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Happy Tours on Trasimeno Lake
Navilagando is a company that operates in the touristic field of Trasimeno Lake,it organizes cruises and tours on lacustrine waters,with the aid of particular boats named “Pontoon Boats"
City Tour
Perugia City Tour is the innovation of the year in city, and carries out every day.
The departure is previewed from Piazza Italia at 9,40am - 10,50am- 12,10pm- 13,30pm- 15,00pm- 16,30pm- 18,00pm with audioguide in 4 languages: italian, english, german and french.
Tickets available on board.
Historic Museum Perugina
Friday
Opening hours: 9,00 - 13,00 / 14,00 - 17,30
Sometimes it's open on saturday morning (please, call us by telephone before).
Information and bookings Tel. +39 075.5276796 - Fax +39 075.5276631. Further information please visit www.perugina.it
Obligatory reservation for GROUPS. It's available guided tours in english language.
Obligatory reservation.
The Natural Park and its Islands
Isola Maggiore.
Located on the lake near the shore of Tuoro sul Trasimeno it is the only island with a fulltime population in a village that still retains its 15th century fishing village architecture. In 1213, Saint Francis of Assisi went there on retreat for the Lent fast, and one can still visit the chapel that marks the place where he stepped off the boat after having crossed the water during a storm and kneeled down in thankful prayer. The tradition of Irish
lace-making on the island is one of its points of pride and is still practiced by many women as they sit on their doorsteps and watch their quiet world stroll by.
Info: www.infotuoro.it
Isola Minore.
This is the smallest of the three islands, and not much is known about it. Privately owned, it is not inhabited. It falls under the jurisdiction of Passignano sul Trasimeno.
Isola Polvese.
This Island falls under the jurisdiction of Castiglione del Lago and is the largest of the three islands. It has many interesting historical landmarks that include: the Chiesa di San Secondo, the Monastero Olivetano, Chiesa di San Giuliano, a castle dating to the 14th century and recently restored, the Porcinai pool and an aquatic
plants garden. The island has proud history of environmental protection and houses an educational structure in which school children learn about nature and its importance. Various meeting halls and centres are open for group activities and there is a youth hostel to accommodate groups.
For more information about the educational opportunities and environmental tourism, stays on the island, conventions or study groups, please contact:
Centro Educazione Ambientale di Isola Polvese Cooperativa Plestina
Tel. +39 0759659546 +39 3478489578 - Fax +39 075 5002231
e-mail: plestina@tin.it - www.polvese.it
Castiglione del Lago
Fortified on a small promontary on the west side of Lake Trasimeno, surrounded by the city wall dating XIII cent., rises the town with its powerful, triangular, 30m. high mast.
One of the greatest artistic treasures of Castiglione del Lago is the Palazzo Della Corgna built around 1560 on the first tower-house of the Baglioni family (XIII cent.), later extended. It has one of the best examples of manneristic paintings to be found in the region. The Rocca del Leone is one of the most outstanding military structures of medieval Umbria. lt is an irregular pentagon with five towers and three doors built in 1247 on a calcareous abutment that overlooks Trasimeno.
With regards to important dates, Coloriamo i cieli on May 1st is an international event for kite flyer of all ages.
From the Islands to the Oasis
From the Islands to the Oasis
Oasi Naturalistica La Valle
The “La Valle” oasis is the most interesting area, from the standpoint of nature, of the Lake. It includes marshland and vast expanses of cane thickets that make a perfect habitat for the migratory birds that rest here by the tens of thousands on their flights from place to place. The oasis is open all year round for visitors to wander in and also offers guided tours on the wooden walkway that leads to an observatory. A station for ringing birds with identification bands is also located here.
Info:
Bike in Umbria
Cycling through the woods, in close contact with nature and far from noise and traffic. Pushing up a steep mule track to the highest of peaks for a beautiful view, tackling a tough single track through the forest or just idling from one village to the next along dirt roads through olive groves and vineyards.
Pietro Perugino e the Trasimeno Landscape
Born in 1450 in Città della Pieve, Pietro Vannucci studied between Arezzo and Florence, that is, in the atelier that gave
us Piero della Francesca and the workshop of Verrocchio.
