To each man his colour to all men good flavours

• Along the various itineraries, the visitor has a chance to admire mediaeval and Renaissance architectural gems, the churches and oratories which house the paintings by Perugino mentioned earlier, and also many good works of art, such as the "Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels" by Angelo di Orvieto (1271), the "Madonna Enthroned" by Eusebio da San Giorgio (1500), the "Adoration of the Magi" (1534) and the "Virgin and Child" (1521) by Domenico Alfani.
  Similarly, in Tuoro he will cross the intriguing "Campo del Sole", where twenty-eight grey sandstone sculptures by famous Italian and foreign artists are set in a spiral pat-tern out in the open, on the shore of the lake, like deities conversing with the heavens and with mortal beings.
  Me will find himself in what once was the theatre of one of the most disastrous frays of ancient times, the battle of Lake Trasimeno, in which more than 16.000 Roman soldiers lost their lives, wiped out by Hannibal's Carthaginian army.
  He will pay a visit to the Fishermen's Museum of S. Feliciano, which houses ancient fishing tackle and documents of their activities.
  He will see the Palio of Città della Pieve and, if he happens to be around in Castiglione del Lago when kite fliers from all over the world meet to ply their sport, he will see the skies coloured bv their kites. Or, if he wants, he appears at the natural terrace of Panicale and will admire the farsighted shot reflexes of the lake surrounded by green and gentle hills.
  We believe that now you have more than one good reason to spend a holiday near Lake Trasimeno. We are expecting you! In the meantime, we're keeping our pots on the boil.
  We are preparing fried croutons garnished with truffle or giblets, soups, pastas, traditional fish dishes: spiced roast carp, "tegamaccio" (a local fish-soup), or roast fillets of tench. There are also some recent dishes created by the young cooks to please the modern palate, but they all remain bound to a past culture never to be denied. Salads, dressed in the delicate oil of our hills, are ready; fine D.O.C. wine is in the cellar, waiting to be poured into the goblets for toasting and gaiety.
  Bon voyage!