Umbria: Farm Holiday country house holiday House

<<OCTOBER | DECEMBER>>

	GUBBIO Trade Fair of White Truffle The famous expo has reached its XXIII edition and is a chance for all the truffle lovers to get to know all the novelties on the market together with other agro industrial foods while having the possibility to taste and purchase.
	CITTA' DI CASTELLO Trade Fair of Truffle and Woodland Products The expo, held in the town centre, aims at setting off white truffle or trifola (Tuber Magnum Pico) among the most valuable species found in great quantity in the Alta Valle del Tevere countryside. All the properties which render white truffle valuable are examined here: its intense scent, unmistakable and absolute; size and shape, which must be most regular and round possible; its incomparable flavor, which is best expressed when served plain without any sauces or dressings. In the many pavilions, besides truffle, many other local products are shown, such as mushrooms, chestnuts, honey, soft fruit jam, oil, wines and cheeses.
	PERUGIA Ancient Textile Art As all the other towns of Umbria, Perugia too has a great local craftsmanship tradition. It is not difficult to encounter along its streets, shops and local arts and crafts workshops. It is worth the while to linger in and choose a few pieces of local pottery or nice Umbrian table cloths. On the last Saturday and Sunday of each month there is a picturesque market in the town's historical centre.
	FABRO Orvieto's truffle and quality agro industrial product fair Pavilions with the best quality wines and foods, tasting workshops, conferences, meetings, shows, excursions and a thousand more activities for the keen. The event is accompanied by a food review focusing on the best restaurants of the Todi and Orvieto area. During the whole week you will have the chance to rediscover and enjoy old recipes linked to quality food and wines.
	Last two weekends in November VALTOPINA Truffle expo Since many years Valtopina's Truffle Expo is a nationwide affirmed and consolidated event in the most significant gastronomic, promotional, commercial and tourist aspects of this trade area. It was conceived to meet the region's exquisite food and wines and agricultural vocation. Each year the expo hosts over 70 local agro industrial product manufacturers, strictly selected and can count on an average attendance of around 10,000 visitors. Conferences, seminars and activities involving schools and all sorts of attractions, along with dancing nights and movie contests.
	TORGIANO Italian wine tasting event A nationwide famous contest, where Umbria's wine making is rejoiced in the name of quality. In order to judge wines the Union International des Oenologues' evaluation method is used. To experience wines in an original way, in Torgiano, during the month of August, an event called "Vinarelli" is held and proposes a combination between wine, painting and food.
	PERUGIA Umbria Book Fair Umbria libri, first conceived as Umbria's publishing expo, is now at its eleventh edition and has became a true book celebration which involves the most charming places in Perugia and Orvieto's historical centre. Book novelties, the chance to meet authors, debates, conferences, musical vernissages and literary after dinners focusing around books together with writers, philosophers and intellectuals both Italian and foreign.
	All around Umbria Oil and “Bruschetta” Fest From the 9th to the 24th of November, all around Umbria oil mills are open to the public providing the chance to get to know the region of oil, cultivation, harvesting, olive crushing, the sharp and full-bodied taste of extra vergine olive oil, the prince of the Mediterranean diet. A trickle of plain oil brings to life every dish. Spicy enough, with a sweetish deep green colour, Umbria's oil is known worldwide. From November 25, 1997, the European Commission granted Umbria's extra vergine olive oil the status of oil of guaranteed origin placing it among the "Denomination of protected origin" foods.
	All around Umbria Open farmhouses The Mountain Community of Monte Peglia and Selva Montana organises together with the province of Terni and the Gal Trasimeno-Orvieto, "Agriturismi a porte aperte" (Open Farmhouses), an event to set off the territory and oenogastronomy. "Il castello del dolce" in Parrano you will have the chance to taste typical local sweet dishes, special menus based on truffle in the Orvieto area, the "torta sotto l'foco" festival, chestnuts and novello wine are only some of the gastronomic itineraries which sublime the rich flavored genuine cuisine of the Orvieto-Todi area. Rediscover the taste of classic regional dishes, taste the traditional country cuisine intense flavors in extraordinary farmhouses full of history. Take a stroll through the country side surrounded by green olives and vines before reaching historical villages and rural communities castled upon hilltops and embraced by medieval walls. They preserve in time the artistic crafts of laces, wrought iron and baskets weaved by expert hands. Weekends dedicated to wine, jam, products of the woods, truffle and the "torta", the one and only Umbrian pizza, cooked on live charcoal and blends perfectly in with red meat, cold meats and cheeses.