Narni: The City of the Ring

The experience

Narni isn't just visited. It's lived, like a medieval pilgrim. Riding your ebike, you set off from the ruins of Augustus' Bridge, where the Nera river runs emerald-green through Umbria's most spectacular gorges. You climb through woods and lit tunnels, cross the 14th-century walls and find yourself in the heart of the city that every May travels back to 1371 with the Corsa all'Anello — the Ring Race. Your guide tells the story of the three districts, the joust, the medieval secrets. Then the Rocca Albornoziana — and from above, the whole valley at your feet. The return runs along the river, down to the natural pools of Le Mole. History, nature, and the awareness of having seen an Umbria you won't find in any guidebook.