Umbria

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Before: documents, housing, school. First week: codice fiscale, SIM, bank account. First month: residence permit if non-EU, residence, SSN registration, then the driving licence within a year. Household goods duty-free for arrivals from outside the EU, car to be re-registered.

Trenitalia regional trains on the Rome–Ancona line (Orte–Terni–Spoleto–Foligno) and on Foligno–Perugia–Terontola; the former Ferrovia Centrale Umbra reopened only in sections. Busitalia buses across the region with the Minimetrò in Perugia; Perugia airport with few flights; a car is almost indispensable outside the main towns.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Two USLs (Umbria 1 with Perugia, Umbria 2 with Terni) and two hospital trusts (Perugia and Terni). Numero Umbria Sanità 800 63 63 63 for bookings, Electronic Health Record and digital services run by the regional company PuntoZero. Mountain rescue in the Sibillini and on Monte Cucco.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

Employment close to the national average, below the Centre-North. Public administration, health care and university in Perugia; steel and chemicals in Terni; agri-food, knitwear and cashmere, ceramics; tourism with spring–autumn seasonality and religious peaks. Job centres run by ARPAL Umbria.

University of Perugia (public, with sites in Terni, Narni, Città di Castello, Assisi, Foligno) and the University for Foreigners of Perugia, the oldest Italian-language school for foreigners; in Perugia also the fine arts academy and conservatory. Grants, halls and canteens managed by ADiSU Umbria.

Only two provinces, Perugia and Terni; ordinary statute, capital Perugia. No minority language. 4 October, St Francis of Assisi patron of Italy, has been a national holiday again since 2026; Perugia's patron is St Constantius (29 January), Terni's St Valentine (14 February).

Temperate hill climate with cold winters and valley fog, hot dry summers; snow in the Apennines (Monte Cucco, Castelluccio, Forca Canapine). One of Italy's most seismic regions: Valnerina and Norcia in zone 1 (1997 and 2016 earthquakes). Good air, except the Terni basin.

UNESCO sites in Assisi (Basilica of St Francis) and the Longobard sites of Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno. Monti Sibillini National Park (Castelluccio flowering), Monte Cucco, Monte Subasio, Trasimeno, Marmore Falls. Spring–autumn season with major events; municipal tourist tax.