Umbria Shopping

Heaven for genuine shopping, food and more

by Trekki

Umbria is without doubt a heaven for shopping. Not only for textiles and clothes but for anything which has to do with delicious food. For clothes and textiles, Tela Umbra is one of the most famous ones. It was set up in 1908 by a young American, Alice Hallgarten-Franchetti, who has improved the conditions for workers and built schools for their kids. Today, you can not only buy finest woven textiles abut also visit a museum about textile making.Very famous for finest cashmere is Brunello Cucinelli in Solomeo near Perugia. Not cheap but maybe the best and finest cashmere on the planet.Deruta and other little villages are well know for marvellous ceramics. Norcia, the tiny village in Umbria’s eastern part, is the world capital of the best sausages. As I was here by plane and then travelling in a rented car, my luggage capacity was quite limited. So I only bought what I could eat while I...

Norcia - cheeses and salumi

by sierralyndon

The little town of Norcia appears to be full of small shops selling lots of salumi (dried meats like salami, wild boar ham, etc.), cheeses, mushrooms/truffles and honey. Some salumi have the strangest names as well. 'Twas a bit embarrassing asking for what equated to "grandfather's balls"!

L'infinitamente piccolo: Get Angelo Branduardi's "Umbria" CD :-)

by Trekki

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Terracotta d'Umbria

by croisbeauty

Hand made embroidery

by croisbeauty

Condiments

by croisbeauty