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Perugia is located in the northern part of Umbria, close to the border with Tuscany and close to the popular Lake Trasimeno
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Perugia is located in the northern part of Umbria, close to the border with Tuscany and close to the popular Lake Trasimeno.
The center of Perugia is entirely concentrated around Piazza IV Novembre. The city center gathers around Corso Vannucci, which is named after Pietro Vannucci, a local painter.
Perugia is located in Umbria
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The train stops at Terni along the way, close to the famous marble waterfalls Cascate delle Marmore. Later on the train stops at Spoleto and Assisi, the latter being particularly attractive, where many people visit in order to see the Basilica di San Francesco, the burial place of St Francis.
Perugia is located in the northern part of Umbria, close to the border with Tuscany and close to the popular Lake Trasimeno, which lies just more than 40 kilometers away.
Perugia is a 1 hour 45 minute drive away by train from Stazione Termini in Rome. One-way tickets can be purchased for 12-15 euros. The journey takes you up through Umbria’s magnificent and unique countryside.
The train station is located at the bottom of the city, so I will recommend that you make use of some form of public transport when heading for the “top”, because there is only one way to go from the train, and that is up! There are of course taxis that you can hop in, but buses also run from the station and up to the center.
I myself did not make use of neither taxi nor bus, so before I would walk the 500 or so meters up to Perugia’s adorable center, I had to gather my energy at a cafe close to the station.
Pasticceria Rossini is the name of the place where I sat down. I ordered a cappuccino and a croissant, with chocolate of course, and paid not much more than 3 euros for it. What an experience! It may sound excessive to just go in and have your morning coffee at 9am, which was the time on that particular Sunday.
But I was amazed by the friendly and smiling staff. There were two gentlemen and a younger woman who smiled as if they had never done anything else, chatting and gesturing with the locals, just as it should be in Italy. I was in no hurry and stayed for half an hour, just to enjoy the atmosphere of the cafe.
It was long and grueling on foot, even though I consider myself in reasonable shape, which despite my age, remains quite excellent thanks to years of activity on the football fields.
41 minutes later I sat down again. I know, because I took a picture of my cappuccino from Pasticceria Rossini and took another one when I was very close to the goal, so I sat down and ordered another cappuccino at Caffe della Penna.
This cozy little cafe can be found on Corso Cavour, well hidden away in the shade. It is quite pleasant combined with the warm temperatures that had already hit northern Umbria on March 2.
Perugia is quite high up, actually more than 450 meters above sea level to be precise. This means that the climb is naturally steep, something to bear in mind when booking your trip here. Steep stairs are just part of the journey up to the Centro Storico.
But you should look forward to seeing Piazza IV Novembre and, above all, the views of the green Umbrian fields and meadows that you look out over from the end of Via del Mercato, where the light rail station has its stop.
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I was not aware that this existed when I got off the train and began the ascent to the city center. It starts at Porta Nova, down at the bottom of the city, and stops at the train station, among other places. It ends at Via del Mercato in the center.
If you are driving to Perugia, it is definitely worth considering parking at Porta Nova and then taking the light rail onwards. This way you can avoid the traffic and trouble of having to find a parking space.
The center of Perugia is entirely concentrated around Piazza IV Novembre. The city center gathers around Corso Vannucci, which is named after Pietro Vannucci, a local painter.
On the central part of the square, the 13th-century fountain Fontana Maggiore is the most visual as you are walking among local Umbrian people. Nicola and Giovanni Pisano were behind the design and decoration of the fountain.
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