18 March 2018
We recently drove to Gualdo Tagino via the Parco Regionale – partly because we had not visited the park as yet and wanted to get an indication of what it was like and partly to avoid driving up and down the E45 more times than is absolutely necessary. Nothing against the road but it does seem to be an ever daily occurrence when we are out here
The drive via the park (taking the Gubbio turn off the E45) is about an hour and a quarter but an easy drive – not massively scenic it has to be said.
We parked in a small car park in the out town and walked about 10 minutes to the central square (Piazza Grande). It reminded me a lot of a town we visited last year – but I cannot now remember which one – which is not a lot of use I appreciate.
Very quiet in GT at this time of the season, although it was a Saturday. We arrived about 11.30 and had coffee just off the main square. Slightly down the hill on the right-hand side. Six Italian cyclists (still wearing their helmets and glasses) stopped for a coffee – no sign of their bikes anywhere so they must have a locked garden area? Good coffee and the waitress was kind enough to speak in Italian to me.
The churches were all shut up by now so we walked up the hill (five minutes) to the Rocca Flea – the €6 ticket would have got us admission to all the museums in the town but since it was 12.30 and everything else was shut we just had the Rocca to explore.
It is a slightly odd set up inside. There is some interesting archaeological stuff, some damaged frescos and a beautiful alter piece but then padded out with modern ceramic objects/sculptures. I challenge you to play “guess the title” on these modern objects because you would simply never ever get them right.
It takes about 30 minutes to go round the Rocca Museum.
We tried to find somewhere to have lunch but there was nowhere that took our fancy.