Arezzo

Sightseeing Walking Tours

During this 2.5-hour private tour, your expert guide will take you through the most important and interesting sports in the beautiful city of Arezzo. Although still far from most of the touristic flows, this mid-sized Tuscan city is truly beautiful and its historic center represents a hidden gem of the Tuscan region. Follow your expert guide and discover the Cathedral of St. Peter and Donato, then walk St. Francis Square until you reach the Church of St. Mary of the Pieve. After that, you'll find yourself surrounded by the beautiful Piazza Grande, the beautiful square appearing in Roberto Benigni's most famous film La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful). Continue your walk and spot the monument dedicated to the famous poet Francesco Petrarca, then stop a bit to admire the majestic Medici's fortress. One final tip: you might want to bring your camera along.

Together with an expert, you will walk in the vineyard whilst admiring the amazing Tuscan landscape. You can listen to your guide as they explain to you the history of the location, as well as the explanation of the methods and techniques of the wine production. This journey follows a unique tradition in high-quality wine production, and you will learn how this is all possible thanks to the ideal climate conditions of the Chiana Valley, exposure of the fields, location, and soil properties. Following that, take part in an exclusive wine tasting created by the farm combined with local Tuscan products. Throughout this experience you will taste three most-important Tuscan wines known all around the world, as a professional sommelier explains to you in depth the particularity of those Italian excellencies. A sample of red and white wines will be served with local products such as Tuscan sausages and cheese, and you will also be treated to water, wine, appetizers, and bread. This experience will prove a fantastic opportunity to learn how to match your wine with tasty food, as well as how wines are made.

After gathering at the tour meeting point with your guide, your walking tour through Arezzo will begin. You will learn how this city arose in the pre-Etruscan era in an area which had been inhabited since prehistoric times. This is evident through the discovery of stone tools and the so-called "Man of the Elm", which dates back to the Paleolithic. This took place near the hamlet of Olmo which occurred throughout the excavation works of a short segment of the Rome-Florence railway line in 1863. Arezzo was then one of the main Etruscan cities, and you will learn about how throughout the Roman era, especially in the republican period, Arezzo became a very important symbol of Roman expansion to the north. It was also a defensive bastion of the unborn empire. Throughout your tour you can discover the history and secrets of this city and this territory as you admire findings which date back to centuries ago.