Top Assisi Sightseeing Tours

Discover Assisi’s rich history on a private, 3-hour walking tour. Stroll through the charming squares and narrow streets of old town, and learn about the city’s multilayered past as you view ancient Roman ruins and medieval buildings. Pay homage to Assisi’s famous patron saint at the Basilica of St Francis, which boasts one of Italy’s finest collections of church art. Stop as often as you like and enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide. 

See the highlights of Assisi on a 3-hour walking tour with a knowledgeable local guide. Visit the stunning UNESCO World Heritage-listed Basilica di San Francesco (Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi), the Duomo di San Rufino, the Basilica di Santa Chiara (St Claire) and the lovely main square, Piazza del Comune. Enjoy clear views of the massive 14th-century fort, Rocca Maggiore, which sits on top of the hill. As you walk with your guide, hear about the history and cultural treasures of Assisi.

- See all the important sights of Assisi in a different way - Discover the city aboard an excitingand  vintage Ape Calessino tuk  - tuk - Enjoy the magnificent  Basilicas of Assisi; San Francesco, Piazza del Comune, Rocca Maggiore and Santa Chiara - 1.15 hour Assisi tour - Departure from Assisi and Santa Maria degli Angeli hotels included

Follow in the footsteps of Saint Francis himself on this Assisi sightseeing tour. With round-trip transportation from your Assisi or Santa Maria degli Angeli hotel included, explore Assisi with ease by motorized tuk tuk. Listen as your guide shares the history of top attractions like the St Clare Basilica, the medieval Piazza del Comune, and the 12th-century Cathedral of San Rufino, and enjoy fine views over the vineyards.

Combine tours of Assisi and Spello with personalized attention on this private tour. With a guide leading you on a thoughtful itinerary, you'll get to know the best of both towns. Learn about the history and culture of each town through commentary tailored to your interests while viewing the Renaissance paintings and 14th-century frescoes.

Visit the stunning UNESCO World Heritage-listed Basilica di San Francesco (Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi) with a private official guide. See the highlights of Assisi with a knowledgeable local guide. Discover the Basilica di Santa Chiara (St Claire) and the lovely main square. As you walk with your guide, hear about the history and cultural treasures of Assisi.

Foligno, an ancient town built in the middle of the Umbrian Valley, is traditionally considered the center of Italy and the world. The town is characterized by amazing medieval palaces and fascinating churches, such as the Romanesque-style church of Santa Maria Infraportas and the Collegiate Church of San Salvatore, an ancient Benedictine abbey built from the 12th century in the present square called Piazza Garibaldi. You will be then guided in the mainsquare of Foligno, Piazza della Repubblica, and you will visit the Cathedral of San Feliciano, characterized by its two magnificent facades and the mixture of styles belonging to different eras: Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and Neoclassical. Finally, you will admire the wonderful Palazzo Trinci, a medieval palace connected to the cathedral by a fascinating “suspension bridge” and built in the Gothic style in the early fifteenth century. Particularly famous is the precious cycle of frescoes painted by Gentile da Fabriano to embellish many halls of the palace, such as the notorious Hall of the Liberal Arts and Planets and the Hall of the Giants, decorated with monumental figures from the ancient Roman history, such as Emperors Augustus and Nero.

We will meet and start in Assisi, after introductions and maybe some coffee, our journey will start! A professional photo shoot is waiting for you so get ready to pose for the camera ! We will discover the cities and even step of the touristic pathway so that you can gain insight. We will be exposed to every aspect that has shaped and still shapes the two cities and you will get a feeling of how it feels to live here. My stories will transport you back and forward in time, we will discuss how different cultures, society and individuals shaped the two cities that we have today. After a lunch break we will travel by train to Spello, another beautiful medieval jewel city, where we will continue our journey. The photo shoot will continue in Spello and also our journey to discover aspects, lore and unique gigs about the city. we will stop for appetizers before heading back by train to the city of Assisi. A special gift will await you at the end of the experience!

San Francesco was an extraordinary man and in this tour we will get to know the places where he lived and where he rests today. Together we will go to the discovery of a man and an extraordinary city.

We are looking for the best quality tours around Italy, like this one to Assisi and Saint Francis Path. Experience in Rome, in our luxurious Mercedes Benz Minivans! Our drivers are only the best English speaking professionals with experience in the field, so they are very knowledgeable about Italy, and will always be ready to answer all your doubts! In addition, it is also very good to highlight our Assisi and Saint Francis Path super tour one!

Discover the history of Assisi on a walking tour with a local guide. Located in Italy’s Umbria region, the town is best known as the birthplace of St. Francis. Visit the Church of St. Francis, the Temple of Minerva, and other important buildings and landmarks. Admire the frescoes in the church and visit the crypt where St. Francis is buried.

The tour takes place in the countryside between Assisi and Cannara, places where St. Francis preached to the birds. You will be able to see where the oak actually stood, which is now replaced by a stone. Continuing the journey, we will come to enjoy a good aperitif or a tasting.

UMBRIA NATURE & SPORT GUIDED TOUR: 7 nights, glorious nature and adventurous excursions: river rafting, hot air balloning, kayaking, horseback riding, atv adventure, trekking...and traditional cuisine!

