Arezzo, Cortona, and Eastern Tuscany

Top Reasons to Go

Driving through the Parco Nazionale Casentino: The vistas along the winding road of this park in the Casentino will not disappoint.

Piero della Francesca's True Cross frescoes: If your holy grail is great Renaissance art, seek out these 12 silently enigmatic scenes in Arezzo's Basilica di San Francesco.

Santa Maria del Calcinaio: The interior of this Cortona church is much like that of Florence's Duomo, and it's a prime example of Renaissance architecture.

Shopping for jewelry in Arezzo: Gold has been part of Arezzo's economy since Etruscan times, and today the town is well known worldwide for jewelry design.