A day trip to Cortona, that is a small charming town in Chiana Valley, in the province of Arezzo, southern Tuscany.
Cortona is surrounded by stone walls dating back to Etruscan and Roman times, and sits on the top of a hill about 600 meters above sea level, which location offers amazing views from all over the town to the surrounding valley and even up to Lake Trasimeno.
We were lucky to visit Cortona on a day, when a medieval event was held, and found ourselves among ladies, knights, flag flyers, crossbow shooters, soldiers and pages, in medieval style decorated streets - bringing all back the ancient medieval splendour of this charming city.