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Castel Rigone Apartments
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The picturesque Umbrian landscape of sunflowers and cypress trees |
All properties:
• 1-2 bedrooms (open-plan studio has canopied double bed; sleep up to 4) • 1-2 shower rooms • well-equipped kitchen corner with 4-ring hob, oven & fridge-freezer (apartments also have a washing machine, but not the studio) • living room • outdoor seating area (except studio) • shared gardens • shared pool with sun terrace (usually open from mid-March to mid-October)
Activities/facilities available:
• walking (notes provided) • bike hire • horse riding • boat trips 5km away on Lake Trasimeno • nearest shop & restaurant in village
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The piazza, Castiglione del Lago |
Northern Umbria is a land of gentle hills coated with olive and oak trees, of handsome medieval villages and of wide-open views over shimmering Lake Trasimeno. A week here can be as varied as you want it to be - spend one day visiting villages such as Castiglione del Lago and Panicale, both guarded by castles, and the next on a boat trip (pay locally) to one of Lake Trasimeno’s picturesque islands.
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The view down to Lake Trasimeno from Castiglione |
Not to be missed are excursions to the celebrated Basilica of St Francis in Assisi or to the fairy-tale town of Gubbio. Round off the week with a visit to the art galleries of nearby Perugia and seek out the works of the Renaissance artist Perugino to see for yourselves how little has changed over the centuries in this landscape of dark cypresses, fortified villages and misty hills, immortalised in his paintings.
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The historic Renaissance town of Perugia |
We provide notes for a couple of walks through this rolling scenery:
Panicale & Perugino (18km, 5hrs): this is a long but easy circuit from Panicale through beautiful oak woods and along the crest of gently rolling hills boasting good views over Lake Trasimeno. Your target is the hamlet of Mongiovino, which overlooks a 16th-century sanctuary. On your return to Panicale,
be sure to visit the village's fresco by Perugino, The Martyrdom of St Sebastian.
Isola Maggiore (3km, 1hr): enjoy an easy stroll through the olives, holm-oaks, cypresses and poplars of Isola Maggiore, the largest island on Lake Trasimeno.
Nestling in the heart of this romantic landscape, is the medieval hill-top town of Castel Rigone, located some 5 kilometres east of Lake Trasimeno, and making an ideal base from which to explore both northern Umbria and some of the magnificent villages of nearby Tuscany.
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The Castel Rigione Apartments |
Within a converted 19th-century dwelling in the town are a romantic two-person open-plan studio with a canopied bed, two one-bedroom apartments (one has a twin bedroom, the other a double) and one two-bedroom apartment with one double and one twin bedroom. All are decorated in a simple but elegant style, with comfortable furnishings complemented by tiled floors and beamed ceilings which lend character. They all have a shower room (the larger apartment has two), a well-equipped kitchen corner, a living room and, with the exception of the studio, an outdoor seating area.
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The shared pool and sun terrace |
Umbria is a very gastronomic region and it is well worth dining out at some of the local restaurants, the nearest of which is only a five-minute stroll away, so as to sample the excellent regional cuisine featuring local delicacies, such as lake fish, truffles and saffron.
All prices in £ per person based on a party of 2 |
1-bedroom apt |
2-bedroom apt |
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Self-drive |
Property & hire car |
Self-drive |
Property & hire car |
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7 nights: 28 March-24 October 2009 |
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28 Mar-4 Apr |
282 |
348 |
418 |
480 |
11 Apr |
412 |
480 |
610 |
678 |
18-25 Apr |
338 |
410 |
498 |
568 |
2 May-20 Jun |
350 |
420 |
518 |
588 |
27 Jun-5 Sep |
428 |
498 |
632 |
698 |
12 Sep-24 Oct |
350 |
420 |
518 |
588 |
Additional person |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Heating costs not included |
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Self-drive includes: P&O Ferries Dover-Calais
Driving time from Calais: 14h50
Property & hire car includes: 7 days' category B car hire (eg Fiat Grande Punto)
Recommended airports: Perugia, Rome & Forli
Driving time from airports: Perugia 0h55, Rome 2h25 & Forli 2h45
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you
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