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Welcome
to Tuscany Traveller 's
Cortona Art Group - Get to know Cortona well |
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You will be literally a
few minutes walk from the centre
of Cortona, full of Renaissance architecture,
up steep, narrow lanes (vias) to piazzas, where very
friendly local people love life to the full.
Cortona
is a maze of narrow streets and vicoli (lanes), with a constant
buzz from friendly, chatting Cortonese. An intense and magical atmosphere
hovers amongst the historic buildings.
History, art and music
are at your disposal in the museums and theatres and of course
in the open-air piazzas.
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Constant
daytime buzz from the friendly chatting Cortonese until siesta.
Many morning coffee meeting places
and exquisite shops within a short distance of each other along the
vias. There is a daily vegetable market and
a full busy Saturday
market
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Discover Tuscan wine and
cuisine
After the afternoon
siesta, Cortona comes to life again. The shops reopen and the
passeggiata begins.
You will be able to choose from the wide choice of bars to sample Tuscan
wines and cocktails and later many excellent places to eat, very near to where
the group stays.
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Taking a break from the buzz: away from people and shops you can
quickly view a panorama of patchwork fields, olive groves and church
domes amongst the cypess trees. You can see a stunning panorama,
stretching from Arezzo to across the Val di Chiana
to Lake Trasimeno. A Medici tower still stands proud above the
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The only hint of the landscape beyond is the occasional peep
through buildings, down a
steep vicolo, providing an invigorating contrast to the walled town's
activity.
A
vast panorama spreads out before you:across the city wall's high westerly
viewpoint is a broad stretch of deep valley that starts at Arezzo
city in the north and stretches before you to Lake Trasimeno, in the south, on the Umbrian
border. The valley shows an
agricultural patchwork of hamlets and distant towns, long straight
Roman roads and train tracks
connecting Firenze with Roma.  |
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Tuscany is
the most famous of the 20 regions of Italy.
In central Italy, its western edge is coastline, but to the north,
east and south it borders with five other regions: Liguria, Emilia
Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Lazio. Tuscany is celebrated for its
wealth of art, illustrious history (Etruscan and Roman) and richly
evocative landscape. It's a place where the past and present fuse
into a delicate harmony. Whichever part of the province you choose
to explore, you will find an ancient land every bit as captivating
as its reputation
promises. Your
only problem is deciding what to leave out. Tuscany
Traveller gets behind the tourist exteriors and finds the real
Tuscany to make your choices easier and your travel even
better. There are
different types of holidays: you can laze by a pool or learn to
cook, paint or take photographs, see
Etruscan artefacts and Roman architecture.
There is ballooning, bike tours on beautiful roads and sports
including fencing and rowing. Let us tailor-make your stay or find
the best villa, farmhouse with swimming pool or apartment for you
to stay in.
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