Stage 16.A: Valfabbrica - Perugia

This is an interesting alternative for visiting the city of Perugia, where St Francis existential change began, during the year of his imprisonment. Today, the city offers numerous events, museums and monuments to visit.

Going to Perugia, capital city of the Umbria Region, allows you to discover one of Umbria's most beautiful cities of art. Here, the modernity and vitality of the city coexist with the proud medieval past, which left us absolute artistic and architectural masterpieces. From Valfabbrica, the journey is mainly on tarmac road, between the fields of olive trees and various residential areas. You begin with a gradual, smooth uphill stretch towards Monte Verde: step by step, the view opens up onto the narrow valley of Valfabbrica. 

First you reach Pianello, where you can stop for refreshment, and then you continue on to the castle of Ripa. You cross the village lengthways until you get to the Panoramic viewpoint over the little Piazzetta del Montarone, from which you can recognize Assisi and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

You continue on along the tarmac road, touching the residential areas of Lidarno, Ponte Valleceppi and Pretola. From the tower of Pretola the long and challenging climb begins, taking you to the area of the Templar church of San Bevignate and then into the Acropolis of Perugia.