Hotel in Cortona

Exteriors

Villa Cortonesi is a magnificent hotel in Cortona that sits amidst vineyards, olive groves and perfectly tended lawns.Among the excursions, the guests can go on are a hot air balloon ride over the area revealing the wonders treasured by it, a steam train or classic littorine round trip through Siena, Asciano, Monte Amiata, Monte Antico, the way it used to be in the past and an antique car drive along the road that can take you to off the beaten tracks to lesser known yet beautiful sites.

They will also be able make an excursion on Panttoon boat in Lake Trasimeno, go on horse back, trek along ancient paths and join a cinematographic tour to the sites that inspired or were location to famous films such as “Under the Tuscan sun” or “Life is beautiful”, or a photographic tour guided by an expert photographer and teacher. They can visit a museum of gold in Arezzo celebrated for its gold art. The area is host to a variety of archaeological sites and art havens. Villa Cortonesi sets up wine tasting excursions to Montepulciano, Montalcino and Chianti.      
Radda, Gaiole, Castelnuovo Berardenga in Chianti await visitors to their fairy-tale castles. Guests can go on an olive tasting tour or a tour to Montalcino and discover the way the village organizes its life around wine making, visit the cheese factory and see how the last artisans perform their art in Montepulciano and Pienza.

Every year a new edition of the Tuscan Sun Festival takes place in the Etruscan city of Cortona in August. The festival themed on classical music also has also room for literature and enogastronomy.

The festival explores all the senses for together with music visitors will also savour the delicious Italian cuisine and taste its wine, converse on literature and enjoy visual arts.
This hotel in Cortona has been thought to please all the senses: the sight and sound of nature, the touch of fine fabrics, the taste of delicious cuisine and the inviting fragrances of flowers.


Interiors

Coming from the perfectly manicured garden you enter this magnificent hotel in Cortona which is divided into three storeys. When the doors open onto the shared rooms all the charm of the house reveals in all its splendour. The stone fireplaces, original terracotta floors, curtains, soft carpets and pieces from 16th century altars will beckon guests to relaxation and will charm them for their beauty. For the shared rooms’ ´s decor, old prints and period paintings have been chosen. The sitting room opens from the hall. It affords sofas and tables. A stone staircase leads to the first floor where there are 15 bedrooms embellished with priceless antiques and furnishings.

In the neighbouring annex there are more rooms designed with different shapes, sizes and a touch of their own as to décor. The pieces of antiques are also here their hallmark. From each room in this hotel in Cortona guests will be able to admire a sight of the wonderful scenes of Tuscany and infuse themselves with the sounds and fragrances of this magical land.

All the rooms afford satellite TV, minibar, safe-deposit box, internet connection and large bathrooms featuring either a hydro massage bathtub or hydro massage shower.
 
The cooking lessons devised in the hotel will introduce the gastronomic heritage of Italy and especially the Tuscan region.

The course aims to revalue flavours and ingredients of recipes passed down from generation to generation and later on savouring the dishes prepared in the lessons.

Shiatsu, massages and lymph drainage by expert hands are available to provide guests with relief and comfort.