Location: Arezzo in Italy
Car: necessary
The local village of Talla is 5 minutes down the mountain, with 2 local bars, one restaurant, a church, a bank, shops and a beautiful cemetery. Rassina - small local market town, 20 minutes away with rail connection to Arezzo.Bibbiena, 30 minutes away - the historic upper town has a university, hospital and good restaurants.
Golf is available at Poppi, 45 minutes away. There is also a beautiful 12th Century Castle Set upon a hill above the Medieval village where the famous poet Dante resided during his years of political exile.
Arezzo's greatest artistic treasure is the set of frescoes by Piero della Francesca called La Leggenda della Vera Croce, in the church of San Francesco.