9. Perugia.
Arrival . Electric Tramway from the station (994 ft.; restaurant)
through the Porta Nuova (Pl. C, D, 6; 25 c.) and across the Piazza Vittorio
Emanuele (Pl. C, 5; 20 min.) to the Piazza Danti (Pl. C, 3); fare 30 c.
(there and back 50 c.), handbag 10, trunks 30 c. — Cabs rarely at hand
(see below). The road ascends in curves and ends at the Porta Nuova
(Pl. C, D, 6), beyond the military hospital and the Piazza d'Armi. At
the first bend of the road to the left, a footpath leads straight to the town
in 20 min., ending at the Porta Ebúrnea (Strada del Bucaccio; Pl. A, B, 6).
Agenzia di Città of the state railways, Piazza Umberto Primo.
Hotels (comp. p. xviii). — Grand Hôtel Brufani (Pl. a, C, 5; English
landlord), well situated at the entrance to the town, 100 R. at 4-6, B. 1 ½,
déj. 3, D. 5, pens. 8-12, motor-omn. 1 ½ fr., frequented by the English
(rooms should be secured in advance); Palace Hotel (Pl. p; C, 5),
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, in the former Pal. Cesaroni, 100 R. at 4-6,
B. 1 ½, déj. 3, D. 5, pens. 12-14, electric omn. 1 ½ fr.; these two of the first
class, with lifts, electric light, central-heating, and baths. — Second class:
Hôt. de la Grande-Bretagne & Poste (Pl. b; C, 4), Corso Vanucci 21,
at the corner of the Piazza Umberto Primo, with trattoria, R. from 2 ½,
L. & A. 1 fr.; Alb.-Pens. Belle Arti (Pl. c; C, 5), Via Luigi Bonazzi 21,
with open view, R. 2-2 ½, pens. 5-6 fr., generally well spoken of. — Fur-
nished rooms are inexpensive.
Restaurants . Palace Hotel (see above); Trasimeno, Corso Vanucci 5;
Hôtel de la Grande-Bretagne & Poste, see above; Trattoria degli Artisti,
Via dei Priori 7-9 (Pl. C, 4), plain but well spoken of. — Beer at Via
Baglioni 39 a (Pl. C, 5).
Cafés . Baduel, Trasimeno, Pietro Vanucci, all three in the Corso
Vanucci.
Baths . Via Augusta 1 (75 c.).
Post & Telegraph Office (Pl. C. 5), in the Palace Hotel (see above),
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele.
Cabs . Fares in the town: with one horse, per drive 75 c., per hr.
1 ½ fr., each ½ hr. more 50 c.; at night (1-5 a.m.) 1 ¼, 2, and 1 fr.; with
two horses, per drive 1 ¼, per hr. 3, each ½ hr. more 1 fr.; at night, 2,
4, and 1 ½ fr. Between the station and the town: one-horse 2 ½, two-
horse 4, a single place 1 fr. Small luggage 10, trunk 20 c. — Carriages
(vettura di rimessa) for excursions with one horse ca. 3, with two horses
5 fr. per hr. — Motor-Cars may be hired through the hotel-keepers.
Diligence Office , Corso Vanucci 38: diligence to Umbertide (p. 64),
daily at 7.30 a.m. and 3.45 p.m., in 3 ¾ (back in 4 ½) hrs., 3 fr.; to Todi
(p. 78), daily at 7 a.m., in 5 ½ (back in 6 ½) hrs., 5 ½ fr.
Photographs at Dom. Terese's, opposite the Municipio (Pl. C, 4).
English Church Service at the Grand Hôtel.
Principal Attractions (1 ½ day). Collegio del Cambio (p. 70),
Palazzo del Municipio with the Pinacoteca Vanucci (p. 71), Fonte
Maggiore (p. 72), Cathedral, (p. 73), Arco di Augusto (p. 74), University
(p. 74), Sang Bernardino (p. 75), San Domenico (p. 76), San Pietro
de' Cassinensi (p. 77). — A drive to Assisi recommended (comp. p. 80).
Perugia (1615 ft.), the capital of the province of Umbria, with
20,132 inhab., the residence of a prefect, of a military command-
ant, and an archbishop, and the seat of a university, lies on a group
of hills about 985 ft. above the valley of the Tiber. The town is
built in an antiquated style, partly on the top of the hill, and partly
on its slope. Numerous buildings of the 14-15th cent. (when the