Thanks to this tour you can go back in time and visit our land in complete relaxation and tranquility. The itinerary will include a visit by carriage of the Hovel and the Leprosarium. Everything will be enriched by a very good and tasty picnic immersed in a vineyard under a pergola located on the slopes of the Basilica of San Francesco.

On this behind-the-scenes tour of the family-run Tili winery in Assisi, you won’t just have the chance to enjoy multiple glasses of organic, locally made wine. You’ll also go for a tour of the vineyard and facilities, will learn the ins and outs of the winemaking process, and will even enjoy a light meal, featuring bruschetta, cheese and salami with homemade preserves, and other traditional nibbles.

What is Vox City? Designed specifically for independent travelers, Vox City Guide and Vox City Guide Unmissable offer guided tours independently of the main cities and attractions in the world. The app allows you to enter your bookmarks at will and includes by default hundreds of points of interest with multilingual audio descriptions, stories told by local experts, images, tourist itineraries (both on foot and by public transport) and offline navigable maps.

The uniqueness of a tour is the knowledge of the territory of the guide and the love that the guide himself has for his land and his beauties, proud and eager to be able to share it with others.

Assisi  - 3/4 hours - Walking through olive trees and river. An intact piece of the Umbrian Countryside a place of harmony and silence at the foot of the great Basilica of St Francis of Assisi; a walk through this landscape becomes an inner journey - one that inspired Michelangelo Pistoletto to create a stunning work of land art. This is a woodland under Fai protection. Through a gateway in the wall surrounding the square of the Basilica Superiore in Assisi you enter in a narrow path that leads to a wide  valley floor, at the foot of the city centre.  This is no  ordinary excursion; rather, it is an ongoing, peaceful discovery, a new form of pilgrimage into history and into the sacred, through 64 hectares of nature, amid wooded tracts, cultivated fileds, walls of pink stone, clearings and olive groves - a 64 hectare plot that years of neglect had reduced to a dumping ground, but which FAI has now salvaged in its entierity.

During this walking tour, you will get to see some of the most popular tourist attractions of Assisi along with a local- professional guide who will be exclusively with you. The walking tour would last for about two hours and can be customized accordingly to your taste and preferences. The tour timings are flexible and can be amended depending upon availability. In case of any special request, please do let us know and we would try our best to accommodate accordingly.

See local artisans at work and visit their traditional workshops during this tour of the medieval town of Assisi. Taste locally produced extra virgin olive oil and wine during this walking tour, led by a local guide. Learn about handcrafted leather, pottery, and glass during this small group tour that explores the hometown of St. Francis of Assisi.

Assisi is a must-see in Umbria, especially famous because it is the birthplace of Saint Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208. Assisi is fascinating for spiritual, artistic and historical reasons: the remains of the Ancient Roman city and the breathtaking churches from the Middle Ages make it one of the most beautiful towns in Italy! Discover the Roman amphiteatre, the Forum (main square) and the impressive Temple of Minerva, whose columns still stand after more than 2000 years! Then, time to follow your knowledgeable guide to the medieval city of St. Francis and his followers, and have a look at the most beautiful churches in Assisi: the Basilica of St. Clare, the Gothic church that contains her mortal remains, the Cathedral of St. Rufinus, in Romanesque style, and the most-renowned Basilica of Saint Francis. Here you will admire the breathtaking frescoes painted by famous Italian artists like Giotto and Cimabue, and you will discover two superimposed churches, known as the Upper Church, slender and bright, in Gothic style, and the Lower Church, where Saint Francis was buried.

The Basilica of Saint Francis is the most-renowned church of Assisi, a breathtaking masterpiece of medieval art and architecture. Discover the secrets of Saint Francis, who lived the high-spirited life typical of a wealthy young man until he had a mystical vision of Jesus Christ, and decided to dedicate his whole existence to the poor and sick people. Admire the marvellous frescoes painted by Giotto, father of modern realistic art, "the most sovereign master of painting in his time”. Visit the Upper Church, slender and bright thanks to its Gothic style and the colorful glass windows, and the Lower Church, where the mortal remains of Saint Francis are preserved among amazing frescoes by the greatest Italian artists of the Middle Ages, like Cimabue and Simone Martini.

While on vacation, it’s sometimes nice to pack in more than one activity per day. This guided tour of a local Perugia winery paired with wine and local food product tasting is comprehensive but takes just a few hours, so you can enjoy yourself and then head to the day’s next adventure. Choose from multiple departure times to suit your schedule and enjoy tastings of wine and local products included.

If you are curious to know the wonderful city of Assisi, the places that characterize it and make it the most famous Umbrian city in the world, you cannot miss this guided tour. In the company of qualified and competent guides, you will begin your journey to discover Assisi from one of the most important symbols of the city, the Basilica of San Francesco, an architectural masterpiece that since 2000 is also recognized and protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site . In the two superimposed and independent churches, you will admire the pictorial works of famous artists such as Giotto, Cimabue, Lorenzetti and Simone Martini, inside the crypt, finally, you can visit the remains of the Saint. You will then continue with a visit to Piazza del Comune, where you will admire the temple of Minerva and, not far away, the New Church built on the home of San Francesco. The visit will continue with the Basilica of Santa Chiara and the Cathedral of San Rufino, to conclude in the upper part of the city.