Spello, Italy

Despite being listed among Italy’s most beautiful villages, Spello is a spot that has gained more and more spotlight in the last ten years thanks to “infiorate”, wonderful flower compositions made by local artists and citizens between May and June for an event called “Corpus Domini”. But flowers are more than a single event: they’re really the main theme of the village. All year long. Strolling through the alleys you can find plants hung to walls literally everywhere, in a multitude of colours and types you’ll be pressed to take photos every step of the way!

Wow

This peculiarity gives Spello a different look and feel from other medieval villages of Umbria, although they were all established during the Roman times, details of which are evident especially on the very well preserved city walls and towers, let alone churches and palaces.

A day trip in Spello can’t end without a lavish meal, local specialties are lentils, gnocchi, and the vast production of cold cuts (in Italian “norcineria”) Umbria is super famous for.

Now I’m hungry