Top Perugia Tours, Sightseeing & Cruises

Umbria’s capital city, lively Perugia offers a range of attractions, from Etruscan–era fortifications and the Rocca Paolina (a medieval fortress and present-day cultural hub) to annual jazz and chocolate festivals. On this private walking tour, get a first-hand experience of the city’s charms, see its major sights, learn about its long history, and even enjoy a gustatory pause when you stop for an espresso at a local coffee shop.

Enjoy the highlights of Perugia in just hours without the hassle of a guidebook and map with this guided walking tour through the medieval town center. Stroll past top sights like Palazzo dei Priori, Rocca Paolina, Piazza IV Novembre, and the Roman aqueduct while learning about the city’s history and architecture from your guide. Stop to take in views from this hilltop town over the surrounding Umbrian countryside.

Discover the ancient Roman city of Spoleto on a private, 2-hour walking tour. From the ruins of Roman temples to masterpieces of Renaissance painting that decorate the city cathedral, Spoleto is home to more than 2,000 years of history ripe for exploring. Learn about the city’s rich modern-day culture as the host of the annual Festival dei Due Mondi, and sample local flavor with optional olive oil and wine tastings. Throughout the tour, enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide.

Experience the gorgeous countryside of Umbria on a full-day bike tour that features a lunch stop at an agriturismo farm. Pedal past vineyards, olive orchards, and picturesque villages with an engaging guide who shares live commentary about this region of Italy. Take a well-deserved break for a multi-course lunch at an agriturismo farm, with the option to swim in their pool in warm weather.

Maximize time in Umbria with a private walking tour of Todi, a hilltop town in the Tiber Valley. Learn about the town’s history, including its prosperity during the Middle Ages, as you see landmarks including the Cathedral of Saint Mary. Skip the hassle of navigating and follow your local guide.

Meet the locals as you taste your way around Perugia’s historic center on this 4-hour tour. With a foodie guide, you’ll enjoy ten tastings of classic Umbrian foods plus wine and beer tastings from one-of-a-kind restaurants, charming cafes and shops as you walk in the footsteps of ancient Etruscans, Roman emperors, noble families and Renaissance painters. You’ll enjoy enough food for breakfast and a hearty lunch including pastries, cheeses and cured meats, olive oils, fresh truffle pasta, chocolates, gelato and more! Highlights: • 4-Hour Food & Wine Walking Tour of Perugia with a local foodie guide • Discover Perugia’s history + taste foods with an ancient history • Enjoy 10+ samples of regional food, and discover where the locals go • Meet the restaurant owners, chefs and shop keepers and hear their stories and passion • Visit one of Italy’s Top 100 artisan gelaterias

Travel through the green fields and vineyards of Umbria on a trekking bike, without the inhibition of glassed-in tour bus windows. You can focus on the scenery as your guide leads the way through Bevagna and listen to commentary on the area's medieval history. Visit an organic winery for a tasting and settle down for a provided picnic lunch in a scenic spot.

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By trekking through springs, waterfalls and caves, you will be the friendliness of the people, the magnetism of the mountains. An experienced guide on the route and the surrounding landscape. Back from the excursion, you enjoy some tastings of typical local products.

Discover the charming village of Todi, a jewel of medieval Umbria! You will visit the spectacular Piazza del Popolo, with the fascinating Public Palaces of the Middle Ages and the Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral. Here you can admire the "The Last Judgment" fresco, inspired by the great Michelangelo and painted by Ferraù da Faenza. Find unexpcted details on the portals of medieval churches: stone monsters, saints, mythological creatures and satirical figures popping up between fruit festoons and slender twisted columns. Would you ever have thought you could see a naked friar carved at the entrance of a church? ! Let our passionate and knowledgeable guide lead you through the centuries, from the ancient Roman remains to the Temple of Santa Maria della Consolazione, a splendid Renaissance church designed by the famous architect Bramante!

Indulge your senses during this 3-hour tasting tour in Montefalco. Visit a winery in the Sagrantino region and stroll through the old vineyards and olive groves. Tour the wine cellars where some of Umbria’s best wines are produced before sampling a number of wines and olive oils. Then sit down to a delicious Umbrian lunch complete with local cheeses, cured meats, and dessert.

UMBRIA THE WAY OF SAINT FRANCIS GUIDED TOUR, 7 nights, a spiritual journey through some of the most beautiful countryside imaginable, in the footsteps of the Poor Man of Assisi.

Go for a sunrise hot air balloon ride over some of Italy’s most beautiful scenery, and complement your journey with a delicious breakfast and wine tasting, on this one-of-a-kind outing. Meet in the early morning and take to the skies in the company of an experienced pilot; you’ll enjoy a special perspective on Assisi, Perugia, and the lovely Umbrian countryside. Upon landing, you’ll transfer to the Cantina Dionigi winery, where you can enjoy traditional local nibbles and wines.

