Spoleto

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Spoleto is a city in the Umbria region of Italy.

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Get in

There is a train station in the city which offers direct connections to Rome. Bus service to various locations is also available. For those driving into town, Umbria has a very good and well-maintained road system.

Get around

Spoleto is a small town in area, so you are best off walking, though it is possible to drive or take taxis.

See

  • The Duomo
  • The Roman ruins and Archeological Museum

Do

Spoleto is well known for its music festivals, especially the Festivale dei Due Mondi in the summertime.

Otherwise, it is a very peaceful and pleasant place to walk around, and you can use Spoleto as a base to drive through beautiful Umbrian countryside and mountains and to visit other Umbrian cities.

Buy

Eat

Umbria is known for its mushrooms and black truffles, and also for its wild game, so if you see primi piatti of pasta dishes with some kind of fungus and secondi piatti of game such as cinghiale (wild boar), order them.

Drink

Umbria is a land of rolling hills and has its own wine industry. There are also some very good mineral waters drawn from its mountain springs.

Sleep

Get out

External links

  • Official Municipality, [1]. In Italian

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