Holiday home - Arezzo, Italy

Description

About 10km from Arezzo lies this romantic vacation home in a quiet side valley. The former hayloft has been lovingly restored and furnished: On the ground floor is the bright living room with kitchenette and exit to the covered terrace with barbecue; a spiral staircase leads to the 1st floor, where the large bedroom with bathroom is located. Also from the bedroom there is a ground level exit to the rear terrace with a private garden area and deck chairs.
The cottage is a dependence of a villa, which is occupied by the owner in the summer. The location is ideal to enjoy Arezzo with its worth seeing old town - for example strolling through the Corso, visiting the worth seeing cathedral, the Pieve and the church of San Francesco and of course having an aperitif on the piazza. Numerous trattorias offer local delicacies. In June and September, Piazza Grande hosts the traditional equestrian games of the Saracino; on the first weekend of every month, the entire old town comes alive with the great national antiques market. Furthermore, from here you can quickly reach the pretty town of Castiglion Fiorentino (12 km) with a wide view over the Chiana Valley, the Etruscan hill town of Cortona (25 km) or the picturesque Anghiari (20 km) in the High Tiber Valley (to name just a few); it is about 45 km to Lake Trasimeno with its sandy beaches and small islets. Stores, trattorias and bars at Palazzo del Pero (3 km).