There are many places to go trekking in Umbria, but one of the best is 'Il cammino dei borghi silenti' or, in English, 'a walk through quiet hamlets.' This is a circular walk of about 90 km on mostly unpaved tracks winding through woods of holm oak and chestnut trees,...

Until a few years ago the region of Umbria was unknown to most people living outiside Italy.   Tuscany was often called Chiantishire because of the many foreigners who had homes there.    Then Umbria began to attract newspapers, for example...