TUORO SU TRASIMENO
(73Km 1h) Tuoro sul Trasimeno is a small center overlooking the plain of Lake Trasimeno. Nearby Lido di Tuoro offers You a large beach with umbrellas & chairs, a place to relax and practice sports.
Tuoro sul Trasimeno is located exactly where they fought in the famous battle of Trasimeno the army of Rome and the Carthaginians led by Hannibal . The foundation of the country , however, is of more recent times , in fact , the first evidence of the village can be identified only in the fourteenth century . Nearby is interesting to visit Castel Ranieri , it belonged to the family of the Montemelino , from where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the lake and also the Pieve di Confine , erected at the beginning of the twelfth century and placed just a few kilometers from ' town .
Tuoro fraction of must-see and the island Maggiore which rises from the waters of Lake Trasimeno near the north shore a few hundred meters from the coast and can be reached by ferries navigation of Lake Trasimeno , with departures from Punta Navaccia , Lido Tuoor , Passignano sT , and Castiglione del Lago.
The tour lets you see both a magnificent natural landscape and an unexpected historical and artistic heritage that refers to a distant past when the island population that grew to 600 units in the sixteenth also against the current 30 , was known for the flourishing economic activity linked to fishing as well as to a particular religious fervor . The tour winds through walks on easy trails that surround the island of olive trees , cypresses , oaks and poplars , from which opens a breathtaking view as far as the eye around the entire perimeter of the lake , with the belt of coastal countries and the hills that surround it . Fascinating is the small village on the west coast of the island , now only distributed along Via Guglielmi , still dotted with monuments medieval and five seventeenth century