by Diego Diomedi
PERUGIA – A volume that traverses the region describing its green areas, its rivers, its lakes and the unmissable attractions hidden among the woods and valleys is on newsstands and online. And then the villages, the sport, the street festivals, the paths, the cycle paths, the protagonists and the professions, as well as hundreds of tips on where to eat, sleep and buy typical local products.
The Sibillini Mountains National Park and the Monte Cucco Regional Park, the Monte Subasio Regional Park and the Lake Trasimeno Regional Park, the Nera and Tiber River Parks, up to the Colfiorito Park and the Territorial System of Naturalistic Interest and Environmental of Monte Peglia and Selva di Meana.
The volume, created in collaboration with the Umbria Region, the Natura 2000 Network and Life Imagine, opens with two unpublished stories by the writers Paolo Di Paolo and Antonio Pascale. We then move on to discover each of the natural areas, proposing the history, flora and fauna, before entering the villages and proposing itineraries in the greenery. This is followed by advice on sporting activities, traditions linked to street festivals and typical products. There is no shortage of advice on 266 unmissable tables, 91 homes where you can sleep to extend your stay and 100 tasty places where you can stock up on delicious local souvenirs. Finally, the recipes of 20 of the best chefs in the region.
«Umbria, in reality, is a large open-air park in which nature surprises you with its beauty and vitality – states Roberto Morroni, vice-president of the Umbria Region and councilor for agricultural and agri-food policies, environmental protection and valorisation -. It is no coincidence, in fact, that the Umbria Region is the leading body of the Life Immagine project.”
