Arezzo Apartments & Villas (Tuscany)
Eastern Tuscany has an impressive beauty: From the forests of Mugello and Casentino, to the rocks of La Verna. Mystics have always had a liking for this corner of Tuscany, where ancient monastic orders have maintained a presence to this day. Off the main roads, in the beech, oak and chestnut covered hills, one encounters few tourists. The area is especially charming in the autumn, when the trees turn red and gold and the truffle season begins thus making this a wonderful location for a Tuscany Villa holiday rental or staying in a Tuscan apartment with a swimming pool.
The local Truffle delicacy is offered for sale on every street corner. On the mountain pastures further to the east graze sheep, whose milk is made into excellent cheese, and the white cattle which were sacred to the ancient Romans. This is a land of saints, hermits and monasteries. In the hilltop monastery of La Verna, Saint Francis is said to have experienced the miracle of stigmata. This part of Tuscany was home to the Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca, whose cycle of crucifixion frescos in the gothic church of San Francesco, in Arezzo, are well worth seeing. This is a great place to rent your Tuscany self catering apartments and villas.
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