SCENIC DRIVES IN ITALY THROUGH SIBYLLINE MOUNTAINS IN UMBRIA
A scenic drive in Umbria to discover the magnificent, lunar landscape of the Sibylline Mountains National Park
Itinerary: Sibylline Mountains, Spoleto, Visso, Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Castelluccio, Preci, Norcia
Scenic drives in Italy through Sibylline Mountains in Umbria
The road you should follow during this tour is one of the most scenic routes in Italy. It runs between Spoleto and Norcia crossing the Sibylline Mountains National Park.
The tour starts from Spoleto, a beautiful small town full of artistic and architectural treasures where the extraordinary mixture of Roman and Medieval remains to testify to the city's great past, which goes back to the Bronze Age.
Today, Spoleto is best known for its "Festival dei due Mondi" (Festival of the Two Worlds), its gastronomic specialties, and, finally, for the magnificent landscape of Pian Grande, Pian Piccolo e Pian Perduto, three beautiful highlands featuring an amazing nature. While crossing these highlands (also simply known as Altopiani di Castelluccio) with your car or motorcycle, you will become part of the dreamlike and surreal surrounding stony landscape. It really seems to have landed on the moon!
After a quick stop in Preci, a charming Medieval village perched on the mountain, make your way to Visso, a small village that is already part of the Marche region. Here, you can stop and visit its main churches such as the Collegiata di Santa Maria and the Santuario di Macereto but also its thirteenth-century walls and some beautiful buildings.
Just 7 kilometers southeast of Visso there is a small village, Castelsantangelo sul Nera, a Medieval town perched on a hill, where you can visit the small and quaint historic center.
Go south and head to Castelluccio a pearl of the Apennines located 1452 meters above sea level. Strolling along its streets, you will feel like living in another age.
Through a 23-kilometer scenic drive, you can reach the bigger town of Norcia. Its historic center has been affected by earthquakes many times in history, but you can still visit the beautiful Piazza San Benedetto with its Cathedral, the wonderful Portico delle Misure, the Municipality, and Castellina, an ancient palace resembling a castle.
The tour starts from Spoleto, a beautiful small town full of artistic and architectural treasures where the extraordinary mixture of Roman and Medieval remains to testify to the city's great past, which goes back to the Bronze Age.
Today, Spoleto is best known for its "Festival dei due Mondi" (Festival of the Two Worlds), its gastronomic specialties, and, finally, for the magnificent landscape of Pian Grande, Pian Piccolo e Pian Perduto, three beautiful highlands featuring an amazing nature. While crossing these highlands (also simply known as Altopiani di Castelluccio) with your car or motorcycle, you will become part of the dreamlike and surreal surrounding stony landscape. It really seems to have landed on the moon!
After a quick stop in Preci, a charming Medieval village perched on the mountain, make your way to Visso, a small village that is already part of the Marche region. Here, you can stop and visit its main churches such as the Collegiata di Santa Maria and the Santuario di Macereto but also its thirteenth-century walls and some beautiful buildings.
Just 7 kilometers southeast of Visso there is a small village, Castelsantangelo sul Nera, a Medieval town perched on a hill, where you can visit the small and quaint historic center.
Go south and head to Castelluccio a pearl of the Apennines located 1452 meters above sea level. Strolling along its streets, you will feel like living in another age.
Through a 23-kilometer scenic drive, you can reach the bigger town of Norcia. Its historic center has been affected by earthquakes many times in history, but you can still visit the beautiful Piazza San Benedetto with its Cathedral, the wonderful Portico delle Misure, the Municipality, and Castellina, an ancient palace resembling a castle.
Departure: Spoleto
Arrival: Norcia
Length: Km 100
Castelluccio and Norcia are mainly famous for their typical products, such as ham, other types of cold cuts (Lonza, Lonzino, Coglioni di Mulo), some types of cheese, and legumes, like Cicerchia. Norcia is a good area where to taste delicious black truffles as well.
Some pictures along this scenic drive tour in Italy through Sibylline Mountains in Umbria:
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Tour: Scenic drives in Italy through Sibylline Mountains in Umbria
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Region: Umbria ->the end in Marches , Italy
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