Cortona is a town Tuscany where some of the important artists of the Renaissance were born and worked. The most famous is Luca Signorelli and the main theater of the Cortona is dedicated to him; the other one is worth mentioning is Pietro da Cortona, who was born in the town on 1 November 1596 and died in Rome in 1669. Pietro da Cortona was the first artist of the Baroque, he worked in Rome with Bernini and together the elaborated the project  and the construction of several works commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, including Castel Gandolfo.

But if you come in Cortona, specially in a Country House Cortona, you will see that from certain points of view Cortona is a small work of art. It is covered and colored in every little corner by works of art by contemporary artists, exhibited in small galleries. Most of the galleries show Tuscan artists, painters, sculptors and photographers and this is the feature of the village.

It is very easy to find in a country house Cortona, some paintings that depicts a field of blooming sunflowers, a typical Tuscan landscape at sunset or a field of grapevines, this is another special feature of the place.

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Cortona is little and beautiful village in Tuscany and it is very well known all over the world, especially after the movie “Under the Tuscan Sun”, which was set in this part of Tuscany.

So…we are going to open our country house doors, a magic land, as we use to call it. Our Farm House in Cortona have been a house that we renovated recently and it keeps perfectly the Tuscan feauters, those you can find in the country and that color the area. Walls of stone for the extorios, a beautiful swimming pool in the garden, looking at the country side and everything that guests might want from a farmhouse: large rooms, high ceilings, furnished in typical Tuscan country style.

For who likes to cook or likes just to try Tuscan recipes there are two big spaces devoted to kitchen and living rooms,  places for meeting and conviviality.

Then, just some advices good reason to come and visit us

• The magic of a medieval village full of charm that have been perfectly preserve.
• The sunny light early in the morning, that illuminates every corner of the city and the countryside. 
• All the landscape around the village, offering stunning views across the hills, the lake and the green plains of the Val di Chiana
• The historical and cultural heritage of inestimable value in museums and palaces
• The origins of Cortona and all the events in program all over the year.

From Cortona it is very easy to reach all the most famous towns in central Italy like Florence, Pisa, Siena, Perugia and Rome, another good reason to come and stay at our Cortona Country House “Il Torrino”.