Umbria

For hundreds of years, Roman Catholics have travelled from all over the world to witness the soaring majesty of Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis.Just a few miles…

When I was little, the first thing my mum wanted to know on holiday was: ‘Can you drink the water?’ A few decades later and we’ve just arrived at our villa in the…

Saints are meant to be, well, saintly. So when I heard about Saint Francis throwing himself into the rose bushes to quell his lustful urges I was pleasantly surprised…