Lago Trasimeno is in the region of Umbria and we headed to an area called Passignano Sul Trasimeno. We spent a total of 3 nights in, I must say, the best campsite we have stayed in so far and had a pitch right on the lake shore, the site is called Camping La Spiaggia. We setup our little environment and admired the tranquil views across the lake and Passignano.
Our pitch was spacious, the dog area was just right with plenty of room for Alfie and Jerry to have fun in the water chasing balls. The campsite was spotless, friendly and had a bar and restaurant serving fantastic food.
Passignano is only a 10-minute walk and is an ancient fishing village. A mix of architecture from the investment over the centuries and we loved the retro feel and how the blend of building designs mixed together. Random fact, Passignano has one of the world’s largest frying pans, able to cook up to 2 tonnes of fish in one go and is used during festivals. There is a choice of restaurants, mainly with views of the lake and all have wonderful service and food. Of course, we had a Gelato (ice cream) or maybe that was a few!
Lake Trasimeno has a cycle path around the shoreline, it can be enjoyed by both bike and walking and is 59km in total.
We spent our time enjoying the views, playing and swimming with the dogs, walking some of the peripheral of the lake and obviously eating, drinking and just relaxing.
We had to take Jerry to the vets while we were there due to him having a bad paw. As Jerry does get very stressed when visiting the vets, he had to be sedated. The vet found 4 grass seeds deeply embedded in one of his paws and had to surgically extract them, along with this she also found a long one in his ear. Those grass seeds are causing us an issue, time to think about serious prevention!! Vets were excellent and a hell of a lot cheaper than the UK.
All together a wonderful time spent at Trasimeno.
Upon leaving we travelled around the lake to a lovely location called Castiglione del Lago. In the Middle Ages it became a powerful fortified village. However the castle has had a chequered past having been built, destroyed, rebuilt, destroyed and rebuilt again transforming it to a fortress called Castello del Leone (Castle of the Lions) which later became Castigilione. The historic centre is surrounded by medieval walls with three gates, the fortress has the shape of an irregular pentagon with five towers dominated by a triangle main tower nearly 30 metres tall.
We wondered around the narrow streets and came across a unimpressive cafe however it had beautiful panoramic views over the lake and superb food. A very relaxed lunch taking in our surroundings and then we embarked upon our journey back to Radicondoli.
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