location

Sangemini is situated in the South of Umbria, just over an hour from the airports of Rome.

It’s surrounded by history and culture from Assissi and Gubbio just 45 minutes north to the wonderful cathedral at Orvietto and the music festivals of Perugia and Spoletto.   The Colosseum, The Forum and Trevi fountain, The Vatican City and the Sisteen Chapel, the Tivoli Gardens are all an easy day trip. By train from Terni or Orte, you can be in Florence or Sienna by mid-morning.

The medieval town of Sangemini itself is the perfect Italian experience where you are very unlikely to bump into fellow tourists.   Sangemini hosts it’s own summer festival of music as well as the Medieval Giostra Dell’Arme in autumn which draws people from all over Italy.   At Christmas and you can see the annual cheese rolling contest as teams from the area compete to roll massive cheeses up through the cobbled streets.   There is an Opera Museum, The Geo Lab Centre for Earth Sciences and a short drive away Carsulae.

Carsulae is a Roman amphitheatre and settlement.   It’s the kind of attraction that in the UK would be under glass and roped off.   Here you can picnic amidst the ruins.   All this 20 minutes drive from Terni, birth place of St Valentine which provides all the facilities of a large bustling modern city.   Here you are off the beaten track and will never find yourself in a restaurant filled purely with other tourists or in a supermarket with signs in three languages.   If you are looking for a real Italian experience then look no further.

Local Facilities:

• San Gemini (3.5 Kms)
• Terni (15kms)
• Supermarket, cafes, restaurants, comunal swimming pool, tennis courts, English speaking doctor, pharmacy, petrol station.
• Large supermarkets, city shopping facilities, large hospital, mainline railway station, hire car offices.