Our first stop is in Deruta where you visit craftsmen at the work and shops selling most famous Italian majolica pottery. Assisi, the immaculate medieval hill town has always been a vortex of beauty and spirituality. The town is home to Italy's patron saint, St. Francis. It also maintains frescoes of Giotto and Cimabue.
You meander through the Basilica and quaint chapels, along narrow streets filled with artisan shops and among olive groves dotted by fields of sunflowers. Your Lecture-Guide spends the day painting an Umbrian picture, with Assisi as the spiritual highlight.
The day finishes in Spoleto famous for its cultural festival. There are superb Umbrian vistas as you drive back to Rome
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