Explore the history of Cortona over four walking tours and one outting to the Etruscan archeological site.
Historic Walks of Cortona
Stumble upon some incredible treasures and secrets of Cortona's past and relax with a refreshing aperitif at dusk
Each walk, organized in collaboration with MAEC, The Etruscan Academy Museum of Cortona, is approximately an hour in English and Italian
Famous painters from Cortona 
Friday 30 July 2010
Meeting: the Museum (Maec) in Piazza Signorelli
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Throughout this tour, you will discover famous paintings by Cortona’s most acclaimed artists, Luca Signorelli, Pietro da Cortona and Gino Severini at MAEC and at Museo Diocesano. €12 includes aperitif.
Famous architects' buildings in Cortona
Sunday 1 August 2010
Meeting point: Piazza del Mercato in Cortona
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Departure by shuttle to some of Cortona’s most important landmarks, your guide will show and speak about Santa Maria Nuova Church built by Giorgio Vasari in 1554, Santa Maria delle Grazie built in 1484-1515 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Fortezza del Girifalco built in 1556 by architects Francesco Laparelli and Gabrio Serbelloni. €12 includes aperitif.
Following in footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Meeting point: Piazza del Mercato in Cortona
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Departure by shuttle to "Le Celle", the monastery and the cell where St. Francis lived in the 13th century. Return to Cortona and visit to St. Francis Church and friar Elia Coppi; walk to the library and visit the Cortona Laudario. €12 includes aperitif.
Churches and buildings of Cortona
Friday 6 August 2010
Meeting point: the Museum (Maec) in Piazza Signorelli
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Cortona has an abundance of beautiful churches, all with a unique history. This tour takes in some of the churches, buildings and back laneways of Cortona. €12 includes aperitif.
Etruscan tour, lecture with Etruscan lunch
Friday 6 August 2010
Meeting point at Piazza del Mercato in Cortona
9.00am - 3.00pm
In 2009 a tour of the archaeological park by the two professors who have been leading the excavation since 1990 sold out. The Italian-Canadian partnership of Professor Helen Fracchia and Professor Maurizio Gualitieri will take a small group on tour of the site as well as give a talk on their discoveries and insights into Etruscan and Roman life in the vicinity of Cortona. The tour and lecture will be followed up with an authentic Etruscan lunch, which has been carefully put together exclusively for the Tuscan Sun Festival.
Limited to 40 people €50
Example Etruscan Lunch Menu
A booklet with explanations about the menu will be available for participants.
Antipasto - Tagete’s delicatessen: Green olives , black olives flavoured with garlic and wild fennel, omelette with nettle, eggs and cheese, a selection of cheese with honey, flat bread
First course - Puls chiusina: spelt, pork, broad beans, oat bread
Second course - The offert for Tinia : Chianina beef with Mediterranean aromas and wild herbs
Dessert - Arrunte’s gift: Spelt scones, hazelnuts, figs, grapes and ‘Mulsum’ (wine and honey)
