Tuscany and Umbria: The Collected Traveler offers the future traveler lots of cultural and historical information on this region in central Italy. Do not mistake the book for a travel guide with ...

One of the magical qualities of Umbria (and, to be fair ... In the quilt-work that is the Italian countryside, Tuscany’s well-worn Chianti Hills are so often billed as the most beautiful ...

Umbria and Tuscany sit side by side, midway down the boot of Italy. They look alike, and you can pass back and forth over the border from one to the other without realizing it. So we did.

But even before that, Umbria was less busy than some other regions. The area is sometimes compared to Tuscany, with food and wine as abundant as the vistas, but without the crowds. That’s partly ...

Central Italy’s capital cities, Florence (Tuscany) and Perugia (Umbria) have captured the attention of travelers for centuries and 2018 is no exception. Though Florence is the more famous of the ...

My pick in the Umbria region would be Todi ... less well positioned for Gubbio but it's worth the stretch. In southern Tuscany on your route to Florence, another hilltown I like a lot is ...

I'll just have to come back. Our trip starts in Ostia on the outskirts of Rome, then heads north before looping through Umbria and Tuscany and finally back to the capital. Along the way ...

If you’re thinking of visiting Umbria and Tuscany, James has even thoughtfully planned out your route: in 1874, when his Italian romance was in its infancy (and the Kingdom of Italy was a ...