THE SECRET SPLENDOR OF AREZZO. Arrival at the airport or train station in Florence, meeting with our Tour Leader and transfer to your hotel in Arezzo to live your holiday in a historic abbay surrounded by greenery. Welcome cocktail on the terraceof the hotel and visit to the historical city with our guide. Arezzo, one the most ancient cities of Tuscany, will surprise you for its art and architecture from the Etruscan through the Roman and Medieval age until the Renaissance. With a relaxing stroll you will admire its palaces, the frescoes by Piero della Francesca, the Casa del Vasari, the Piazza del Comune, the Cathedral and Piazza Grande. Typical dinner based on seasonal and genuine flavors of authentic Tuscan cuisine. Overnight at hotel..

ANGHIARI, MONTERCHI AND SAN SEPOLCRO IN THE COLORS OF VALTIBERINA. Breakfast and departure for the picturesque Anghiari with its medieval stone houses and charming streets. You will look out from the panoramic walls dominating the valley to find the battle place between Florentines and Milanese frescoed by Leonardo. Our guide you will describe you the National Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions in the Renaissance Palazzo Taglieschi. Among paintings, sculptures and objects of terracotta, you will discover the artistic and cultural traditions of the place. In a historic teleria, with over a century of history, you will participate in a unique experience: you will see at work old carding machines that still deal with linen, hemp, cotton and rustic wool. Our excursion continues among sunflower fields, corn and olive groves that give fragrant oil with the flavor of herbs, to reach a castle known to be haunted by ghosts, where to taste an excellent dish of polenta with mushrooms, tasty meat of white Apennine beef and traditional desserts with Vinsanto. If you want, you can try smoking an excellent Extra-Old Tuscan cigar prepared with high quality of Kentucky tobacco on a stop in the serene village of Monterchi and admire the famous fresco of the Madonna del Parto. A visit to the historic center of San Sepolcro will fascinate you for its interesting Renaissance artistic context, as well as for the Medici Fortress and the paintings of Piero della Francesca at the Museo Civico and the Aboca Museum. This last stage will pass on the history of centuries-old medicinal plants: you will learn recipes of pharmaceutical botany, discover ancient books and precious herbals, inebriate fragrances of secret laboratories. Dinner with delicious spelled or chickpea soup of intense flavor, Valdarno chicken, salami , overcooked and seasoned ham with cooked bread, according to traditional methods with excellent Tuscan wines. Overnight at Hotel.

CORTONA AND CASTIGLION FIORENTINO BETWEEN ARCHEOLOGY, WINE AND CHIANINA. Breakfast and guided tour of Cortona, founded by the legendary Dardano. Ancient Etruscan, Roman and medieval town, Cortona, tells its millennial history through its architectural buildings, the paved alleys of slabs and the millenary works of art kept inside the Museum of the Academy. You will walk in a romantic atmosphere between squares and narrow streets lived by knights, poets and painters. After a typical brunch with salami, pecorino cheese, salad and wine tasting, you will set off through extraordinary landscapes to descend into the Val di Chiana. You will explore a fertile landscape full of vineyards and olive groves characterized by the "leopoldine", large farmhouses. Our itinerary will make you discover villages and countryside where to breathe pristine air, and touch, smell and savor genuine fruits. Lunch in the medieval village of Castiglion Fiorentino with a typical menu enriched with salami, pecorino cheese, chianina meat, fragrant porcini mushrooms and truffles from the Valle di Chio. Of course, wine from Chianti hills of Arezzo will not be lacking at the table. After admiring a wonderful view from the Loggia Vasari of its historic center, transfer to the airport or to the railway station of Florence.

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