10 Perugia
Perugia Itinerary
7:30 am | Depart from Borgo Mercatale. |
9:45 am | Take Mini-Metro to the center of Perugia. |
10:15 am | Walk (7 min.) to M.A.N.U. National Archeological Museum of Umbria, with a focus on the Etruscans |
11:15 am | Walk (9 min.) to Nobile Collegio del Cambio, an old seat of Moneychangers, built between 1452 and 1457; it has several masterpieces of the important artist, Perugino, a teacher of Raffaello. |
12:00 noon | Walk (5 min) to San Severo Church, with a fresco begun by Raffaello and completed by Perugino. |
12:30 – 2 pm | Lunch / Free time. Meet at San Severo at 2. |
2 pm | Walk (2 min.) to Etruscan well (in basement of Palazzo Sorbello): a masterpiece of Etruscan hydraulic engineering. Built 3rd-2nd c. BCE. It was one of the main reservoirs of water in Etruscan and Roman times. |
2:30 pm | Walk (3 min.) to Etruscan Arch: 3rd c. BCE. One of the 7 gates in the Etruscan walls of Perusia. |
3:00 pm | Walk (9 min.) to the Acquedotto (begun around 1300 CE), which brought water to the Fontana Maggiore. We can walk in the Acquedotto. |
3:30 pm | Walk (11 min.) to Mini-Metro. Take Mini-Metro to bus parking. |
4:30 pm | Our bus departs from Mini-Metro station. Note: The bus cannot wait for late arrivals. |
6:15 pm | Arrival in Borgo Mercatale |