Cortona, Cortona, Italy
Resort Cortona
490 m. >>In a wonderful position over Chiana Valley, Cortona is one of the most important Etruscan towns. Well-known, historical resort with 22'000 inhabitants, in the eastern part of the region 12 km from Lago Trasimeno, on top of a hill with beautiful view, 30 km south from Arezzo, 75 km east from Siena, 115 km south-east from Firenze. All shops, restaurants etc. in the resort. Access: motorway A1 Firenze - Roma, exit number "Valdichiana". Then road Bettolle - Perugia. Access by train Firenze - Arezzo - Roma. Railway station "Camucia" 2 km. Bus service. Perugia 50 km. For arrivals by plane: airport Perugia (PEG), Firenze Pereto (FLR).
Region information Cortona
The region Cortona
Like the sea, with its beaches, ferry-boats, islands, rocks and fishermen, Lake Trasimene is one of the enchanted hearts of Italy, the largest body of water south of the Apennines, on the border between Umbria and Tuscany.
Isola Maggiore is the only inhabited island of the lake: with a tiny population,it is a island of great beauty, famous for the women who, for almost a century, make lovely Irish lace. Isola Polvese, off the coast of San Feliciano, hides a villa which in summer becomes a theatre for concerts of the Umbria Jazz Festival. Isola Minore is uninhabited and covered with a dense forest. Rolling hills separate the northern shore of the lake from the Val di Chiana. On the slopes of these hills stands Cortona, another jewel of Tuscany. Its palazzi are built of sandstone, its wooden balconies mark the Medieval streets and superb piazze. Further north, the art cities of Anghiari and Sansepolcro, birthplace of Piero della Francesca.
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