Where we are
We are in the Alto Chiascio, the part of Umbria between Gubbio and the Apennines, made of hills, woodland and stone villages looking over the valley. People here have always lived on wheat and firewood, and in Gualdo Tadino lustreware is still fired in muffle kilns.
Gubbio and around
Gubbio is fifteen minutes away, with its medieval town, the Palazzo dei Consoli and the cable car up Monte Ingino. On 15 May there is the Corsa dei Ceri, and from 7 December to Epiphany the Gubbio Christmas Tree, the largest in the world, with the Christmas markets; the Franciscan Way of Peace also starts in Gubbio and reaches Assisi on foot.
Assisi is three quarters of an hour away, with the Basilica of St Francis and the Eremo delle Carceri, and Perugia half an hour, with its historic centre, the National Gallery of Umbria, Umbria Jazz in July and Eurochocolate in autumn. A little further are Spello, with its June Infiorata, Spoleto, with the Cathedral, the Ponte delle Torri and the Festival dei Due Mondi between June and July, and Rasiglia, the village of streams.
From spring to autumn you can walk the trails of the Monte Cucco park, and the Frasassi Caves are half an hour away.
Getting here
Agriturismo Casale Rancaglia
Strada di Rancaglia snc
06023 Gualdo Tadino (PG)
Italy
- Use Google Maps and search for «Casale Rancaglia», not the address, which sometimes leads to the wrong place. Car navigation systems often suggest minor roads we do not recommend.
- Take the Perugia–Ancona expressway, the SS318, and exit at Fano/Gubbio, not at Casacastalda. If you are coming from Gubbio or Fano, take the Perugia exit.
- Right after the exit keep to the right and take the slip road for Caprara, Biagetto and Pieve di Compresseto: this is where most people go wrong, because the slip road comes up immediately.
- Continue to Pieve di Compresseto and turn onto Strada di Rancaglia: after five minutes we are on the right, and the last 300 metres are an unpaved road.
Guides to the area
Day and half-day trips.