Assisi Walks

Discover Assisi with an expert local guide

Discover Assisi with a private guided walking with a local expert. The city of St. Francis, surrounded by ancient walls rests atop the slopes of Mount Subasio. Visually it is breathtaking, consisting of rose-stone buildings, winding narrow streets, many palaces, and balconies full of flowers. The complex of the basilica is composed of two churches built one above the other, the lower one dating from 1228-1230 and the upper one from 1230-1253 and a crypt which houses the Saint's tomb. The Lower Basilica is enriched by frescoes of the greatest painters of the 13th and 14th centuries: Cimabue, Giotto, Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini. The Upper Basilica is adorned by Giotto's frescoes illustrating the life of St. Francis. Continue to the heart of the medieval town, your guided tour will include a visit to the church of Santa Chiara where St. Francis was born, Piazza del Comune, Palazzo dei Priori, Palazzo del Popolo, and the Temple of Minerva.