2013 Umbria Jazz a Perugia

Umbria Jazz 2013 Cresce l’elenco degli artisti che prenderanno parte alla prossima edizione dell’Umbria Jazz. John Legend - Lunedì 8 luglio - Arena Santa Giuliana alle 21.30

Montone November Festival 2012

Montone (PG) from 1st to 4th November 2012 Holding the 26th edition of the annual Woodland Festival All kinds of woodland produce, chestnuts, cured meats, cheeses, typical seasonal cakes and regional specialities also from other areas of Italy, Sicily & Campania.

Info: Montone
 Piazza Fortebraccio CAP 06014 MONTONE PG Comune: tel. 075/9306427 fax 075/9307121 www.comunemontone.it 
info@comunemontone.it 
segreteria@montone.org.

For accomodation please contact info@lapreghiera.com Tel: +39075 930 24 28 www.lapreghiera.com

Eurochocolate Perugia 2012

The Eurochocolate festival of Perugia is the biggest chocolate celebration in Europe. www.eurochocolate.com

From 18th to 28th October 2012 Perugia - This year's edition of the popular Eurochocolate event will run in Perugia from October 18th to 28th, with an innovative thematic take on the established programme that will concentrate on social networking and smartphone app technology. Info: info@eurochocolate.com.

www.umbriaonline.com

Montone (PG)
one of "The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy", is preparing to host, from July 11th to July 15th, 2012, the 2012 Umbria Film Festival, an international film festival (with a special eye to Italy and Europe) careful to the emerging, young and often off by large retailers productions. Among short films, feature films, documentaries and previews for free admission while seats last. For the 16th edition (after the prologue on July 8th and 9th at the Isola del Giglio, Giglio Island, Grosseto, with the twinned Giglio Film Festival, first edition) will be present the director and honorary chairman of the festival Terry Gilliam, actor, but especially director and writer of films like Brazil, The Fisher King, The 12 Monkeys, Tideland, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and many others, was fascinated by Montone and his “piazzetta illuminata dalla luna” ("moonlit small square").
And also those of the director Mike Figgis (Internal Affairs, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code...) and Paul Laverty, screenwriter of Ken Loach. Among the films that you will could enjoy we mention animated film Un vie de chat, by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, nominated in the list for the 2012 Oscar for animation; and Appartamento ad Atene by Ruggelo di Paola with Laura Morante (Ruggero di Paola will receive the award for "Best Italian Debut of the year").
In addition to the screenings in the Montone's square, 2012 Umbria Film Festival will also host a competition for short animation for children and the sixth edition of Umbriametraggi, competition-selection of short films by Umbrian filmmakers. 12 films selected to be transmitted at the Teatro San Fedele. The festival will also have a panel discussion on immigration and cinema and 2 concerts, to open and close, respectively, the event.
Opening concert will take place July 11th, 2012 by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale "A. Belli" of Spoleto. Closing July 15th, 2012 with the Società Filarmonica Braccio Fortebraccio that will perform music from the soundtracks of several films. Little curiosity of the Umbria Film Festival: each year is done the gift of the keys of the town of Montone to an international author, director or actor.
In addition to the same Terry Gilliam, in the past have received the keys Peter Mullan, Edgar Reitz, Hanif Kureishi, Michael Winterbottom, Ferzan Ozpetek, Vittorio Storaro, Colin Firth, Mike Leigh, Peter Lord, Mike Figgis, Lone Scherfig, Bahman Ghobadi, Ken Loach, Nicola Giuliano, Davide Ferrario. Fabrizio Galeazzi
www.bellaumbria.net
from 07/11/2012 to 07/15/2012
(+39) 075 9410776
www.umbriafilmfestival.com
info@umbriafilmfestival.com

Montone (PG)