Enjoy an intimate introduction to Perugia and its key sights when you embark on a small-group walking tour of the Umbrian capital. Settled since Etruscan times, the city is renowned for its wealth of historical artifacts. In the company of your guide, stroll along its ancient town walls, admire the medieval–era Fontana Maggiore, explore the Rocca Paolina and its underground passageways, and more. As you go, learn more about the city’s history, and its lively present, from your guide.

A 9 km- track with a friendly, engaging and capable english speaking guide. Among colors, lights and unforgettable views for a day of relaxation and taste. The tour includes also a food tasting with local specialties. The advantage of walking with a local expert is to familiarize yourself with people, with some traditions that make each community unique and to discover hidden places off the beaten paths. Your tour guide isn’t just expert about the region you’re exploring… it’s his home. He will introduce you to the people, places and traditions that make each community different and unique.

We’ll first take a visit to the olive oil museum, where is the precious material of the museum and its countless virtues. Only a few steps away from this fascinating museum, and we are faced with 5000 years of history narrated through archaeological finds and documents that document the role of wine in Mediterranean civilization. And if it is true that we are enjoying a wine tasting and brunch in a prestigious winery, in which Torgiano wines and olive oils will be the undisputed protagonists. Travel deep into the vines through spectacular Assisi Valley in a carriage pulled by two magnificent horses. Experience a wine tour and tastings at a bio winery. Relaxed peace while learning the biological philosophy of the vineyards.

Walk through the beautiful Perugia and learn about one of the most interesting pre-roman civilizations. Discover the origins of the Etruscans, see their artifacts and get amazed by their architectures, standing in the heart of the city since more than two thousands years ago. Go back in time and enjoy the most ancient side of Perugia.

Get ready to spend an amazing bike tour!Ideal path for those who realize that peace and quiet are essential ingredients to find inner peace. Cycle the Umbrian Countryside with a local expert, discovering sweeping landscapes, learning local history, sampling traditional foods and enjoying the vibrant culture of this region, called the green heart of Italy. These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 5 to 10 participants. Beautiful scenery with picturesque valleys, fields and woodland. You will come across a number of traditional old buildings in the area, including an olive oil mill where you will taste local olive oil and an organic farm where you will taste delicious jams and cheese. You will discover hidden part of Umbria and meet local people that will be more than happy to welcome you.

Are you looking for an authentic dream? Do you you want to experience a less known but very typical hill town of Italy? Then Spello must be in you bucket list!

Perugia, built on top of two hills, is a wonderful viewpoint to admire the breathtaking landscape of Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy, and it enchants visitors thanks to its fascinating atmosphere and millenary history. Explore the Rocca Paolina, an imposing fortress built by Pope Paul III on the houses of the Baglioni family to punish them for a rebellion: you will discover an entire medieval district englobed in the castle, and even an ancient Etruscan gate, Porta Marzia! Our passionate and knowleadgeable guide will then lead you along Corso Vannucci, the main street of Perugia, named after its most notorious citizen, the painter known as Perugino, on a walk to discover the most fascinating monuments of the medieval and Renaissance city. Enjoy the wonderful square known as Piazza IV Novembre, dominated by the majestic Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the splendid medieval palace known as Palazzo dei Priori, in Gothic style. In the center of the square you will admire the Fontana Maggiore, a great medieval fountain symbol of Perugia, discovering the hidden secrets and details of this amazing masterpiece of medieval sculpture! Finally, in an incredible journey back in time, you will admire the Etruscan Perugia and its mighty walls and gates, like the majestic Etruscan Arch, that still bears the ancient Roman name of the city: Augusta Perusia!

UMBRIA FOOD & WINE GUIDED TOUR - 4 nights, all the best of our regional specialities and delicious activities: truffle hunting, pasta cooking class, wine tour and lots of food & wine tasting everyday!

Allow yourself to be pampered by our passion for the land, the vineyards and the wine. Enjoy the breathtaking view of Assisi, the peace of the location, and the style with which we invite you to try our wines and fully appreciate the atmosphere and philosophy of a slow way of life. Relaxing trip by coach and horse to discover the philosophy behind organic cultivation and the vineyards “of geese and horses” (one goose revolution project). An expert will be at your disposal for all the duration of the tour. Enjoy this superb experience.!

- This morning we’ll go discovering Assisi, Franciscan place par excellence, not only in Umbria and in Italy, but all over the world. We’ll take a stroll around its fascinating alleys, admiring the most remarkable sites of the city: Basilica di San Francesco, Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Piazza del Comune, Cattedrale di San Rufino, Chiesa di San Damiano. - Truffle hunting in Umbria is an old age tradition. Umbria produces the highest number of black truffles in Italy, whose quality is famous throughout the world. Truffles are an integral part of Umbrian cuisine and culture. And for those who still have some questions at the end of the hunt? Do not worry, the experience will end with a delicious truffle tasting, that will dissolve any doubt! Truffle-menu lunch at a local restaurant. - After lunch we’ll visit Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard dukes. Spoleto is often considered one of Umbria’s most graceful hill towns.