"Most relaxed" hot air balloons lay back over Italy's wine valley


  • World
  • Saturday, 29 Jul 2017

Hot air balloons fly during a hot air ballooning event in Todi, Italy, July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

GUALDO CATTANEO, Italy (Reuters) - Around 30 hot air balloons took to the skies in Italy on Saturday as part of what organisers refer to as the "most relaxed" event on the international ballooning calendar.

The colourful balloons lifted off at sunrise and rose above the Sagrantino wine valley in Italy's central Umbria region.

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