PERUGIA CITY TOUR 2011
Red Bus service from April 4th to November 2nd 2011
Perugia City Tour is the tourist Minibus that enable you to leisurely visit the Perugia historical centre. Thanks to the flat roof of the bus, you will have a wide view and you will enjoy the medieval centre between narrow streets and squares, admiring monuments, churches and historical buildings. The red bus has audio service guide in 4 languages: Italian, English, German and French.
From Piazza Italia every day service.
EUROCHOCOLATE 2011
Perugia from 14th to 23rd October 2011
You can't live just on dreams... "Eurochocolate, an event to frame"!
It has also a logo: a photo, or better, the frame for a photo made of chocolate, with the traditional logo showing the two kids…but if you look closely, you'll se the two kids biting the chocolate frame!
FESTIVAL DELLE NAZIONI
Città di Castello
August 23rd - September 4th 2011
The Festival delle Nazioni was conceived in 1968 with the aim of promoting the artistic heritage, culture and music of the Upper Tiber Valley, as well as playing a high quality role in the most prestigious Italian and European arenas of cultural events.
Trasimeno Music Festival
Perugia, Lago Trasimeno from 2 to 8 July 2011
Situated in the heart of Umbria, just twenty minutes from the historic city of Perugia, Trasimeno Lake is one of the most beautiful natural sights in Italy, and the country’s fourth largest lake. The festival venue is the Castle of the Knights of Malta in Magione, with its stunning 15th-century courtyard.
UMBRIA JAZZ 2011
Perugia from 8 to 17 July 2011
This year’s edition of Umbria Jazz is a very special one, dedicated to 150 years of the Unification of Italy and to women, who will be the protagonists of a festival programme in which a lot of space is given to them.
And it is not only in the musical sphere that women are featured: for the first time the official festival poster has been created by a woman, artist Grazia Varisco.
Vini nel Mondo - Spoleto
Spoleto from 2nd to 5th June 2011
We will have four days - from 2nd to 5th June - packed with information, tasting and festivity in the splendid setting of mediaeval Spoleto, which is opening up its streets, buildings and monuments to the culture of quality wine and to every one who comes in search of it.
Il Pianeta che Cambia - The World is Changing
The New York American Museum of Natural History is coming to Italy thanks to Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio of Perugia.
Piero Angela will introduce the 1 october the initiative “Il Pianeta che cambia” (The World is Changing).
Only one Italian stage in the Umbria Region, for the three expositions of the American Museum of Natural History of New York.
Three wonderful italian city are going to host the exhibitions:
Perugia: 2 october 2010 – 5 june 2011: Climate Change;
DITECHEESE !
Perugia from 28th April to 1st May 2011
The Cheese festival is coming back in the Perugia Historical centre and in the Rocca Paolina !
Every day free entrance from 10 am to 9 pm
Ditecheese is a gastronomic festival that pay homage to the taste of cheese from Italy, France, Switzerland, and Holland. This festival wants to enhance awareness of dairy farm products combined with foods and wines.
International Journalism Festival
Perugia 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 April
The International Journalism Festival is back in Perugia.
This year it will you surprise in 5 days of meetings, round table discussion, interviews, new book presentations, workshop, screening of documentaries, competitions, prize giving, exhibitions. As usually, the event will be admission free and it is going to receive journalists from all over the world.
Over 140 events and more than 300 journalists and experts will be expected in Perugia to discuss of journalism, news, events and media issues.
Frantoi Aperti
3 October-6 Dicember 2010, Umbria
This 13th edition of Extra Vergin Oil Festival "Frantoi Aperti" will offer 6 week-ends where the rediscovery for such a unique product cannot be missed. Many cultural initiatives organized by local adiministrations and oil mills will take place along the tradional Umbrias "Oil way" such as street performances and tastes.


