Off the Beaten Path in Perugia

Free Off the Beaten Path in Perugia with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Perugia. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Piazza IV Novembre and Fontana Maggiore — the main square centered on the 13th-century Fontana Maggiore by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, with 50 bas-relief panels depicting the months and liberal arts, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria — the finest gallery of Umbrian art, housed in the Palazzo dei Priori with masterpieces by Perugino, Pinturicchio, and Fra Angelico spanning the 13th-17th centuries, Etruscan Arch — a 3rd-century BCE Etruscan gateway, one of the best-preserved in Italy, with massive trapezoidal stone blocks and a Roman inscription added by Augustus, plus hidden gems like Rocca Paolina — underground ruins of a 16th-century papal fortress, now a surreal subterranean walkway connecting the lower town to the center via escalators and Oratorio di San Bernardino — a small oratory with an exquisite multicolored Renaissance facade by Agostino di Duccio.

Use this page as a starting point for a Perugia walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Perugia. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Piazza IV Novembre and Fontana Maggiore — the main square centered on the 13th-century Fontana Maggiore by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, with 50 bas-relief panels depicting the months and liberal arts
• •Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria — the finest gallery of Umbrian art, housed in the Palazzo dei Priori with masterpieces by Perugino, Pinturicchio, and Fra Angelico spanning the 13th-17th centuries
• •Etruscan Arch — a 3rd-century BCE Etruscan gateway, one of the best-preserved in Italy, with massive trapezoidal stone blocks and a Roman inscription added by Augustus
• •Corso Vannucci — the elegant main promenade named after Renaissance painter Perugino, lined with palaces, gelaterias, and the daily evening passeggiata tradition
• •Rocca Paolina underground fortress — a 16th-century papal fortress built by demolishing an entire medieval quarter, with the original streets and houses now visible in an atmospheric underground passage

• •Rocca Paolina — underground ruins of a 16th-century papal fortress, now a surreal subterranean walkway connecting the lower town to the center via escalators
• •Oratorio di San Bernardino — a small oratory with an exquisite multicolored Renaissance facade by Agostino di Duccio