Tossing up between Tuscany and Umbria? Why choose when you can e-bike through both? Electric is the way to go if you’ve got longer distances and rolling hills of farmland to cover. In a week, you can cross from Tuscany into Umbria, skirt the lovely Lake Trasimeno and make a pilgrimage to Assisi. St Francis was born here, but you don’t need the patron saint of nature to remind you that the natural landscape here should be treasured.
Umbria, the Italian peninsula’s only landlocked region, gets less attention than Tuscany, its quiet valleys sun-dappled, not tourist-tramped.
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Umbria, tucked to the east of Tuscany, is something of a hinterland. It gets far fewer visitors, which is criminal, as there are some great agritourismo properties making the most of the region’s rich farmland. If you take the time to explore, you can find plenty of locally-produced products; look out for pork from Norcia and white Trebbiano wine (called Prociano on local menus). E-biking connects you to the suppliers you might miss by car, and gets you investing in the places off the beaten track.