Glamping Umbria

Umbria is the green heart of Italy, south of Tuscany and with no coastline. The campsite is set on an eighty-hectare estate, amid olive and walnut trees. The climate is Mediterranean with warm, dry summers: around 29 degrees in July and August, and around 20 to 24 in May and September. Perugia, Assisi and Spoleto are all within an hour, and by train from Foligno you'll be in Rome in just over an hour.

Rolling hills with olive groves, sunflower fields and oak woods, interspersed with deep valleys. Lake Trasimeno is big enough for swimming and boating. In the Sibillini Mountains and on Monte Subasio above Assisi, footpaths climb above the tree line. The Marmore Falls near Terni plunge almost 165 metres in three tiers.

Walk and cycle from the estate itself, or further afield in the mountains around Assisi. You can swim in the campsite pool and in Lake Trasimeno. Nearby there are olive oil and wine tastings, and in summer the medieval villages put on full programmes of markets and festivals. Rome makes a day trip by train from Foligno.

Assisi, birthplace of St Francis, is on the UNESCO list with its basilica and is close by. Perugia is the region's university city, known for chocolate and its jazz festival in July. Smaller towns such as Bevagna and Spello have stayed completely medieval. Umbria is regarded as the home of the Italian truffle; in the villages you can eat them all year round.