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Explore the area around Bevagna

Bevagna sits at the centre of an area that, within thirty kilometres, brings together things you would normally travel to very different places to find: Montefalco and its Sagrantino wine country seven kilometres away, Spello with its Roman walls and Pinturicchio frescoes at twenty, Assisi at twenty-two, Spoleto at thirty, and Foligno — with its railway station — ten minutes by car.

No long transfers, no motorways required. You leave the palazzo in the morning and return in the evening — a winery visited, a walk on Monte Subasio completed, or simply a new piazza where you sat for a while. The surrounding area is not an added attraction: it is the reason people stay more than one night.

Bevagna

Staying in the center of Bevagna means immersing yourself in an atmosphere where time seems to have stood still since the Middle Ages. Nestled in the fertile Umbrian Valley, just a few kilometers from Perugia and Assisi, Bevagna isn’t perched on a hill like many of its neighboring villages, but stretches elegantly along the banks of the Clitunno River, surrounded by a landscape of Sagrantino vineyards and silvery olive groves.

Medieval village

Montefalco

Montefalco is seven kilometres from Bevagna. It is known as ‘the balcony of Umbria’ because from the main square you can see the entire Spoleto Valley stretching to the peaks of the Apennines. The view is not an exaggeration — it is the reason people make the trip even without another excuse.

The most common excuse is Sagrantino: a red wine produced almost exclusively in this strip of territory, with a tannic structure found nowhere else. Local wineries open for tastings, many without the need to book in advance. The historic centre has remained intact, and the Church of San Francesco houses a cycle of frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli that is worth the journey on its own.

From Palazzo Brunamonti you can reach it by car in ten minutes, or by bicycle along the valley paths. An after-dinner outing fits easily into an evening’s plans.

Medieval town

Spello

Spello is about twenty kilometres from Bevagna, clinging to the slopes of Monte Subasio with its characteristic pink-stone houses. The town is small — you can walk through it entirely in half an hour — but richly layered: Roman walls still standing, the Baglioni Chapel inside the church of Santa Maria Maggiore with its Pinturicchio frescoes, and flower-filled alleyways in every season.

In June, the town holds the Infiorata: the streets are carpeted with floral compositions for the feast of Corpus Christi. The spectacle lasts a single day, but the preparations are visible in doorways and windows throughout the week before.

Spello is also the starting point for walking trails on Monte Subasio that lead towards Assisi through woodland and open meadows, well away from the main roads. For those who want to walk without the crowds, this is the route to take.

Relaxation

Foligno

Foligno is the largest city in the Umbrian Valley — ten minutes by car from Bevagna — and serves as a practical hub for those travelling by train or needing to move around the region. Railway station, supermarkets, hospitals, shops: everything that a historic village like Bevagna does not have.

But Foligno is more than just convenience. The historic centre contains Palazzo Trinci, with an art gallery and a cycle of fifteenth-century frescoes among the best preserved in Umbria. In September, the Giostra della Quintana brings four hundred participants in Renaissance costume into the square for one of the most serious equestrian historical pageants in Italy.

For those arriving by train from Rome, Florence or Perugia, Foligno is the natural arrival point: from there, Palazzo Brunamonti is a short taxi ride away, with no change of transport needed.

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