Hotell Il Gabbiano - vid sjön Trasimeno i Umbrien

In collaboration with Vilaggio Albergo Il Gabbiano

Now we have spent two lovely days at hotel Il Gabbiano, just next to Lake Trasimeno in Umbria. We have relaxed by the pool and eaten super good pizza, and we have also had time to make a boat trip to the largest island in Lake Trasimeno, namely Isola Polvese.

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Lake Trasimeno in Umbria

If you've been following our blog over the past few days, you'll have noticed that we've become quite fond of the Italian region of Umbria, and especially the area around Lake Trasimeno. The lake is full of small boats, and the surrounding areas are filled with olive groves, green hills and charming little towns with stone houses and narrow alleys.

Family hotel Il Gabbiano

The hotel Il Gabbiano, owned by three sisters of the Gradassi family, is located just north of Toricella at the eastern end of Lake Trasimeno. The hotel is easily reached from the main road that passes nearby, and you can come here either to stay at the hotel or to eat at the restaurant or pizzeria.

The rooms, which are relatively standard, come in a variety of sizes and can be customised with different numbers of beds for different sized families. Some are furnished with a kitchen and others without.

Lovely pool

The best thing about Hotel Il Gabbiano is the large, lovely pool, located in the centre of the hotel. In the intense heat, it has been really nice to spend a few hours here every day during these two days.

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Pizzeria and restaurant with own vegetables

The olive groves around the hotel are family owned, and the hotel produces its own olive oil. They also harvest their own vegetables, so both their own vegetables and their own olive oil are served in the restaurants.

For our part, it was pizza at the pizzeria one of the evenings, and this is actually the best pizza we have had in Italy, thin and with really fresh ingredients. It was also noticeable that the pizzeria is popular because it was in full in the evening, both among the tables and in the neighbouring playground!

Incidentally, the pizzeria doesn't just serve pizza, but everything from mussels to meat dishes. We also have to say that we were a bit impressed by the detailed list of substances you may be allergic or hypersensitive to, and in which dishes they are found. The list is also available in a variety of languages.

Boat trip to the island of Isola Polvese

You can walk from the hotel to the lake, but the hotel's location near a major road makes it almost more convenient to make various excursions by car. We chose to take the motorhome to San Feliciano, a little bit south along the lake. There are three islands in Lake Trasimeno and we took a boat trip to the largest of them, Isola Polvese. The boat ride to the island only took ten minutes and we had to pay 6 euros per person for a return ticket.

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Isola Polvese

The island of Polvese has a long history and was visited by both Romans and Etruscans. A castle and a chapel (San Giuliano) were built in the Middle Ages, and the island also has a monastery (Olivetans' Monastery).

There are plenty of birds on the island and a small water park, where different types of aquatic plants have been collected. We walked around for a while, but were quickly overcome by the heat and headed down to one of the beaches for a swim.

After the swim, an Italian beer and a tomato and mozzarella sandwich tasted good, before it was time to take the boat back.

Find hotels Il Gabbiano

Hotel Villagio Albergo Il Gabbiano's address is Via Perugina 67, 06065 Passignano sul Trasimeno (PG), but if you put it on the GPS, there's a good chance you'll get lost (it happened to us). Instead, it might be better to enter the hotel's name on Google Maps or some other similar map - that way you'll get there!

Incidentally, the family is also building an agriturismo three kilometres from the hotel. This place will have direct access to the lake and is scheduled to open for Easter next year.

We were asked to make a short film about their resort. Here it is!

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Britt-Marie Lundgren says:

We still have Umbria and all of southern Italy to visit so it will be fun to continue to follow you on your journey.
By motorhome we have only been to Lake Garda and travelled down to Cinque Terre, which is also a wonderful destination.

29 July 2018 - 8:04

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  Helena says:
  
  Umbria has surprised us positively! There are nice places further south in Italy as well, but we will not go further south this time. We have of course heard about Cinque Terre, looks magical in pictures! Perhaps we do not think we have enough time to stay there, feels like you would like to have one or a few days on you then ...
  
  29 July 2018 - 12:21
  
  - Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
    
    Cinque Terre is insanely beautiful, but with hindsight you should give it more time than we had and not hike three solid stages in one day. There were two rather tired people who came back with the train to the motorhome that evening....
    
    29 July 2018 - 14:23
    
Role o Carina says:

You look like you're having a great time in Italy!

Take care....

29 July 2018 - 9:26

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  Helena says:
  
  Italy is wonderful! 🙂
  
  29 July 2018 - 12:22
  
Mr Steve says:

What a fantastic facility. There was much to enjoy
Having eaten the best pizza ever in Italy just feels right.

29 July 2018 - 9:44

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  Helena says:
  
  You might think that pizza would always be good in Italy, but that is not our experience. Here it was in any case really good 🙂
  
  29 July 2018 - 12:57
  
Ama de casa says:

So heavenly nice - again! 🙂

Monastery? I'm getting castle vibes there... 😉.

Have a nice Sunday!

29 July 2018 - 10:08

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  Helena says:
  
  So yes, I wrote castle, but castle might be a better translation 😉 The chapel is the small one next to ...
  
  29 July 2018 - 12:58
  
Husis blog says:

It must be cheating to stay in a hotel with the motorhome in the car park, if you were staying in the hotel that is...?
Yes, if the sea is not available, a pool is probably just as good. As long as you can cool off that way.

29 July 2018 - 17:34

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  Helena says:
  
  We love our motorhome so we have lived in it all the time 🙂 But we have also had some assignments along the way and Peter made a drone film for this hotel, and then we could stand there and use their nice pool 🙂 .
  
  29 July 2018 - 19:14
  
BP says:

The facility is absolutely superb, although I prefer the "stucco" in the hotel you showed yesterday. The pool is of course a real gem, especially since the Swedish heat now seems to have reached Italy as well; -)
Perfect, by the way, to combine business with pleasure. You make a drone film for the hotel and "get paid" with the pool and facilities offered by the hotel.
I'm glad you finally found an Italian pizza that was good. Because just like you, I have no good experiences with Italian pizzas. Good to know that they exist;-)

29 July 2018 - 21:22

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  Helena says:
  
  You might think that pizza should always be good in Italy, but that's not our experience. So we say like you, great to experience a really good pizza! 🙂
  
  30 July 2018 - 7:00

Hotel Il Gabbiano - on Lake Trasimeno in Umbria

In collaboration with Vilaggio Albergo Il Gabbiano

Lake Trasimeno in Umbria

Family hotel Il Gabbiano

Lovely pool

Pizzeria and restaurant with own vegetables

Boat trip to the island of Isola Polvese

Isola Polvese

Find hotels Il Gabbiano

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