Perugia tours, things to do and tickets

Hands on Italian Cooking Classes: your authentic Culinary Experience during your Culinary Vacations in Umbria

Join us for arguably the most beautiful balloon ride in the world!  Experience the ultimate activity in the Valley of Assisi, only a two hour drive from Rome and Florence.  The area is literally dotted with Roman and Medieval villages surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. A true fest for the eyes and the soul.  We are fortunate to take off in sight of one of the most revered sites in Italy: Assisi.  You will be in the best of hands: our pilot, Captain Peter is the most experienced balloon pilot in Italy.  Finish your experience on a high note with a wine tasting and a sumptuous Umbrian breakfast at Cantina Dionigi.

Meet the locals as you taste your way around Perugia’s historic center on this 4-hour tour. With a foodie guide, you’ll enjoy ten tastings of classic Umbrian foods plus wine and beer tastings from one-of-a-kind restaurants, charming cafes and shops as you walk in the footsteps of ancient Etruscans, Roman emperors, noble families and Renaissance painters. You’ll enjoy enough food for breakfast and a hearty lunch including pastries, cheeses and cured meats, olive oils, fresh truffle pasta, chocolates, gelato and more!

Highlights:
• 4-Hour Food & Wine Walking Tour of Perugia with a local foodie guide
• Discover Perugia’s history + taste foods with an ancient history
• Enjoy 10+ samples of regional food, and discover where the locals go
• Meet the restaurant owners, chefs and shop keepers and hear their stories and passion
• Visit one of Italy’s Top 100 artisan gelaterias

This bike tour is a fun and relaxing ride through the Umbria countryside featuring medieval villages, fortified castles and peaceful countryside fields.
Starting from the hamlet of Torre del Colle descend to the walled Roman town of Bevagna, ride along the cobbled streets that trace the ancient amphitheater and then out into the Valle Umbra.
Enjoy a ride through the lush fields, mostly flat, all the way to a family run organic winery. Climb a 300mts hill to be rewarded by a delicious wine tasting and home-made lunch at the winery!

Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Grechetto, Trebbiano Spoletino, Drupeggio, Verdello, Malvasia, Ciliegiolo: discover the indigenous grape varieties and the wines of Umbria guided by a Certified Sommelier!
• Half Day Wine class designed for those who are interested in learning about Umbrian wines, the tasting techniques and food/wine pairing.
• Class is conducted in English by Alessandra, Certified Sommelier English Speaking and held at our beautiful countryhome surrounded by olive groves in Todi, Umbria .

Explore Perugia Old Town on this walking tour with a local guide. Discover the fascinating history of the area while visiting the town's landmarks, including Piazza IV Novembre and Rocca Paolina.

Picture yourself riding through the vineyards and olive groves, exploring the medieval traditions of Bevagna while having an espresso in a Roman amphitheater.
Stop for a picture along with the amazing scenery of the cycle path Assisi-Spoleto. Pedal the Valle Umbra on an easy and accessible ride, ideal for foodies and outdoor lovers.
We will take you to our friend’s farmhouse for an authentic homemade Italian lunch, cooked by Mama Doriana, on a beautiful veranda facing a pool immersed in a centenary olive grove.
This is a real farm-to-table experience, as all you are going to taste here, has been produced directly on the farm. Organic, tasty, homemade, simple.

Take a swim before lunch, taste some traditional Umbrian wine, and relax in the pool before riding back through sunflower fields for an unforgettable experience.

Take all that in one shot. Come join our Umbria Bike Tour and Slow Food, and send us a request to book your slot. Andiamo!

Unique experience with a member of the Valentini family who will tell you the secrets of work from the vineyard to the transformation of the grapes. The story of an artisanal process that obtains natural wines directly from the words of the protagonists.

The Tour and Video-Audio guided in 8 languages. Disposable earphones to listen to the geo-localized guide, which describes the points of interest addressed along the way

Perugia is the capital of Umbria and one of the local hill towns. It is a city full of charme and history. With your private guide you will walk along its city wall dating from the Etruscan age, get lost in the symbols carved by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano's into the Fontana Maggiore and find yourself fascinated by the many layers of the Rocca Paolina.

