Walking the Hill Towns of Umbria

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Learn from scholars and local farmers as you walk the meandering hills of Umbria at the pace you choose, discovering its vineyards, olive groves, villages and sensational cuisine.
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Very Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

    • Above the town of Spoleto, join a truffle farmer to learn the proper way to hunt this delicacy
    • Climb through the Umbrian valley with views of Assisi and Trevi to the Colleciocco winery for a tasting
    • In the town of Bevagna, visit a medieval paper manufacturer to learn the technique of this ancient art

What's this trip about?

    Learn from scholars and local farmers as you walk the meandering hills of Umbria at the pace you choose, discovering its vineyards, olive groves, villages and sensational cuisine.

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Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityOperator does not provide
End CityOperator does not provide

Travel Themes

  • 50 Plus
  • Education / Learning

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Itinerary

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1 In Transit to Program In Flight

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2 Arrive Rome, Transfer to Foligno, Check-In, Orientation Foligno D Hotel Italia Activity note: Hotel check in is at 2:00 PM. Dinner: Welcome Dinner at the hotel. Water is included in the program cost at all meals. Evening: Welcome drink and orientation. ...
Day
3 Olive Oil Walk, Bevagna, Medieval Paper Manufacturing Foligno B,L,D Hotel Italia Activity note: Three hiking options to choose from today. Easiest: walking on city streets and cobblestones. Intermediate: 4.6 miles, 719 feet elevation change. Most challenging: 5.6...
Day
4 Collepino to Spello along the Roman Aqueduct Foligno B,L,D Hotel Italia Activity note: Three hiking options to choose from today. Easiest: 1.8 miles, 646 feet elevation change. Intermediate: 3.5 miles, 1237 elevation change. Most challenging 1.5 miles, 1358 feet ...
Day
5 St. Francis Hermitage, Assisi Foligno B,D Hotel Italia Activity note: Three hiking options to choose from today. Easiest: walking on city streets and cobblestones. Intermediate: 2.4 miles, 1715 feet elevation change. Most challenging: 2 miles, 1064 feet elevation...
Day
6 Perugia Foligno B,D Hotel Italia Activity note: Today's walk will be an approximate 2.5 hour city walk for all, at a slower "learning" pace to take in the history and beauty of Perugia. The intermediate and most challenging groups will have an afternoon urban tre...
Day
7 Montefalco, Wine Country Foligno B,L Hotel Italia Activity note: Three hiking options to choose from today. Easiest: 2.43 miles, 402 feet elevation change. Intermediate: 5.3 miles, with more than 1000 feet of elevation changes. Most challenging: 5.3 miles, with m...
Day
8 Monte Patrico, Truffle Hunt, Monteluco Foligno B,L,D Hotel Italia Activity note: Three hiking options to choose from today. Easiest: 1.5 miles with 510 feet of elevation change. Intermediate: 1.5 miles with 510 feet of elevation change in the morning. 1.2 miles w...
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9 Departures In Flight B Breakfast: At the hotel. This concludes our program. Morning: After breakfast, transfer by private coach (approx. 2.5 hours) to the Rome airport. Please join our Facebook page and share photos of your program. Visit us at www.facebook.com/rsadventures.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $2,159
Price per day$240
Last Updated: 10/8/2021

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Meals Included
  • 17 Meals
  • 7 Breakfasts
  • 4 Lunches
  • 6 Dinners
  • The following choices may be available when requested in advance: Vegetarian, Low Fat, Gluten Free, Low Salt
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