Catch a glimpse of local lifestyle: every town big and small provides the opportunity to match your guided tour with a local, colourful weekly outdoor market. They are usually located on main squares and central streets, and open from 8 a.m. to 1 p. m.
Monday
Assisi (Piazza Matteotti, upper part of town)
Tuesday
Gubbio ( Piazza 40 Martiri)
Deruta
Perugia – Pottery Market (on the steps behind the Cathedral)
Wednesday
Castiglione del Lago ( Trasimeno Lake )
Corciano ( Perugia, exit the E45 highway at Ellera )
Thursday
Orvieto ( Palace of the Captain of the People)
Perugia ( Ponte S. Giovanni)
Balanzano (just south of Perugia )
Città di Castello
Friday
Bastia Umbra ( exit the E45 highway at “ Umbria Fiere “)
Tuoro ( Trasimeno Lake )
Saturday
Passignano ( Trasimeno Lake)
Assisi – S. Maria degli Angeli
Perugia – Pian di Massiano (exit the E45 highway at Madonna Alta; follow directions to the stadium)
Perugia – Pottery Market (on the steps behind the Cathedral)
Sunday
San Giustino ( north of Città di Castello)
Antique markets
Assisi (Bastia Umbra) – April / May
Perugia – last weekend of every month
Todi – March / April
And if you are in Perugia at the beginning of November, don’t miss the All Saints’ “Fiera dei Morti”, the largest annual fair of the region.