Meet your guide in front of the Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi and start your tour. The church realized with the typical pink stone extracted from the quarry of the Subasio mountain, contains precious frescos dating back to the period from the XIIth to the XIVth century. After the visit, you will take a taxi (included) to reach the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels. Built on a grandiose scale, the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli is the seventh largest Christian church. After this visit, you will return in Assisi center to visit the magnificient St. Francis Basilica. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The Basilica of Saint Francis is world-famous for its 13th-14th century frescoes by the best painters of Italy at that time. Among those, the most famous is Giotto.
Begin your journey at the Basilica of St. Clare, home to the original San Damiano Cross, which, according to tradition, inspired St. Francis to rebuild the Church. Learn about the life of St. Clare, founder of the Order of Poor Clares and one of the most important figures in Franciscan history.
Continue with transportation to the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, where you will visit the Porziuncola Chapel, the small church restored by St. Francis and considered the spiritual birthplace of the Franciscan movement. This sacred place remains one of the world's most important pilgrimage destinations.
Your experience concludes at the magnificent Basilica of St. Francis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Italy's greatest masterpieces of medieval art. Explore both the Upper and Lower Basilicas while admiring extraordinary frescoes by Giotto, Cimabue and other renowned artists, as your guide reveals the history, spirituality and artistic treasures that make this sanctuary famous around the world.
Marco was a terrific guide. He gave us a lot of great information that we would not otherwise know. His knowledge of the area and history is outstanding. Highly recommend the tour.
Exactly as described! The tour was everything we expected and our tour guide was knowledgeable and clearly excited to share her love for the beautiful Basilicas and town of Assisi. Highly recommend this tour!
The tour was fantastic. Our guide Werner was incredibly knowledgeable and provided us with so many details about the life of St. Francis his faith journey as well as so many interesting facts regarding the 3 churches we visited. I highly recommend this tour.
Marica, the tour guide, was so welcoming and friendly. She shared her amazing knowledge about the Basilicas and the Franciscan way of life. Highly recommend this tour!
Michael (tour guide)was very friendly and pleasant. He enjoyed sharing his knowledge of the places and other historical things about the area. He was the best guide we’ve ever had. We were really happy with the whole experience.
We did a private tour and it was great! Our guide was full of information, it was personal enough that we did not have to wear headsets and he allowed us to go at our own pace!
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and dedicated to ensuring that we had a fantastic experience. We saw everything that was promised for the tour and more. Great communication. Highly recommend and appreciated!
It was a wonderful experience and our guide was very informative. We were late traveling up from Rome. They were very hopeful in guiding us. We learned our lesson if you're coming to a CC driving is a challenge.
Professional and informative. Merika was focused and knowledgeable. Highly recommended. Giotto receives his just due
Great The guide was very knowledgeable, engaging . We very much enjoyed the tour and felt the material was very well prepared.
Marica, is very knowledgeable and friendly. You can see how passionate she is about what she is speaking about and she wants to share that joy with you. We had a very wonderful time
Amazing and knowledgeable tour guide, beautiful churches, spectacular art, fascinating history and beautiful connection to the lives of St. Francis and St. Claire.
Giovanni was the best guide. He was extremely knowledgeable and was patient and kind, took his time to really explain in detail everything we were seeing. It made all the difference in our ability to understand the rich history and paintings of the different periods. We had an AMAZING time with Giovanni. Grazie!
Our guide, “Pepe” did an excellent job explaining about the works of Saint Francis and Saint Clare and answering all our questions. We would highly recommend him and this tour.
This tour is fab! They drive you to the key sites. Our guide spoke excellent English. She explained very well the story of St. Francis and St. Clare. I highly recommend this tour
Outstanding tour and outstanding guides. Very knowledgeable, clear to understand, and even added extra material. Could not have been better.
Guide was excellent very knowledgeable. Provided wonderful insights and information about Francis and Claire.