Vannucci became more appropriately known as “il Perugino”, a nickname given him by his Florentine colleagues when in
1501 he set up shop in Perugia. It is important to note that when Vannucci went to Arezzo and Florence, he often travelled
over the roads around Castel della Pieve and Cortona, over the softly rolling hills that give onto the Trasimeno Lake and
the Valdichiana. It was this landscape that inspired the great scenery depicted in so many of his paintings. In order to
fully appreciate it, one should travel over the still somewhat secret roads that from Città della Pieve lead Paciano, Panicale
and Castiglione del Lago and that influenced the works of the maestro and his school.
Città della Pieve
The Adoration of the Magi (1504) - (Oratorio di Santa Maria dei Bianchi).
The story is presented as a great procession of horsemen that disappears into the distant and vast andscape conceived by Il Perugino. One can recognise, even though it is stylised, the view that Città della Pieve has of the Trasimeno Lake.
Panicale
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1505) - (Chiesa di San Sebastiano)
This painting represents the scene of the Martyrdom over traces of blood and underscores the ecstasy of the Saint as
he receives the arrows and looks peacefully heavenwards towards God. It is almost a theatrical scene, a sort of dance
around the naked body of Sebastian, while the background features the softly rolling hills that Il Perugino painted with
such majesty.
A piedi
You can download the GPS trails and a description/map of the excursions from
16 loop walks signposted according to CAI (Club Alpino Italiano) standards with red/white markings on trees and various poles at the crossroads.
www.nelleterredeltrasimeno.com
16 sign-posted walking trails.
16 loop walks signposted according to CAI (Club Alpino Italiano) standards with red/white markings on trees and
various poles at the crossroads, walks described in the guidebook entitled In cammino tra Tevere e Trasimeno on sale at the larger newsstands or local bookstores.
1 - Città della Pieve - Pobeto - 10 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
2 - Castel Rigone - Torre Fiume - 14 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
3 - Ferretto - Petrignano del Lago - 12.5 km
Easy. Recommended to everyone.
4 - La Goga di Magione - Caligiana - 12 km
Easy. Recommended for everyone.
5 - Magione - Monte Ruffiano - 11 km
Moderate. Although not difficult, being in good shape helps.
6 - Missiano - Petrarvella - Panicale - 12 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
7 - Torale - Vernazzano - Cima di Tuoro - Pischiello - 12.2 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
8 - Mongiovino - Buca del Calcinaro - 11 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
9 - La Marzolana - Montali - Sant’Arcangelo - 10.5 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
10 - Passignano - Poggio del Belveduto - 13 km
Moderate. A long walk, bring a picnic lunch or stop into a sandwich shop along the way.
11 - Sanguineto - Monte Gualandro - 14 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
12 - Città della Pieve - Fosso della Molinella - 7 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
13 - Montarale - Greppolischieto - 12 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
14 - Monte Melino - Monte Penna - Monte Sperello - 14 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
15 - Torale - Pischiello, Poggio Bandito, Convento dei Cappuccini - 12 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
16 - Paciano - Monte Pausillo - 12.5 km
Moderate. Recommended for habitual hikers.
Percorsi in bicicletta
On a mountain bike along the lakeshore and over the hills, 16 loop excursions are sign-posted with red/white markings at crossroads.
16 loop bicycle paths.
On a mountain bike along the lakeshore and over the hills, 16 loop excursions are sign-posted with red/white markings at crossroads.
You can download the GPS trails and a description/map of the excursions from www.nelleterredeltrasimeno.com
1 - The Loop of the Lake - 116 km (in 3 stages)
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
2 - Between Montarale and il Fersinone - 47 km
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
3 - Between the Lake and its Hills - 32.6 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
4 - Monte Castiglione - 36 km.
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
5 - Over dry Riverbeds - 41.1km.
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
6 - Col di Maggio - 31.7 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
7 - The Three Lakes - 46.7 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
8 - Trasimeno Loop - 71.6 km.
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
9 - The Seven Hills - 31.9 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
10 - The Crest of Montali - 28.3 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
11 - Hamlets, Woods and Castles - 51.9 km.
Very difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
12 - In the Wild Woods - 28.2 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
13 - Greppolischieto - Montarale - 38.9 km.
Very difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
14 - The towers of Cibottola and Gaiche - 23.2 km.
