There is a train station in the city which offers direct connections to Rome. Bus service to various locations is also available. For those driving into town, Umbria has a very good and well-maintained road system.
Spoleto is a small town in area, so you are best off walking, though it is possible to drive or take taxis.
Spoleto is well known for its music festivals, especially the Festival dei Due Mondi in the summertime.
Otherwise, it is a very peaceful and pleasant place to walk around, and you can use Spoleto as a base to drive through beautiful Umbrian countryside and mountains and to visit other Umbrian cities.
Umbria is known for its mushrooms and black truffles, and also for its wild game, so if you see primi piatti of pasta dishes with some kind of fungus and secondi piatti of game such as cinghiale (wild boar), order them.
Umbria is a land of rolling hills and has its own wine industry. There are also some very good mineral waters drawn from its mountain springs.