Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Two major highways skirt the lake: the SS71, which heads from Chiusi to Arezzo on the
west side (in Tuscany); and SS75bis, which crosses the north end of the lake, heading
from the A1 in Tuscany to Perugia.
FERRY
Umbria Mobilità (
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ferry services run from late March to late September.
Hourly ferries head from San Feliciano to Isola Polvese (€5.60 return, 10 minutes), Tuoro
to Isola Maggiore (€5.60 return, 10 minutes), Castiglione del Lago to Isola Maggiore
(€7.50 return, 30 minutes) and Passignano to Isola Maggiore (€6.80 return, 25 minutes).
Ferries stop running around 7pm.
TRAIN
Services run roughly hourly from Perugia to Passignano (€3, 35 minutes) and Castiglione
del Lago (€4.40 to €10.50, 50 minutes), and twice daily to Torricella (€2.40, 25 minutes).
TOP OF CHAPTER
Todi
POP 16,900
A collage of soft-stone houses,
palazzi
and belfries pasted to a hillside, Todi looks freshly
minted for a fairy-tale. Wandering its steeply climbing backstreets is like playing a game
of medieval snakes and ladders. The pace of life inches along, keeping time with the wild-
flowers and vines that seasonally bloom and ripen in the valley below.
Like rings around a tree, Todi's history can be read in layers: the interior walls show
Todi's Etruscan and even Umbrian influence, the middle walls are an enduring example of
Roman know-how, and the 'new' medieval walls boast of Todi's economic stability and
prominence during the Middle Ages.
Sights
Just try to walk through the
Piazza del Popolo
without feeling compelled to sit on the medi-
eval building steps and write a postcard home. The 13th-century
Palazzo del Capitano
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to the Palazzo del Popolo to create what is now the
Museo Pinacoteca e Museo della Città di
Todi
(Piazza del Popolo; admission €3.10;
10am-1.30pm & 3-6pm summer, 10.30am-1pm & 2.30-5pm
