Cortona is situated in the territory which includes the Val d’Orcia and Val di Chiana. So people from here can reach in a few minutes the most important artistic towns and places such as: Siena, Firenze, Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino, San Quirico d’Orcia, Orvieto, Trasimeno Lake, Perugia, Assisi and Arezzo. From an artistic point of view, Montepulciano, called "The pearl of the Renaissance" for the works of the most important architects, painters and sculptors of XVIth Century, offers the possibility to give oneself up in a rich and powerful past. Wonderful landscape surrounds Montepulciano with its hills, vineyards, lakes, olive groves, all cottages and its old and pleasant villages. One of the most famous wine in the world rises from these vineyards and it is called Vino Nobile of Montepulciano.

This wine, together with the Brunello of Montalcino, the Chianti of Siena and Florence, the chianina beef, the pecorino cheese of Pienza and the olive oil promote the gastronomic development of this territory.

Tourists can taste the typical dishes and red famous wine in the many restaurants and typical tavern situated in the old town of Montepulciano. So we are waiting for you in Cortona, to discover again old and lost tastes.