Mount Subasio dominates the countryside and has become a Regional Natural Park famous for its habitat, its secular holm-oaks and for the natural pathways leading to meditation spots such as the Eremo delle Carceri, which started off as a small oratory and is nowadays a monastery.

Assisi appears to the visitor from afar with a great number of churches, bell towers and houses, surrounded by the old medieval walls, with the unmistakable and imposing construction of the Basilica of Saint Francis and above the fortress of the Rocca Maggiore.

The city does not only vaunt an important artistic and cultural history, as can be seen by the Palazzo dei Priori and the Municipal Art Gallery, but has always been a destination for pilgrims from all over the Christian world. Numerous are the basilicas, the most important being without any doubt the Basilica of Saint Francis, divided between the Upper Basilica (entirely covered by frescoes of the 13th and 14th centuries that include the famous series of the Life of Saint Francis painted by Giotto) and the Lower Basilica (which was built first). Then the Basilica of Saint Clare, which conserves the Crucifix that spoke to Saint Francis and, in the crypt, a sarcophagus with the bones of Saint Clare, the Church of San Damiano, where the conversion of Saint Francis took place, and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, (located in the village of the same name), which houses the Porziuncola, where Saint Francis gathered together his first religious community, and the Chapel of the Transit, where the Poor Saint died in 1226.

The district of Assisi has other gems such as Bettona, the Etruscan balcony with its suggestive panoramic views, and Cannara, known for its famous red onion.

The crafts industry continues the tradition of the working of wrought iron, copper and wood. A special mention must be reserved for the embroidery known under the name of “Punto Assisi” (Assisi Point), which decorates tablecloths, handkerchiefs and bed linen with simple yet elegant motifs.

The undisputed protagonists of food and wine are the D.O.C wines and the “Umbria” D.O.P olive oil which accompany typical, strong-flavoured dishes such as the famous onion of Cannara, the honey of Mount Subasio and the roast pork of Bastia Umbra.