Medium difficulty - For people who are in good physical condition.
15 - The Woods on the Pian Salto - 39.5 km.
Very difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
16 - From the Oasis to the Woods - 49.3 km.
Difficult - For people who are very fit and athletic.
Bicycle services:
Cicli Valentini
Bicycle services: sales, assistance and rentals
Castiglione del Lago - Tel. +39 075951663 -
Marinelli Ferrettini Motocicli
Bicycle services: sales, assistance and rentals
Castiglione del Lago - Tel. +39 075953126 - mfstefano@libero.it
Trasibike
Bicycle services: rentals, delivery to the accomodation, guided tours
Magione - Tuoro Infopoint - Tel. +39 0758472793 - www.trasimenoturismo.com
Passeggiate a cavallo
Travelling over the Trasimeno countryside on horseback is just one more way visitors can enjoy the beauty of their surroundings.
One can cross over fields and hills that hug the lake thanks to the many trails, dirt roads and paths that crisscross the area. It is also a very ecological way to explore the land.
SERVICES
Centro Ippico Poggio del Pero (Panicale) - Excursions, in-paddock lessons, horse pensions in box or the paddock for
those who come with their own mounts. - Tel. +39 0753744131 - +39 3201650167 www.vocabolopoggiodelpero.it
Circolo Ippico Valvasone (Magione) - Riding school with qualified FISE-CONI instructors. Pony Club, children’s lessons starting from 4 yrs onwards. Young horse training area. Summer centre from June through September.
Tel. +39 075841529 - +39 3937263800 - www.valvasone.eu
La Rosa Canina (Panicale) - English and Western style mounts, pension for horses, excursions and rides. Ponies available. Covered stables. Expert instructors. Tel. +39 0758350660 - +39 3407265080 - www.larosacanina.eu
Le Case Rosse di Montebuono (Magione) - Three horse stables, 8 purebred horses, lessons offered in English style riding, therapeutic riding with medical assistance, introduction to riding for children, pony club, eco-tourism excursions on purebred horses also in the Oasis area of the Lake. Horse boxes available for rent, or horse stays in the paddock. Tel. +39 0758476105 / 339 - +39 07552888556 - www.lecaserosse.com
The Perfect Blending of Man and Nature
The environment is a fundamental characteristic of the Trasimeno area.
The area is safeguarded, from an
environmental point of view, by initiatives that involve the tourist accommodations and the city administrations of the shore’s towns. The Agenda 21 Locale is one of the more important of these initiatives and regulates sustainable
growth in the strictest of ways. In fact, the Trasimeno Lake Park, the largest of the six Regional Parks of Umbria, is one of the most important wetlands areas in Europe for the presence of plant species, fauna and fish
of great importance. The total silence and the nature that it encompasses allows life to go on here without having to turn to artificial methods of preservation. It is truly unique.
Since 2006, Trasimeno Lake has been associated with Living Lakes, a network of 52 lakes all over the world which has been recognised by the UN for its efforts in the field of the sustainable growth of important lakes, wetlands and other sweet-water bodies. As a recognition of the efforts towards adhering to the standards that guarantee quality management and services that respect the environment, a seal of quality has been created called the “Manifesto Ambientale”.
Recognition by Goletta Verde
The twenty-fifth edition of Goletta Verde, the Environmental League’s campaign aimed at monitoring and spreading information regarding the health of the Italian coastlines, rivers and lakes, has established that the Trasimeno Lake has absolutely no “critical areas”, nor areas with “significant pollution”.
An efficient monitoring system to safeguard the quality of the environment
The quality of the environment is under the constant and vigilant eye of the ARPA (the Regional Authority for
Environmental Protection), who takes samples and analyses the various parameters of air, water and earth to make sure they conform to both national and European norms. The results of this data is fundamental in the establishment of policies aimed at the improvement of the environment of the lake area.
Info:
Scooter Quad and Vespa
18/03/2011
Quad (ATV), Scooter and Vespa hire:
Trasimeno Turismo owned by Marco Rossini
Magione - Tuoro Infopoint - Tel. +39 0758472793
Vespa hire:
Umbria in Vespa owned by Claudia Acquah
San Savino (next “Oasi La Valle”) Magione
Tel. +39 3474636423 -
