One day trip to ..

ONE-DAY-TRIPS

A stay in Mercatale is pleasant for the beauties of the landescape, but it offers also one-day-trip to:

City name	Distance in Km	Small Description
Abbazia di Farneta	35	The Abbey was founded in IX or X century by Benedictines and it is now heavily damaged. It is the oldest building in Romanesque style in Arezzo province. In its sacresty there are some interesting Etruscan findings.
Anghiari	70	This medieval village near Arezzo was famous for its arm and armour manufactures.
Arezzo	50	Old town of Etruscan origin rich of medieval and Renaissance monuments. The famous "Giostra del Saracino" in the splendid Piazza Grande takes place every year on the first Sunday of September.
Assisi	80	It is one of the best known religious centres in the world for the mystical memory of San Francesco.
Castello di Montecchio	30	Old castle of XIII century.
Castiglion Fiorentino	30	Picturesque town on a hill overlooking Valdichiana. There are still the medieval walls with the keep tower.
Città di Castello	40	Graceful and elegant town in the middle of Val Tiberina. It has an important picture gallery with many works of young Raffaello, Domenico del Ghirlandaio and Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia.
Cortona	17	Situated in a wonderful position on a spur along the eastern border of Valdichiana. Important art centre already famous in Etruscan and medieval times. there is a rich Museum of the Etruscan Accademy.
Gubbio	40	It is one of the most typical towns in Umbria for its medieval aspect and for its magnificent monuments.
Lago Trasimeno	12	It is the largest lake in central Italy with three isles: Maggiore, Minore and Polvese. Its name reminds us of the famous battle of 217 B.C. between the Romans and Carthaginians. On its banks there are some nice villages: Passignano (20 km.), Tuoro (12 km.) and Castiglion del Lago (25 km.); the last one is famous for the ruins of its old castle.
Montepulciano	55	Elegant Renaissance town, famous for its monuments and also for its world known wine "Nobile di Montepulciano".
Montone	30	Interesting village situated in a splendid position. In the early Middle Ages there was a castle.
Perugia	50	Very important and interesting town situated on a steep hill overlooking the Tevere (Tiber) valley. Perugia art school gave the basic education to famous Raffaello..
Pienza	65	Lovely Renaissance town planned by Pope Pio II who assigned the rebuilding to architet Bernardo Rossellino.
Sansepolcro	55	Small art town in XIV century style. It is the birthday place of Piero della Francesca (1420-1492).
Siena	80	This important town situated on three hills lies in the heart of Tuscany. Its medieval aspect is pure and perfect. It is famous all over the world for its Palio (2nd of July and 16th August)