Info on visiting Tuscany and Italian festas

If you go

THE BEST WAY TO TUSCANY

From LAX, Alitalia, Lufthansa, Air France, British, US Airways, United, Swiss, Delta and KLM offer connecting service (change of planes) to Rome. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $767, including all taxes and fees. Lufthansa, Air France, Swiss, KLM, Delta, United and US Airways offer connecting service to Florence. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $822 , including all taxes and fees.

TO LEARN MORE

Sagras are very local and are advertised with posters tacked up along country roads, stuck on bridges and pasted in supermarket parking lots throughout July and August. It’s difficult to get up-to-date information on the Internet, but try https://www.umbriaeventi.com. Scroll down to Eventi per categoria and go to Feste Paesane and Sagre Umbria. The Sagra della Focaccia, https://www.sagradellafocaccia.it, is at the beginning of August. For Civitella del Lago’s ferragosto festa, go to https://www.civitelladellago.it