What a lot of images the view of Italy can suggest!
There is a region that, where our eyes pause for a moment, arouses particular feelings of
admiration: TUSCANY. Who has not ever thought about spending a holiday in Tuscany? This is
the land of biggest artist in the world: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giotto, the
greatest poet Dante, the highest writer Boccaccio and the supreme scientist Galileo
Galilei.
This is the land that contains inestimable works of art: a lot of masterpieces
which enrich, the most important Museums in the world, adorn abbeys, castles, churches,
palaces, villas
Art and beauty shine every where
TUSCANY
opens itself in a shining embrace of seashores strewn whit a beautiful archipelago; with a
marvellous mountain setting full of forests and roaring eaters; with a serene and street
expanse of hills rich in vines, olive graves, cypresses, full of gardens, parks and
charming villages; with this towns and cities rich of history which has spread all over
Italy the sweet harmony of our language
Its
name charms everyone still today
The beauty of its art shines in
every valley, starting from the marvellous scenery of Florence, laid in a hollow between
the hills. In front of us there is the gentle and prodigious "city of the
flower" the only which can tell us its story! Cities have their soul as well because
they are not made only whit stones, but they preserve the particular memories of the happy
of sad events they have seen during the centuries. It is just from this event that
constitutes the soul of the city. Florence can tell us its story: let's listen to it
Arezzo is another delightful and
noble city, set in a beautiful position up the hill, above the fertile plain where the
"Valdichiana" joins the plain of the river Arno. It was just this position that
made of Arezzo one of the most important Etruscan cities.
The
tourist who travel Valtiberina, Valdichiana and Valdarno sees the beauty of their soft hills, the mountains
covered with woods and emerald meadows. You can find other interesting
please such as Pisa, Lucca, Montepulciano, Montalcino, Pienza, all near to
the city of CORTONA.
Just Cortona can satisfy the expectations of the people who want to know the
richest and most precious artistic patrimony in the world. The city of Cortona has
welcomed a lot of parts and artist from everywhere and it represent a place of faith which
has lasted for centuries. Cortona is one of the cities built by the willpower of men de
ring the time and it is unique of its kind because is the symbol of the Etruscan
civilization. All the territory of Cortona, is full of beautiful ruins of the Etruscans
(tombs called "melons", little temples tool) which have be found more or less
recently. Besides, Cortona is the centre of numerous cultural and folklorist events:
"the national exposition of the antique furniture" (the last Sunday of
August-first of September); the "Steak festival" (14-15 of August); the National
fair of Copper (April); The Archidado Tournament (May).
To spend your holidays in Cortona
means also relaxation and amusement with the open air-cinema and the numerous sport,
Theatre and music event which culminate whit "Umbria jazz" festival, which for
two days in July, occupies the streets of the city ands with the big concerts in Piazza
Signorelli.
Therefore, if you stay in our
"residence" you can make a lot of excursions in these beautiful places of Tuscan
and visit other cities like Perugia, Castiglion del Lago, Assisi, Spoleto, Gubbio, Siena,
San Gimignano, Montalcino, Arezzo, Firenze.
You can al so spend your time in
the gilded beaches of Lago Trasimeno and go to its island: Polvese and Maggiore.
If you want spend a
relaxing and different holiday look among the sweet
Tuscan hill
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