We started our day on Saturday, Sept. 13 with the idea of taking it easy and only doing one visit to the town of Foligno. We left a little later than usual – 10am and drove the roughly 15 minutes to the town. Parking was super easy (a nice change!) and we walked into the centre of the old town to the Palazzo Trinci – a renaissance residence turned into a museum. Calling it a “residence” doesn’t really do justice to this building. It was very impressive, not only for the museum pieces inside but for the architecture of the building itself. We spent some time exploring the many different levels of the palazzo and learned a few things about the area – including that the palazzo had 2 styles of architecture, romanesque and gothic, and it was the home to the Trinci family from 1305 – 1439.
By the time we were finished our tour of the palazzo, it was lunchtime. We decided to head back to our Airbnb instead of eating out. We went back out around 3pm to explore a town called Nocera Umbria known for its healing waters! This town was way up in the mountains around us so we had quite the crazy drive to get there!! The road started out with good pavement but changed to a gravel surface with many ruts as we made our way deeper into the hills!! It was an exciting drive as we went around hairpin turns and super close to the edge! When we finally arrived at Nocera Umbria we were happy we made the drive. Much like all the other hillside towns we have visited, this one had an amazing view. But the best part of this town was that there were very few visitors around. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon and we could look around the place without the crowds!! We’ve discovered that most shops and some restaurants close between noon and 4 pm so there were few locals out and about at that time.
We arrived back at our Airbnb after a grocery stop and Matthew made a lovely spaghetti dinner for us!! We had a busier day than originally planned but it was another good one! We have one more day in Umbria so we’ll see what journey Sunday brings!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 