Discover Assisi, Half Day Tour From Perugia
- Visit to Assisi, one of Italy’s most spiritual towns and a centre of Umbrian mysticism.
- Guided walking tour of the city’s civil and religious artistic heritage.
- Visit to the Gothic Basilica of Saint Clare, burial place of Clare of Assisi.
- Walk through Piazza del Comune and the Temple of Minerva.
- Visit to the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
Visit Assisi on this journey through spirituality, art and history.
Meet your private driver at your hotel and sitting in a comfortable vehicle, reach one of the most spiritual towns of Italy, home of the Umbria mysticism. Upon your arrival in Assisi, meet your private guide and start the most exciting and thrilling guided walking tour of the civil and religious artistic heritage of the Assisi. Admire the Gothic Basilica dedicated to Saint Chiara, made in pink and white bands. Clare is the founder of the order of the Poor Clares , she is buried in the crypt of this church where the Crucifix that spoke to St. Francis is also preserved. The tour proceedes to Piazza del Comune where you can find the civic buildings dating to the medieval Commune, the People’s Tower and an interesting Roman sacred construction named Minerva temple of which the first century AD façade remains. Discover the fourteenth Monte Frumentario and finally visit the famous St Francis’s Basilica, a UNESCO heritage monument, built with white- rosy stone coming from Mount Subasio. The Basilica, centre of the Franciscan spirituality and cradle of the Medieval European art, was built upon the Saint’s tomb, it was founded by Pope Gregory IX and is an architectural masterpiece containing some of the finest paintings of medieval Italian art, from Cimabue to Giotto, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti, Jacopo Torriti and Pietro Cavallini. The frescoed cycles of the Old and New Testament and the panels on life of St. Francis reach the climax on the medieval theology whilst the Franciscan Order was growing in power.
Central Hotel in Perugia
Central Hotel in Perugia
- Pick up and drop off at the hotel in Perugia if centrally located.
- Private DE-LUXE chauffeured vehicle (from 1 to 3 pax: Sedan- from 4 to 7 pax: Van)
- Private English speaking driver.
- Private local guide in Assisi at disposal for 2 hours
- Entrance fees to museums, monuments, churches
- Everything not mentioned as Inclusions
5 min before start time
Meeting point: At your central hotel in Perugia
Tour starts: 08:30 AM of 02:00 PM (see price options)
Duration: 2.5 hrs Approx.