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ASSISI, ITALY — A hilly patchwork of yellow and green Umbrian fields unfolded on both sides of the road as I zipped around hairpin turns in my little red Fiat, feeling every bit the race car driver.

Umbria comes by its moniker honestly. It’s a land of rolling hills, vineyards and picturesque villages. Assisi is the most famous town, known for its Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and stunning ...

Italy has long been a favorite country to visit among travelers. However, there are still plenty of places in Italy that have been overlooked—including one that's been named an underrated summer ...

For many years, Italians have hailed Umbria as Tuscany's prettier sister, a dramatic, mountainous country towered over by the Apennines to the east. Being the only landlocked county on the Italian ...

Reporting from Civitella, Italy — The anonymous stone building on the outskirts of Civitella, my Umbrian hilltop village, was a mystery to me. Every time I drove past, it was shut up and seemingly ...

Guanciale and carbonara. Guanciale and amatriciana. Guanciale and gricia. Like Romeo and Juliet, Dolce and Gabbana, and Maradona and Naples, the Italian pairing of this tender and flavorful deli meat ...

Known as “the green heart of Italy”, it is the only region that borders neither the sea nor another country and consequently retains many ancient traditions. Umbria’s landscape is defined by the ...