Update on the article that appeared last year about apps for Italy's province of Umbria
Umbria, the "green heart of Italy" is an Italian province perhaps less known than Tuscany. Producers of Umbrian products have reached out to inspire Americans to select this province and examine her delights. Last year an excellent app on Umbria came out in Italian and has been updated to English. It can be found on iTunes and Google Play Store. If you are going to Umbria to visit Spoleto, Assissi or Perugia, here are a few apps that will help you get around.
On iTunes you will find:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/umbria-slow-food-culture-travel/id455434882?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/umbria-jazz-official-app/id445801180?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-etruscans-in-umbria/id838250812?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/uy/app/umbria-enogastronomia-english/id643841963?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-live-umbria/id568049950?mt=8
For Google Play you will see:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilereference.TravelUmbriaAppFree
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sutromedia.android.guide.umbria.slow.guide543
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.equent.umbria
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.trigem.android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.sesinet.umbriajazz
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gc.assisi
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gc.pg
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.sesinet.enogastronomia
Apps for Italy's Provinces? The Latest and Best App for Umbria
To bring Italy into the 21st century, yet keep the traditions of the past has been a problem that savvy tourism entrepreneurs in Umbria (who live there.) have embraced by establishing/creating apps which promote the finest aspects of their regional culture: food, wine, museums, antiquities, wineries, restaurants, recipes. Who better than a native to introduce you to the best of the best in the region.
In Italian, Italiano, one noted app, Umbria Slow reveals the undiscovered region of central Italy, taking you off the well known city journeys in Venice, Florence and Rome. Other apps of Umbria offer maps and guides.
The best app of Umbria to date is comprehensive, current and downloadable for Android, iPhone 5 and all tablets. It is the UmbriaApp. This app has within its Home, 19 specific sub apps. One sub app, Umbria Enogastronomia, includes 14 beautifully illustrated native Umbrian recipes complete with information about the origins of each dish, its ingredients, and detailed instructions on how to prepare it. The app also offers a number of itineraries illustrated with photos and videos, through which you can explore the local environment, landscape, history and architecture.There are the regional wines, wineries, their breakdown of specific red and white wines, the grape varietals and other details about the vintners.
If you're interested in the world renown Spoleto Festival, the music sub app lists that event and gives detailed information in an overview about its background and includes everything you want to know along with insider's tips. The same is covered for the Jazz Festival in Umbria and numerous other highlighted events throughout the year. One sub app is of the museums (There are 62 in Umbria) with pictures of famous works in each and listings of what to see and where and when. There is an app of how to tour Umbria by bike. It contains a GPS track and total of 71 possible routes with each itinerary graded according to difficulty. Pther sub apps delve specifically into the region, its parks, products and places to visit including restaurants and shops.
The Umbria App and the 19 sub apps will be available in English next week in Google Play store and Apple's iTunes.
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