The landscape of Umbria is rather picturesque, made up of rolling hills, towering peaks, and lush meadows. However, if you have found a vacation rental in Umbria and are planning a trip between May and July, then there is a particular part of the region that you will want to visit. Looking like something from the Sound of Music and too pretty to be quite real, the Piani di Castelluccio, or Plain of Castelluccio is a plain made up of three different sections that is blanketed in flowers in the early summer months each year. Incredibly photogenic and cinematic in its breathtaking beauty, it is a must for photographers and nature-lovers vacationing in Umbria.
Located at the bottom of an old Apennine lake in the area that of town of Castelluccio de Nursia that has since dried up, the Piani di Castelluccio is made up of three plains that are situated 1,350 meters above sea level and extend over a surface of 15 km²: il Pian Grande (or, “the Great Plain”), il Pian Piccolo (or, “the Little Plain”), and il Pian Perduto (“the Lost Plain”). Part of the National Park of The Sibillini Mountains that was created back in 1993, the area is now highly protected in order to preserve the wonderfully rich flora and fauna of the area and its impossibly great natural beauty.
Located at the bottom of an old Apennine lake in the area that of town of Castelluccio de Nursia that has since dried up, the Piani di Castelluccio is made up of three plains that are situated 1,350 meters above sea level and extend over a surface of 15 km²: il Pian Grande (or, “the Great Plain”), il Pian Piccolo (or, “the Little Plain”), and il Pian Perduto (“the Lost Plain”). Part of the National Park of The Sibillini Mountains that was created back in 1993, the area is now highly protected in order to preserve the wonderfully rich flora and fauna of the area and its impossibly great natural beauty.
While the area is home to lots of important species and various fascinating natural features, the most impressive of all of these has to be the impressive Fiorita flowering phenomenon that paints the usually rich green and lush meadows in a rainbow of hues from the end of May to the beginning of July, as poppies, lilies, cornflowers, lentils, daisies and others blooms pop up in the grasses and blanket the plains. A truly incomparable natural spectacle, it must really be seen to be believed!
If you are interested in taking in this truly breathtaking and extraordinary sight in Italy for yourself, just begin browsing our villas in Umbria and get planning a trip to this stunning region of Italy between May and July to come and see it for yourself, with your own eyes. Just don't forget to bring your camera when you visit and do take care not to go off tramping all across the blooms if you come so that their great beauty and immeasurable environmental worth can be preserved for everyone.
If you are interested in taking in this truly breathtaking and extraordinary sight in Italy for yourself, just begin browsing our villas in Umbria and get planning a trip to this stunning region of Italy between May and July to come and see it for yourself, with your own eyes. Just don't forget to bring your camera when you visit and do take care not to go off tramping all across the blooms if you come so that their great beauty and immeasurable environmental worth can be preserved for everyone.
Photo credits
Picture 1: PaolaLunaPh / CC BY-SA 4.0;
Picture 2: Marigli2 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Picture 1: PaolaLunaPh / CC BY-SA 4.0;
Picture 2: Marigli2 / CC BY-SA 4.0
