Assissi

After leaving Rome we followed the valley of the River Tiber to the hills of Umbria, which form part of the Apennines. We stayed overnight in the hill-top town of Assisi, the home of St Francis.
The huge Basilica which was built in the 13th century after St Francis' death, has huge frescoes of Italian art throughout the building.
Whilst in Assisi we went on a mini tour to the beautiful little Umbrian town of Spello. The little pathways and lanes were how I imagined Italy to be with the old but quaint buildings and cobbled stoned streets lined with window boxes of flowers.