General

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

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 their stay, in such a way that no one else except the animals living in our countryside or wandering domestic cats could disturb you.

Casa di Paolo Sleeps 5:

The building, nowadays destined to comfortably welcome Italian and foreigner guests, was for a long time a small church engaged with the Cortonese countryside: the S. Silvestro church, named in several historical evidences, the last one dated 1577 when his manage passed under the control of the territorial cathedral. After that, this church was converted in a classic Tuscan farmhouse, so to have his ancient middle age origin recognizable only to keen and expert eyes: a marvelous sequence of truss crossbeams, a curious window shaped like a bell and an ancient fresco still partly visible representing the saint naming the church. These details highlight the walls of this characteristic Tuscan house with history and art.

At ground floor there is a large living room with a fireplace and nearby a simple but functional kitchen with dishwasher. On the same floor there’s a box room and a bathroom with shower.

On the first floor, there is a double room, a room with two single beds that can possibly be merged and a third smaller room with a single bed. Nearby  there’s a comfortable bathroom with a bath tube.

On the upper floor it’s possible to go on a ladder made of stone, ending in a characteristic Tuscan veranda from where it’s possible to see a wonderful view turning to west up to the borders of Valdichiana.

Exactly in front of the house overlooks the sacred mountain of Sepoltiglia, theater in 217 b. C. of the Trasimeno’s battle, where Romans fought against the famous army of Cartagine leaded by Hannibal.

Upon request cooking classes and baby sitting service.

Pool and garden: 13 x 5 Mt pool ( sometimes shared with owners ), 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