Spoleto Daytrips

From Spoleto, take a train to Trevi. Dir: Perugia or Ancona, 10min., 17 per day 12:10am-10:09pm, €1.75. From the station, take an orange municipal bus to town. Buses run to P. Mazzini, the main piazza at the top of the hill. M-Sa 6 per day 7:30am-6:15pm, return buses M-Sa 5 per day 6:55am-5:40pm; €0.70.

Removed and unhurried compared to the more trafficked Umbrian towns, Trevi (TREH-vee; pop. 7800) rests among sloping olive groves atop a hill. Most sights are easily reached from Piazza Mazzini, the centro. The Pinacoteca Raccolta d’Arte di San Francesco houses a collection of Renaissance religious art. The unique Museo della Civiltà Dell’Ulivo offers a history of the city’s staple olive oil industry as well as samples and recipes. Follow V. San Francesco from P. Mazzini to reach the museums, both at Lungo Don Bosco 5. (☎0742 38 16 28; www.sistemamuseo.it. Open June-July Tu-Su 10am-12:30pm and 3:30-7pm; Aug. daily 10am-12:30pm and 3-7:30pm; Sept. and Apr.-May Tu-Su 10am-12:30pm and 2:30-6pm; Oct.-Mar. F-Su 10am-12:30pm and 2:30-5pm. €4, students €2.50.) The Flash Art Museum, V. Placido Riccardi 4, showcases avant-garde art in a 15th-century palazzo. The small museum, which is associated with the contemporary Italian art magazine, Flash, hosts rotating exhibits of modern art. (☎0742 38 10 21; www.treviflashartmuseum.org. Open Tu-Su 4-7pm.) The Illumination Procession, one of Umbria’s oldest religious festivals, takes place on January 28.

Ristorante Maggiolini , V. San Francesco 20, near the museums off P. Mazzini, has an intimate interior and a bar for sampling Trevi’s olive oil. (☎0742 38 15 34. Primi €6-8. Secondi €6-12. Open M and W-Su noon-3pm and 7-10:30pm. MC/V.) The Pro Loco tourist office, P. Mazzini 5, offers assistance in renting one of the abundant affitacamere, a better deal than any of Trevi’s expensive hotels. (☎0742 78 11 50; www.protrevi.it. Open daily 9am-1pm and 3:30-7:30pm.) To reach the office from P. Garibaldi, take V. Roma to P. Mazzini.