| LinksFor more information about Umbria try: http://www.umbriabest.com/index.htmhttp://www.umbriatourism.com/ and also http://www.umbria.org/eng/default.asp
 For suggested travel itineraries in Umbria: http://www.bellaumbria.net/itinerari_eng.htm For information on Perugia: http://www.perugiaonline.com/, on Umbertide (including a panoramic view of the historic centre): http://www.comune.umbertide.it/and on Assisi: http://www.assisionline.com/
 and St Francis of Assisi: http://www.sanfrancescoassisi.org/
 Information on Florence: http://www.aboutflorence.com/ Information on Umbertide: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Umbertide/Umbertide/hom e.html and on churches in Umbertide: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Umbertide/Umbertide/churc hes/home.html Language courses in Perugia: http://www.comitatolinguistico.com/and http://www.unistrapg.it/english/
 National and Regional parks in Umbria: http://www.parks.it/regione.umbria/index.html and hiking: http://www.cai.it/index.jsp Safari park for kids near Perugia: http://www.parcodelsole.com/ Website for Italy’s museum network, with news of events and exhibitions: http://www.sistemamuseo.it/ Umbria film festival: http://www.umbriafilmfestival.com/ Umbria jazz festival: winter season http://ujw14.umbriajazz.com/  and summer season http://www.umbriajazz.com/canale.asp Classical Music festivals: at Preggio http://www.preggiofestival.org and Spoleto http://www.spoletofestival.it/ Umbrian food and wine: http://english.umbriadoc.com/ Golf near Perugia: http://www.golfclubperugia.it/ Perugia University’s two Observatories (one of which is close to Casa Nova, in the hills behind Montone) with links to the sites of various local astronomical groups: http://astro.fisica.unipg.it/ To check the weather in Perugia on the BBC’s 5 day forecast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=4764 or for a more detailed site giving you both forecasts and past weather patterns at Perugia: http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16181.html weather at Umbertide  http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IT/0/Umbertide.html and http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IPGUMBER1&day=11&year=2006&month=1&graphspan=year weather at Citta di castello: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IT/0/Citta_di_Castello.html our closest weather station, at Calzolaro, just the other side of our hill: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IT/0/Calzolaro.html Travel information: http://www.fcu.it – site of the Ferrovia Centrale Umbria (a private railway that links Niccone & Umbertide with cities to the North and South) http://www.trenitalia.it – principal website of the Italian railway network (available in English as well as Italian). http://www.ryanair.com - flights from Stansted to Perugia (approx. 35 mins away) or Bologna Forli (1 1/2 hrs away) To compensate for the carbon used in your flight: http://www.carbonneutral.com/cncalculators/flightcalculator.asp  Holiday-Rentals.co.uk - property 72771 |