Rasiglia

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Looks like a pretty village, I assume you will have a car

Looks like a cute little town and I mean little. It looks very pretty, but looks to me much more like a place you see for an afternoon on a roadtrip than a place to stay for an extended period of time. In 4 nights you'll probably get to try every restaurant in town, but maybe that's what you're looking for. Staying in a tiny Italian town and getting to know nearly everyone in town may be your goal, in which case I'd say 'go ahead'. But I would also ask how good your Italian is because English drops off rapidly outside touristy areas.

In the area I would look more towards Spello (population 8,000), maybe or the even larger Spoleto. It is about 30-45 minutes away and I'd look to visit someplace like Rasiglia while exploring the local area.

My $.02, have a great trip,
=Tod

We visited Rasiglia a few years ago, driving from Montefalco. The drive was almost enough to give my wife a panic attack. And while the town is very pretty it was small compared to Montefalco, which itself is not a very large town. It was nice to visit but I wouldn't want to spend a night there.

I haven't talked to Rick Steves lately, but I think he would like the village.
Rasiglia is known as La piccola Venezia dell'Umbria (the little Venice of Umbria). They have a bunch of streams that pass through it.
Do they have even hotels there? It's a tiny village. Maybe they have some small apartment for rent. You can stay there for 4 nights, but you will need to drive to places, because the village can be visited in less than one hour.

@Phrank: The road to get to Rasiglia is nice. I can't see why someone would panic. We have curvy two lane highways in California that are way worse. You must have no hills and no curves in NW Ohio. Time to venture to Pennsylvania to see some.

While staying near Spello, we went to Rasiglia for a Saturday 'festa' which attracted a lot of Italian families and made for an interesting stop after a pretty and easy drive into the mountains. It's an authentic little village with water channels running through the town and featuring remnants of its primitive textile processing history. We explored fully and stayed about 90 minutes. No, it's not a place to overnight.
If you're near Spello, I recommend visiting the little city of Bevagna for a lunch and pleasant passeggiata.

@Roberto - the glaciers took care of all of the hills here, though we do have a few curves. I didn't mind the road too much. it wasn't much different than driving in the mountains of western North Carolina. My wife is not what you might call the adventurous type.