Art&Nature in Umbria

"Imagine an immense amphitheater, one that Nature might construct. Imagine a long spacious valley surrounded by mountains [...] Forests stretch downward artistically from the slopes of these mountains [...] One feels as though he were gazing at a scene far removed from reality, an imaginary scene painted with the most exquisite brush-strokes.”

These are the words used by Pliny the Younger in the 1st Century AD to describe the upper Valley of the Tiber that surrounds the Sant’Illuminato Holiday Farm. The slopes surrounding the valley are still covered with lush woods and studded with medieval castles, abbeys, and tiny picturesque churches.