Location: Tuoro sul Trasimeno in Italy
Car: recommended
The farmhouse is a short walk, through olive groves to the village of Tuoro sul Trasimeno with its small shops for local produce and basic supplies - fish monger, butcher, chemist, pizzeria, trattoria. Weekly food market. There's a cafe in the village square for coffees and aperitifs. 20 minute drive round the lake will take you to the Tuscan hilltop town of Cortona or to the medieval city of Perugia. Below the village of Tuoro sul Trasimeno is the lakeside beach and pier for the Trasimeno island ferry. Fantastic fish restaurant on the isola. Windsurfs, pedalos and sail boats can be hired from the Tuoro beach. The house is in an ideal location for exploring Umbria and Tuscany. Small railway station in Tuoro takes you to Perugia, or the station of Terontola (20 min drive from house) has direct fast trains to Florence and Rome. The house is on the marked 'Hannibal' walk which takes you from Tuoro up to the hamlet of Sanguinetto and down into the green valley, leading to Lake Trasimeno.