Gubbio is the medieval Umbria that tourists miss. Assisi is the one they don’t.
Plan your trip →Grey stone, severe, dramatic. Palazzo dei Consoli. Corsa dei Ceri (May 15, the most intense festival in Italy — three teams race 300kg wooden pillars up a mountain). Cable car to Monte Ingino. Fewer tourists.
Pink stone, gentle, spiritual. Basilica di San Francesco. Giotto. Rocca Maggiore. More famous, more visited, more pilgrimage than tourism.
Gubbio: medieval atmosphere, the Ceri (if timing works), Monte Ingino views. Assisi: art, spirituality, beauty. Assisi is more beautiful; Gubbio is more authentic.