Visit Perugia – Umbria’s capital

Markets Perugia

Why go to Perugia You should visit Perugia for it’s beauty, it’s markets, it’s chocolate, festivals, jazz and history that would make for a perfect movie script. Perugia is full of cobbled alleys, stairways with aqueduct archways, piazzas, gothic churches and has magnificent views across the countryside from the Etruscan wall that surrounds it. Perugia is home the University of …

Perugia – Baci Chocolate

OK.  You can’t talk about Perugia without talking chocolate. Baci chocolate is known world-wide and Perugia has been named in the top 5 destinations for chocolate lovers like me (and probably for you too). Thank you Luisa Thanks you Luisa Spagnoli, who in 1922, created the Baci Perugino recipe that has only 8 ingredients.  But they are a secret. We …

Perugia – San Lorenzo Cathedral the guardian of the Holy Ring

Scratch a little deeper… The Holy Ring San Lorenzo Cathedral in Perugia is the keeper of the Holy Ring (or Sacred Ring) of the virgin Madonna. It is is reputed that the Holy Ring was given to her by Joseph on their wedding day.  The holy relic is kept in a safe in the San Lorenzo cathedral 8 meters above …