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Cortona and Montepulciano

Private tour discovering Cortona and Montepulciano from the last 8 / 9 hours. DueGolfi Car Service invite you to discover the most intimate area of Tuscany. Cortona is an ancient, walled Tuscan city that merits the attention of travelers. Its grey and ochre coloured buildings cascade down a flank of Monte Sant'Egidio in southern Tuscany close to the western border of Umbria, offering astounding views of the broad Val di Chiana, the Siena Mountains to the west, and the blue expanse of Lake Trasimeno to the south. Around the city, on terraced mountain slopes, ranks of silver-green olive trees are rooted in a stony soil, where Cortonese farmers have harvested them for centuries.
Sections of Cortona's formidable walls, built by the Etruscans with huge quadrangular boulders, still stand today, and archaeologists have found Etruscan tombs in the valley below the town. A beautiful - and valuable - collection of Etruscan artifacts, including a bronze lamp dating from the 5th century BC, is now on display in Cortona's Museo dell'Accademia (Palazzo Casali). Due Gofli Car Service suggest you to visit the new Museum MAEC and the Tuscan Sun Festival an annual music and arts Festival, each evening, concerts featuring some of the world's most distinguished artists are performed in the intimate setting of the Romantic-period theatre, Teatro Signorelli. The Tuscan Sun Festival takes place the first week of August. DueGofli Car Service suggest you a culinary stop at Relais Il Falconiere, the most famous restaurant of the area. The tour continues through the countryside of this part of Tuscany famous for its vineyards and the endless fields of sunflowers. Due Golfi Car Service also offers the opportunity to visit the best wineries in the area such as Villa Loggio, Tenimenti d’Alessandro and Antinori. Montepulciano is Tuscany's highest hilltop town, built along a narrow limestone ridge at 1,950ft (605m) above sea level. Sheltered within the town's fortified walls are charming streets packed with Renaissance-style palaces and churches. Its most celebrated achievement is its Vino Nobile wines. Also of interest is the Madonna di San Biagio, a delightful pilgrimage church on the outskirts of the town. For a dip into Etruscan reliefs and funerary urns collected by Pietro Bucelli, visit his Palazzo on Via di Gracciano del Corso 73. For splendid views, take a stroll to the Palazzo Communale and climb the tower, which is open between 9am and 2pm Monday to Saturday.