“Cortona isn’t a place you could find by chance, you have to know exactly where it is in order to reach it, even if it seats on his hill in front of you.
Cortona it is hardly evident to an eye as it dissolves itself as dust into the indefinable tonalities of earth, olive trees and the sky. Therefore Cortona can be recognized only from the one who is able to look for it and find it out between many other colours.
Cortona reveals itself, mostly in the night time, when it appears to everybody’s eyes like a small universe of twinkling stars, a constellation fallen down to our earth and stuck upon a hill.”

Prof. Nicola Caldarone

Montepulciano is pretty town located between Val di Chiana and Val d’Orcia. Just 20 minutes from Cortona. The landscape, full of olive grows and vineyards is nicely framed by cypresses all around, making of it a typical Tuscan place.
From the main tower of this beautiful town there is a great view on Monti Sibillini, Monte Cimone and Gran Sasso (Abruzzo) in sunny days. San Biagio’s church is a real masterpiece of art, by Antonio Sangallo il Vecchio (1518-45), which rises up from the Hill of Montepulciano. Made of travertine contains a very famous Andrea della Robbia earthenware. Small medieval town very close to Cortona, Lucignano, well known for the famous Tree of Life. A big copper tree, which used to be symbol for life and happiness, an old legend tells that it brings good luck to the couples, once touched.

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