Request Alex for your guide. Especially if your interest is spiritual and to learn the lives of St. Francis and St. Clair. Her knowledgeable and experience as a guide is amazing. She will immediately ask you what your interest is and adjust how she guides to this. My wife and I walked away very pleased. And she is so kind and friendly
Marica did an outstanding job! She tailored the tour to our interests. Her 18 years of experience were evident. She has exceptional knowledge of St. Francis and St. Clare. She was very pleasant to work with.
Thank you Frilo! This was the best tour we have ever taking. He took his time with us. He explained everything about the three Basilicas. He went at our pace and didn't rush us through. Highly recommend.
Incredible tour by an amazing tour guide, Andre. The explanation of the frescos featuring the life of Jesus and the life of St. Francis was very interesting.
As examples of early art they are incredible Sadly St Frances gets very much taken over by your groups with guides giving running commentary via audio mikes - spoils the ambience
Our guide, Michele T, was excellent... knowledgeable, personable, and professional. A great experience.
My husband and I travelled to Italy with a large group. We booked this as a private tour and were so glad we did. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and provided so many details that I wanted to record everything because she knew so much about the history of the Basilica's that it was hard to soak it all in. I wish I could remember her name to give her credit! Highly recommend!
Wonderful tour. Very informative. Learned a lot about st Francis and st Clair. Tour guide did great job. Happy we good tour
Werner was our guide and he was very knowledgeable and interesting. He was a joy as our leader. I would definitely do this tour again and would ask for Werner!
Begonia (our guide with Umbria con me) was an excellent tour guide. Rather informed about history and the details of the importance of Francis, and Assisi, she brought the art, city, and history to life! Highly recommend this tour to help you appreciate Assisi!
Fantastic tour of Assisi! We really enjoyed this tour by our guide, Begonia. She was very knowledgeable and friendly. She was able to engage us on any level of interest that we expressed. Highly recommend Umbria con me tour of Assisi!
Our group of 7 people had a great time on this well-organized full day trip to Assisi from Rome on a Sunday in May 2023, starting from David, my email contact in Umbriaconme, who responded quickly to my inquiries and considered my request to add the Duomo in Orvieto in our itinerary, to Fabrizio, our driver and to Maricar, our tour guide. Fabrizio is very professional and we were impressed when he arrived on time at our hotel in Rome in his Sunday suit. He is a reliable driver and speaks English very well. On our way to Assisi, he told us about the historical buildings and famous roads in Rome and Umbria as well as amusing stories about Italy, so there was no boring moment in the 3-hour journey each way. Maricar, our guide in Assisi is a competent tour guide and very knowledgeable about the history of the 3 Basilicas (St Francis, Sta Chiara and Saint Mary of the Angels) and Umbria as she was from there. As we have 2 elderly in our group, she took care of their needs so that they will be able to visit the Basilicas at their own pace. She also went out of her way to find a restaurant nearby that would serve late lunch with typical Umbrian dish. Highly recommended.
Our personal time for prayer, also I felt really sick at the middle of the tour and the tour guide was more than understanding of my situation
Our tour guide was wonderful. She had a wealth of experience with the area. It was obvious that she has a real passion for this tour. She was knowledgeable and had a good sense of humor.
Marica, our guide, was amazing, extremely knowledgable, like a history book. She was patient and thorough!! Her english was perfect. My 12 and 10 years old kids understood her and learned alot from her details. The taxi ride to Sta Maria de Angeli was smooth and easy. Be sure to wear comfy walking shoes and bring a water bottle. Great, great tour given by Marica! Thank you
Fulfilling a dream visiting this wonderful place….
Fabulous basilica with wonderful paintings!!
The guide was excellent. It was in Spanish, but she was also a very knowledgeable person about everything we visited.
We had a 30 euro menu. My friend is allergic to fresh cream. The waitress kindly offered to change the trim. The dishes are very well presented and there is taste. You can see it's fresh bravo
We have with Monia an excellent guided tour of Assisi,Spoleto and of the mountains and valleys of Umbria.
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