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Cortona Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cortona, Italy
Cortona, a birthday and 7 days in a villa
... the rental car and drive on to the villa at Borgo di Vagli. The villa is located in a protected nature reserve in hills nears Cortona, our home for 3 brothers, one wife, a daughter and her girlfriend and me for the next week. 7 days can be a long ...
The two big trees
... Garmin works great., and has saved us many frustrations no doubt. About 2.5 hours after leaving Rome airport, we arrived in Cortona, a beautiful hilltop town in Southern Tuscany, made famous in Frances Mayes’ book “Under the Tuscan ...
Cortona, Under the Tuscan Sun
... movie, a quaint mountaintop town that kept going up and up.You must have very strong legs to live there. Thank you Cortona, I was able to cappucino after lunch there! Siesta is taken seriously here, everything closes down at 2pm, even the gas ...
It just gets better
... Along the valley floor to citta di castello. Then a right over some mountain roads 12 miles of climbing and then a fast descent into cortona. Today was some of the best cycling of my whole trip. Staying in a converted monastary It's quite "Amazing" as one ...
No La Dolce Vita ala Under The Tuscan Sun????
... the road in the daytime and it is indeed winding but the Tuscan hills is beautiful. We reach a small little church on the way to Cortona to shoot a scene. It is deserted and hardly anyone. The wind is blowing and it is really cold. Oh no, we have ...
A weekend in Tuscany
... was the day that we were up early and travelling - we caught the train at around 8:30 and headed through Arezzo to Cortona. It's a beautiful hill town high above Camucia, and normally there are buses leaving from Camucia to Cortona on the hour, EXCEPT ...
Touring through Tuscany - first stop Cortona
... . What an amazing location, a rustic and rural setting that also boasted a swimming pool, olive groves and a wonderful view of Cortona which could be enjoyed whilst lounging around the pool! We then did the short drive up to Cortona, found free parking ...
Relaxation Under the Tuscan Sun
On Wednesday, we checked into our lovely Relais just below the steep and walled city of Cortona. We explored the sleepy but beautiful town and returned to our chateau. There is a winery on the property, Bargello, and we took the wine tour led by the ...
Cortona
Southern Tuscany Hill Towns
... al Vecchio Forno. Good meal in a great shaded garden setting. This town was beautiful, much smaller than Montalcino and Cortona. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many flags (is it Italians, or just Tuscans that ...
Chill out in Cortona
Heading towards Cortona, Cortona's medieval architectures and steep narrow streets situated on a hillside are the distinguishing characteristics of this town. A maze of slim alleys filled with delis, bakeries, cappuccino bars, trattorias, fashion and ...
Driving under Tuscan sun
VisitingTuscany would not be complete without exploring Florence. Founded by Julius Caesar in 59 BC, Florence was the epicenter of Renaissance movement in 1500's. It is a place where arts, architectures, and cultures come to meet you. Florence's ...
The Laughlin of Italy
... hope your first year of marriage was wonderful and we wish you many, many more wonderful years together. So, because of how old Cortona is it is often called 'the Grandmother of Rome' but this name is also appropriate because all the grandmothers of Rome ...
Villa di Piazzano and the Three Walled Towns
... valley were increasingly beautiful, but Bettie didn't enjoy the hairpin turns and was glad when we finally stopped at Hotel Cory's, above Cortona. The ristorante was closed, and we were directed to a bar down the street. We arrived ...
Cortona = Kristin's Reunion (32 years later!)
We got to Cortona late afternoon yesterday. Talk about the quintessential medieval Italy village on a hill! You arrive at the railway and look straight up a few miles to a beautiful walled city on the mountain. We called Rick Johnson to pick us up at the ...
Batteries need recharging
... each other space. Dan and Lisa went on a tour of three wineries and Tami and I visited Arezzo, and went back to Cortona for people watching. This was a day to recharge draining batteries of our weary travel souls. These updates are getting shorter ...
City on a Hill
... or the camera would take the picture. I managed to get a few good ones after many trials. When I finally reached the Cortona proper, it reminded me a bit of Siena with the brownish buildings and the steep streets; however, this place was certainly ...
Crazy travel to countryside
... tourist stops in Sienna were closed. We had to find some food and a bathroom. We ended up finding the only bad pizza in all of Italy at some small family store and tucked in some hotel for their bathroom. We were all happy to be fed though an we set out ...
Under the Tuscan Sun in Cortona
... blessed with good weather - mild and slightly overcast, good for walking. Did I mention the hills? Fodor's describes it perfectly. "Cortona's steep streets make you pay for your pleasure, but any amount of puffing and panting is worth it to enjoy the ...
Cortona
... , but they were very gracious with the rest of us and said they had a good time hanging out on the road. Once we explored Cortona a little more, we got to see the theater that Eagan played at when they came, and we had some amazing gellato. They were even ...
A kitchen view
The week is going by way to fast, it's already Wednesday. This morning part of our group trained back to Florence for more shopping and sightseeing while I and Andrew hung back at the villa for some quiet time. I’m sitting at the kitchen table ...
A week in Cortona
... up left to pass the tennis club and outdoor football ground. I remembered that this is the start of a walk taking you around Cortona over looking valley and far mountains. After breakfast we paid Jeanette and packed. An hour and a half took us around ...
Cortona
... with our few words of Italian we chatted until they started putting their kids to bed. The next day we wandered around Cortona's picturesque stone streets, stopped for gelati and cappuccino, and climbed the hill up to the fortress. We met an American ...
Lazy Italian Days
Talk about a true vacation - I've been too lazy to blog regularly as I've been busy sleeping, eating, swimming, sleeping ... and drinking. Let me start out by saying limencello is a very dangerous drink. Just two small glasses of this ...
Cortona!
... Diesel fuel AND an automatic! The car definitely had better power than the Fiat and we were climbing the hilly streets to Cortona in no time! We arrived at our new home for the next week and were pleasantly surprised! Located only a few ...
Etruscan city
Cortona is a medieval city built on top of an Etruscan one. Originly settled by the Villinovans about 1200 BC, the Etruscans moved in at the beginning of the iron age, six to eight centuries BC. Evidence of the Etruscan building ...
More of Italy "Under the Tuscan Sun".....
... the distance. I asked the Desk Clerk about laundry and he said that there are lots of places in Camucia, but none in Cortona (that's rather inconveient!). I also asked about Taxis and he said they were available, and if I had called from the station ...
As paisagens deslumbrantes da Toscana
... hoje o dia prometia.... Pelo mapa a ordem das cidades que visitariamos deveria ser Montalcino-Pienza-Montepulciano-Cortona (nossa nova base). Mas apos ler sobre os lugares e pegar dicas valiosissimas com amigos resolvemos mudar um ...
Never been excited to enjoy a cup of espresso...
... for the fast traffic from behind. A second later a tiny Alfa overtook us and the bus in a very swift manner. Cortona's medieval architectures and steep narrow streets situated on a hillside are the distinguishing characteristics of this town. A maze of ...