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Food
Perugia is a great place to enjoy products and specialities from all over Umbria.
A recent restaurant discovery was Numero Zero, where the owners are keen on social inclusion and employ young people with mental health problems.
Their philosophy is to create a place where “being different is not a cause for embarrassment”.
I went there on a first da.
Green Space
Many people connect the Tiber with Rome, but from its source in the Apennines, the river passes below Perugia, and can be reached on a two-hour circular walk along Sentiero delle Lavandaie (washerwomen’s walk, part of the 550km Via di Francesco trail).
Begin at Porta Pesa gate, where the washerwomen used to arrive from the riverside village of Pret.
Inspiration
Help! How can I pick one place from a city with 2,500 years of history.
The two miles of Etruscan city walls.
The medieval Torre degli Sciri.
I’m a flâneur, a Perugian Baudelaire, and my favourite stroll is in the dimly lit Rocca Paolina, redolent of the plots and power struggles of centuries past.
It’s a fortress built in 1543 for Pope Paul III, w.
Neighbourhood
Porta Sole has become the city’s creative quarter, where there’s always something new to see: performance art, street art, poetry, craft workshops.
Start with Mannaggia (nearest translation: “Damn it”) bookshop on Via Cartolari, which specialises in small publishers and does regular evening events, then follow Via della Viola past little shops and .
Nightlife
Punto di Vista bar, on the hill below the town hall, has a stunning view over the Tiber valley, and good cocktails.
But the best thing to do of an evening is wander along Corso Vanucci, sit on a bar terrace and people-watch.
Dempsey’s, near the cathedral, is a cocktail bar open till 1.30am, with every spirit in the world seemingly on offer, and fan.
