Step through the archway into Benano and you’ll instantly be transported back to a simpler life at a slower pace. The pleasant rhythm of the village has changed little over a thousand years.… Neighbors gathering around a table in the piazza on summer evenings, sharing home-made wine and shelling peas…. The fall olive harvest on the villa’s back slope, followed by a trip to the frantoio, where the olives are pressed and the new oil bottled…. An evening sampling the year’s first press of olive oil or the local vineyards’ vino novello…. The daily bread delivery of pane Toscana, focaccia, and pizza bianca…. Local food festivals (sagras) on evenings and weekends throughout the year…. Or simply discovering la dolce far niente, the joy of doing nothing. You’ll wish you could bottle it all up to take home, along with the olive oil and wine.

 

Festivals

Torre Alfina

Festa di S. Bernardino da Siena
(third Sunday in May)
Festa del Gelato
(third weekend in July)
Torre Alfina Blues Festival
(late July)
Festa Bucolica
(first week of August)
Sagra delle pappardelle al cinghiale
(second week of August)
Festa della Madonna
(first Sunday in September)

Orvieto

Umbria Jazz
(July 2009)
Slow Food
(late September/early October)

Other festivals in Umbria

Festivals

Torre Alfina

Festa di S. Bernardino da Siena
(third Sunday in May)
Festa del Gelato
(third weekend in July)
Torre Alfina Blues Festival
(late July)
Festa Bucolica
(first week of August)
Sagra delle pappardelle al cinghiale
(second week of August)
Festa della Madonna
(first Sunday in September)

Orvieto

Umbria Jazz
(July 2009)
Slow Food
(late September/early October)

Other festivals in Umbria