one of "The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy", is preparing to host, from July 11th to July 15th, 2012, the 2012 Umbria Film Festival, an international film festival (with a special eye to Italy and Europe) careful to the emerging, young and often off by large retailers productions. Among short films, feature films, documentaries and previews for free admission while seats last. For the 16th edition (after the prologue on July 8th and 9th at the Isola del Giglio, Giglio Island, Grosseto, with the twinned Giglio Film Festival, first edition) will be present the director and honorary chairman of the festival Terry Gilliam, actor, but especially director and writer of films like Brazil, The Fisher King, The 12 Monkeys, Tideland, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and many others, was fascinated by Montone and his “piazzetta illuminata dalla luna” ("moonlit small square").
And also those of the director Mike Figgis (Internal Affairs, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code...) and Paul Laverty, screenwriter of Ken Loach. Among the films that you will could enjoy we mention animated film Un vie de chat, by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, nominated in the list for the 2012 Oscar for animation; and Appartamento ad Atene by Ruggelo di Paola with Laura Morante (Ruggero di Paola will receive the award for "Best Italian Debut of the year").
In addition to the screenings in the Montone's square, 2012 Umbria Film Festival will also host a competition for short animation for children and the sixth edition of Umbriametraggi, competition-selection of short films by Umbrian filmmakers. 12 films selected to be transmitted at the Teatro San Fedele. The festival will also have a panel discussion on immigration and cinema and 2 concerts, to open and close, respectively, the event.
Opening concert will take place July 11th, 2012 by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale "A. Belli" of Spoleto. Closing July 15th, 2012 with the Società Filarmonica Braccio Fortebraccio that will perform music from the soundtracks of several films. Little curiosity of the Umbria Film Festival: each year is done the gift of the keys of the town of Montone to an international author, director or actor.
In addition to the same Terry Gilliam, in the past have received the keys Peter Mullan, Edgar Reitz, Hanif Kureishi, Michael Winterbottom, Ferzan Ozpetek, Vittorio Storaro, Colin Firth, Mike Leigh, Peter Lord, Mike Figgis, Lone Scherfig, Bahman Ghobadi, Ken Loach, Nicola Giuliano, Davide Ferrario.
Fabrizio Galeazzi
www.bellaumbria.net
from 07/11/2012 to 07/15/2012
(+39) 075 9410776
www.umbriafilmfestival.com
info@umbriafilmfestival.com

UMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL, MONTONE, ITALY - THIS WEEK

The 16th year of festivities in this tiny and delightful walled hilltop city. One of the ten most beautiful towns in Italy. This year Ralph Fiennes is being presented with the Keys to the City for his contributions to world cinematography. The Italian cinema has had innumerable international successes in the last 60 years, and many of them are examined in detail on the site www.reelstreets.com where the locations are discovered and comparative then and now photographs show the changes in architecture, street furniture, vehicles, clothes, styles and food and feeding habits, a celluloid social survey. The accommodations offered at www.villamoscatelli.com and www.lapreghiera.com are of an excellent standard, and are only some 12km distant, and for a really long stay the properties at Palazetto, on the site www.propertiesumbria.com are worth investigating, and are only some two km from the town centre of Montone. Films, spaghetti, wine, sunshine and classical Italian countryside hospitality will make this Umbrian Film Festival another classic.

Pasqua in Umbria

Siamo tutti in attesa delle festività pasquali in Alta Valle del Tevere, in Umbria Italia
e nella nostra lussuosa e accogliente “Gues house” con 9 camere da letto,
Residenza d'Epoca La Preghiera, un monastero del XII, un complesso recentemente ristrutturato, circondato di un splendido giardino,
dove abbiamo felicita e onore d’offrire un soggiorno di due o tre giorni ad un prezzo speciale per l’apertura della stagione di 75 Euro a persona a notte, colazione inclusa. L'offerta è per due camere lussuose e confortevoli con il bagno, per due notti, o una camera per 3 notti.
Vi chiediamo di consultare il nostro website www.lapreghiera.com
e contattare via e-mail per una richiesta di prenotazione al info@lapreghiera.com

Ogni città e villaggio sta preparando manifestazioni gastronomiche, culturali e religiose, tra cui sfilate serali drammatiche & religiose in costumi medievali a Cortona, Mercatale, Gubbio, Perugia, Umbertide, Montone, Città di Castello e Assisi il Venerdì 6 aprile.

Concerti di musica classica e cori si esibiranno in moltissime chiese il Sabato e Domenica 7 e 8 aprile, con l’ingresso libero.

Il weekend si concluderà con i festeggiamenti pasquali e cibi tradizionali di Pasquetta .

I dettagli degli eventi si possono trovare sugli website d’ ogni città.

Per chi desiderasse prolungare il soggiorno sino a una settimana offriamo uno splendido cottage Self Catering www.villamoscatelli.com da 900 Euro a settimana per un bellissimo cottage complessivo di una cucina , soggiorno e l’uso di una splendida camera matrimoniale, 1500 Euro a settimana per stessa villa ma con uso di 3 camere da letto, con possibilità di ospitare da 6 a 8 persone.

Il complesso si trova sulla strada privata e tranquilla ma asfaltata, con facile accesso, a 400 metri dal villaggio Calzolaro e cinque minuti dall'uscita Promano della E45
Siamo a meta strada tra Roma e Firenze, vicini a Perugia, Gubbio, Cortona, Assisi, Montone, Città di Castello e Umbertide

La Preghiera è disponibile anche per i matrimoni nella cappella privata situata nel giardino, seguita dalla reception . Per i dettagli www.weddingsumbria.com

Ci sono splendide passeggiate in campagna, e ottimi ristoranti a gestione familiare, sia in città che in campagna, distanti cinque minuti in auto o a piedi.

