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taurant, serving Umbrian cuisine with a pinch of creativity and a dash of medieval charm.
It's a class act, with tables draped in white linen and polished service. Flavours ring true
in specialities like ravioli in asparagus-porcini sauce and tender capon with truffles, ex-
pertly matched with wines.
Shopping
Leo Grilli Arte
(Via dei Consoli 78)
In the Middle Ages, ceramics were one of Gubbio's main industries, and
there are some fabulous contemporary samples for sale in this crumbly 15th-mansion.
ARTISANAL
Information
Post office
(
075 927 39 25; Via Cairoli 11;
8am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-12.30pm Sat)
Tourist office
( 075 922 06 93;
www.comune.gubbio.pg.it
;
Via della Reppublica 15;
8.30am-1.45pm & 3.30-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm & 3-6.30pm Sat & Sun)
Sells the Gubbio Turisti-
card and lends out multilingual audioguides (€3).
Getting There & Around
Gubbio has no train station but Umbria Mobilità (
Click here
)
buses run to Perugia (€5.50,
1¼ hours, 10 daily) from Piazza Quaranta Martiri.
By car, take the SS298 from Perugia or the SS76 from Ancona, and follow the signs.
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Spoleto
POP 39,300
Presided over by a formidable medieval fortress and backed by the broad-shouldered
Apennines, their summits iced with snow in winter, Spoleto is visually stunning. The hill
town is also something of a historical picnic: the Romans left their mark in the form of
grand arches and an amphitheatre; the Lombards made it the capital of their duchy in 570,
building it high and mighty and leaving it with a parting gift of a Romanesque cathedral in
the early 13th century.