You will learn to make pasta, and some fantastic Italian dishes with fun. I'm specialized in using produce that is organic, locally grown.I want to provide you an organic and sustainable experience.
I provide guests the best selections of organic food and we only cook with extra virgin organic olive oil. On request I can make also glueen free class or kids cooking class.  Menu: two kind of pasta hand made, an italian dessert siders, wines olive oil and wine tasting and farm visit. My philosophy from the beginning has been to serve whole natural foods that are minimally processed. Where ever possible we produce our items in house 

You will be welcome in an early 19th century farmhouse in Pieve Pagliaccia, between Perugia and Assisi, where our company is based, the Brugnoni simple agricultural company, where our family has lived and worked with passion and love for the territory for almost 100 years. years. We carry on different cultures typical of the area, including the vine. We will guide you through our vineyards and then through the rooms of our cellar, telling you our story and illustrating all the stages of wine production, from the vineyard to the bottle. We will then let you taste the wines, accompanied by typical cutting boards selected by companies we collaborate with.

You will learn to make pasta, and some fantastic Italian dishes with fun. I'm specialized in using produce that is organic, locally grown.I want to provide you an organic and sustainable experience.
I provide guests the best selections of organic food and we only cook with extra virgin organic olive oil. On request I can make also glueen free class or kids cooking class.  Menu: two kind of pasta hand made, an italian dessert siders, wines olive oil and wine tasting and farm visit. My philosophy from the beginning has been to serve whole natural foods that are minimally processed. Where ever possible we produce our items in house 

Perugia is the capital of Umbria and one of the local hill towns. It is a city full of charme and history. With your private guide, you will walk along its city walls dating from the Etruscan age.

Join this walking tour of Spoleto that will take you on an exploration of this fantastic old Roman city from its origins until modern day times. Spoleto is located along the old Flaminia Roman road opened by the Romans in the 3d Century B.C. Before becoming a Roman colony, Spoleto had been a pre-Roman settlement of Umbrian people.

This tour is a unique off-beaten- path Experiences, designed to suit all fitness levels, from outdoor experts to family looking for small adventures.
Explore, Taste & Live!

An emotional tour dedicated to lovers of italian wine, oil and food.
An exciting guided tour of an oil mill and winery in Montefalco, the famous area for wine production in Umbria.

Perugia is the city of inverted views: to go up to the city you have to go down into the basement of the hill, you must always be on the move to get the best of every corner, you will never find a fixed point from which to have an overview of the whole ... but then the city turns out to be sweet… like a kiss of chocolate and hazelnut.

Discover the famous monuments of Assisi and the hillside city of Spello on a full-day sightseeing tour of historic Umbria. Drive to the foot of Mount Subasio in the Apennine Mountains, see the Shrines to St. Francis. Check out Roman settlements and more.

Spello, known as one of the most beautiful town in Italy thanks to its wonderful medieval buildings made of pink limestone and colorful flowers, dominates the amazing Umbrian Valley from the slopes of Mount Subasio.

Particularly beautiful are the remains of the Ancient Roman city, called “Splendidissima Colonia Julia” (“Most Beautiful Julia Colony”) by Emperor Augustus: imposing walls, majestic city gates and, above all, the Villa of Mosaics, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last 20 years.

You will visit a wonderful Roman villa, that takes its name from the splendid colorful mosaics that refer to the beautiful Umbrian countryside, depicting wild birds and grape harvest, but also to exotic and fantastic animals, such as panthers and sea monsters.

Entering the city through the Roman Porta Consolare (Consular Gate), you will enjoy the fascinating alleys of the medieval Spello and its wonderful churches.
In the Church of Sant’Andrea Apostolo you will admire a sixteenth-century masterpiece painted by Pinturicchio, one of the greatest artists of the time, nicknamed “the Little Painter”.

This notorious Umbrian artist is also the author of the frescoes of the Baglioni Chapel in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore: here you will also admire a splendid floor made of Deruta ceramics and the famous self-portrait of Pinturicchio, discovering all the details hidden in his masterpieces!

Finally, enjoy the spectacular Porta Venere, built in Roman times but flanked in the Middle Ages by the mighty Towers of Properzio, and the breathtaking view of the Umbrian Valley!