Cerreto Di Spoleto: Culture, Thermal Waters and Nature in the Valnerina

Cerreto Di Spoleto will appeal to you if you would like to experience Italian history not only through individual buildings, but also through museums, local traditions, nature and thermal waters. The different focal points allow you to consider culture, landscape, cuisine and wellness separately when planning your trip.

Museums offering unusual insights

The Museo delle Mummie illustrates medieval life in Borgo Cerreto through the mummified bodies of several residents, which were found in the crypts of the Chiesa dei SS. Gesù e Maria. The museum contains the remains of 23 people: nine men, six women, one adolescent, five children and two infants.

The Museo del Ciarlatano explains that the word „Ciarlatano“ originated from the combination of „Ciarla“, meaning nonsensical talk, and „Cerretano“, the term for an inhabitant of Cerreto di Spoleto. The Museo del Ciarlatano is also one of the outposts of the Ecomuseo della Dorsale Appenninica Umbra.

Churches, fortifications and regional history

The Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta is a Romanesque church with a single-nave layout, an apse, a projecting transept, a tiburium and a dome over the crossing. It preserves 16th-century frescoes, including the Marriage of Saint Catherine, dated 1519.

The former San Giacomo monastery now houses CEDRAV, the Centre for Anthropological Documentation in the Valnerina, and features a pointed-arch portal. The remains of the fortifications of Cerreto di Spoleto, including the upper defensive tower, stand on a rocky spur above the valleys of the Vigi and the Nera.

The Valnerina and trails through the holm oak forests

Cerreto di Spoleto lies in the Valnerina between the valleys of the Vigi and the Nera. The surrounding holm oak forests are associated with nature trails and routes for exploring the natural environment, which can be experienced on foot, by bicycle or on horseback. This also makes room in your trip planning for different forms of slow travel.

Thermal waters at Bagni di Triponzo

The natural springs of Bagni di Triponzo emerge along a 500 m front about 3 km from Triponzo, on the right bank of the Nera in hydrological terms. The Bagni di Triponzo spa offers three thermal pools and a large underground wellness area with a sauna, Turkish bath, sensory shower and icefall.

The Bagni di Triponzo facility is accessible by car, has a car park and features structural measures that also enable people with reduced mobility to access it. When choosing your accommodation, you can therefore consciously focus your trip on culture, nature, cuisine or thermal waters.

A local sweet treat

Crescionda is a local sweet treat that you can try in Cerreto di Spoleto. It is a flat, soft, pudding-like cake made with eggs, flour, chocolate and sugar.

Discover more destinations

If you would like to add more places to your trip to Italy, you can also explore Parnacciano, Triponzo, Marsciano, Collescille, Preci, Valtopina, Branca and Verchiano.

For the overview of the broader travel region: Perugia.