General

Agriturismo Cortona is the real Tuscan country house; here guests can taste the tipycal farm athmosfere.

The property consists in two houses, Casa Papavero and Casa di Paolo,  furnished in the warm, traditional local style.

Casa Papavero and Casa di Paolo are the product of a good evolution of ancient buildings, once used for control and cult purposes and then transformed in typical farmhouses. An enthusiastic restoration transformed them, without overturning them, into practical residences able to welcome guests in a simple yet functional style so as to leave atmospheres of long ago unaltered.

In Casa Papavero and Casa di Paolo there will be only guests to decide the rhythm of your sojourn, in such a way that no one else except the animals living in our countryside or wandering domestic cats could disturb you.

Casa Papavero – Sleeps 7:

It’s a characteristic middle age tower, it’s origins can be leaded up around the year 1000 A.C. (The building is rises nearby the Etruscan town of Cortona).

The building has been accurately reconstructed in a way to be comfortable for living. At the first floor we find a large kitchen/living roomwith a typical fireplace made of stone with at the center sculptured a coat of arms of the Cardinal Passerini: a glorious coat for Cortona proving that this building was probably property of that famous Cardinal, State secretary and counselor of Pope Leone X of Medici.

On the same floor there are two wide rooms: one matrimonial and one with three single beds. Nearby the two rooms there is a small but functional bathroom with shower. From the living room a typical wood ladder takes to the two upper floors of the tower: on the first there is a matrimonial room with two characteristic beamed windows made of terracotta. The bricks made of terracotta decorate also the floor. On the same level there is a confortable bathroom with shower. Going to the last floor there is maybe the most beautiful and characteristic room with terracotta floor and with a small gothic windows.

Outside there is an ancient pit made of stone, situated at the center of the old barnyard where once upon a time there were taking place the traditional rural festivals, particularly the “grain beating”, with banquets, dances, and with furtive love glances.

Upon request cooking classes and baby sitting service.

Pool and garden: 11 x 4 Mt pool , upon request pool towel ; barbecue.

Distance from services: Restaurant at walking distance ; 2 km shops ; 2 km horse riding; 2 km tennis; 40 Km golf

Distance from cities and attactions: 2 km Cortona, 12 km Trasimeno Lake; 27 km Arezzo; 30 km Montepulciano; 40 km Pienza; 75 km Assisi; 60 km Siena; 30 Km Perugia