We spent a wonderful week in the Umbrian town of Panicale. It is picture perfect but a real town too. My next door neighbors were five cats. I tried to terrorize them but they paid me no mind and by the week’s end we cohabited quietly. The town bells rang every hour on the hour in the square outside our apartment beginning at 8 in the morning and continuing until 11 at night. They startled me at first but I quickly got used to them and loved the little square where B and G let me go off leash in the morning and evening.The restaurants in the town square were very dog friendly. Aldo, Victor and Simone all welcomed me and we had some truly delightful evenings which even included gelato for me.(Grazie , Aldo.) It is a terrific place to stay.