I borghi medioevali finalmente stanno prendendo la vita con i fiori che sbocciano, dopo un lungo freddo e pieno di neve inverno.

Venite numerosi a partecipare alla rinascita e caricare le pile con l’energia del sole caldo il cielo azzurro, dove l'unico rumore che troverete è il canto degli uccelli!

Liliana Tunstill

La Preghiera

Calzolaro, PG

Easter in Umbria

We are looking forward now to the Easter festivities in the Upper Tiber Valley, in Umbria, Italy and at our luxury 9 bedroom guest house, Residenza d’Epoca La Preghiera, a XII century small monastery elegantly restored and set in beautiful grounds, we are offering a two or three day stay at a special start of season price of 75 Euro per person per night, including breakfast. The offer is for two en-suite sunny rooms for two nights, or one room for 3 nights, any day during the month of April, subject to availability. Please see our website www.lapreghiera.com and email us for a booking enquiry. Longer stays also available.



Each town and village is preparing gastronomic, cultural and religious events, which include impressive and dramatic evening religious parades in medieval costume with huge bonfires en-route in Cortona, Mercatale, Gubbio, Perugia, Umbertide, Montone, Citta di Castello and Assisi on Friday 6th April.

Classic concerts and choirs will be performing in many of the churches on Saturday and Sunday 7th and 8th April, with free entry.

The weekend will culminate with Easter festivities and traditional food on Easter Monday.

Specific details of the events can be found on the websites of each town.

If you would like to extend your stay, or can’t make it to Umbria for the Easter weekend, you will receive a warm welcome at La Preghiera at any other time, for your early B/B Spring holiday, or for a week’s stay at the luxury cottage in the same grounds, see Villa Moscatelli on www.villamoscatelli.com from 900 Euro per week (1 bedroom) to 1500 Euro per week (3 bedrooms).

We are situated on a quiet private road with easy access, 400 metres from the village and five minutes drive from the Promano exit on the E45 north-south route half way between Florence and Rome.

La Preghiera is also available for weddings in the chapel situated in the garden, followed by the reception afterwards. Extra accommodation for guests available. www.weddingsumbria.com

There are wonderful country walks, and very good family run restaurants in the towns or the countryside, within a five minute drive or walking distance.

The medieval hilltop villages are coming alive with flowers and bustle after a long snowy winter.

Come and join in the re-birth and energize in the warm sun and clear blue skies, where the only noise is the bird song !

Liliana Tunstill

La Preghiera

Calzolaro, PG

LUXURY ACCOMODATION, UMBRIA, ITALY

In the midst of all the doom, gloom, wars, revolutions and general despair isn't it time you, for once, treated yourself and your family to a really stupendous and luxurious holiday?
No bling, no flashing disco lights, no all-night bars, just the benefits of an English country house set in a medieval Italian monastery, with Roman and perhaps Etruscan foundations, set in the midst of the gentle Umbrian countryside, on the borders of Tuscany.
Accepted as the highest grade of accommodation by the Italian Tourist Authorities, this property has been classified as one of the most beautiful and well equipped residences in Umbria,
Antique furniture, beautiful gardens, amazing breakfast buffet, timber beams, terra cotta, old stone, marble-clad bathrooms, soft sheets, and in the spring and autumn, open fires with the wonderful smell of wood smoke, comfortable family atmosphere and resident owners.
A sedate country house set amongst open fields and tree covered gentle hills, ideal for relaxing, walking, cycling and horse-riding. Just three hundred meters from the village of Calzolaro, four kilometers from Trestina, with half a dozen bars and restaurants, and only a ten minute drive to Citta' di Castello, and Umbertide, which have several hundred shops.
Restaurants begin just 200 meters away, an amazing family-run pizzeria, and their wine, selected by Giorgio, the guv'nor, is produced locally in very small quantities, and, because there are no middle men, outlets, advertising or supermarkets involved, is of amazing quality, at a very affordable price.
For holidays, family occasions, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and family gatherings La Preghiera is ideal, and to further entertain your guests it is situated within forty minutes of ten medieval towns and cities, including Sansepulcro, Citta' di Castello, Montone, Gubbio, Umbertide, Perugia, Asissi, Magione, Passignano and Cortona.
Early bookings are always rewarded with discounted offers, so think seriously about a once in a lifetime treat and savour the delights of La Preghiera.