How to Visit Spello
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Your guide to a legendary vacation in Spello, Umbria, including practical information to help you get your feet planted quickly.
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Here’ll you find insights into Umbria, culled from living in Spello for two years, as detailed in my memoir Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, which you can download right here or at your preferred marketplace here or you can find it on Amazon here. Buy it now to read about how our family of five abandoned life in the United States to clink glasses with local communists and join the village all-nighter decorating cobblestone streets with flower petals. You’ll also read about embarrassing language minefields and a serious summons to the mayor’s office. Ultimately, though, Il Bel Centro is the story of how travel can change you if you let it.
Bread and Oil
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Umbria is as ordinary, and extraordinary, as bread and oil. Let me tell you what I mean.
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Along the Aqueduct
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There are many walking paths through the groves that surround Spello. The aqueduct walk is our family favorite. This post is particularly special because Siena took all the photos, surprising us and also herself with her unerring eye.
Read MoreSpello's Infiorata
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An insider's journey of the Infiorata, Spello's most renowned festival and the jewel in the Umbria holiday calendar. With photos documenting the progress as cobblestone streets become tapestries of flowers.
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La Bottega degli Intrecci
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When visiting Spello, don't miss this unique shop to bring home souvenirs to wear and love.
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