Where to Stay in Umbria

Umbria reveals its deepest charms when you sleep among olive groves and vineyards rather than beneath the neon of a chain hotel.

Choose an agriturismo (working farm stay) or a warm, family-run B&B and you’ll wake to birdsong, taste estate-pressed olive oil at breakfast and still be within a half-hour drive of the region’s art-packed hill towns.

Note that many farmhouses require a minimum three-night stay — all the better for settling in and using them as a relaxing base for day-trips across Umbria.

Perugia – the hill-capital with an artistic heartbeat

• Locanda della Posta Boutique Hotel — 18^th-century townhouse steps from Corso Vannucci.
• Castello di Monterone — fairy-tale castle with panoramic pool, ten minutes by taxi from the centre.
• Borgo Mandoleto Country Resort & Spa — agriturismo amid sunflower fields offering cooking classes and bikes.

Assisi – Saint Francis’ UNESCO-listed sanctuary

• Hotel Il Palazzo — 16^th-century residence between the Basilica and Piazza del Comune.
• Le Mandrie di San Paolo — working organic farm high above town with an infinity pool and farm-to-table dinners.
• Nun Assisi Relais & Spa Museum — luxury retreat in a converted convent featuring Roman-era spa excavations.

Orvieto – dramatic tufa-top cathedral city

• Agriturismo La Chiusetta — stone farmhouse 5 km from town with poolside views and homemade jams.
• Agriturismo Cioccoleta — intimate vineyard stay producing its own Orvieto Classico; superb sunsets.
• Tenuta di Corbara — former noble estate turned cottage-dotted wine resort with riding trails by Lake Corbara.

Spoleto – arches, art and the Festival dei Due Mondi

• Palazzo Leti Residenza d’Epoca — 12-room palace inside the medieval walls with frescoed salons and terraced gardens.
• Palazzo Dragoni Residenza d’Epoca — 15^th-century residence next to the cathedral, renowned for panoramic breakfast views.
• Borgo della Marmotta — hamlet-turned-farm-resort among olive groves, offering bikes, pool and Umbrian cookery lessons.

Gubbio – “the stone city” famous for candlelit festivals

• Relais Ducale — rustic-chic rooms on Piazza Grande; enjoy an aperitivo at sunset.
• Park Hotel Ai Cappuccini — 17^th-century monastery turned spa resort with a vast indoor pool.
• Castello di Petroia — authentic 10^th-century castle outside town, famed for horseback trails and farm-to-table dinners.

Booking tip: reserve early for July’s Spoleto Festival or Perugia’s Umbria Jazz, when the finest agriturismi fill up fast.