LA MUCCHIA CASA VACANZE

“La Mucchia - Casa Vacanza & Art Gallery” is located in the region of Tuscany, an area of great historical and artistic interest.
The vacation house is situated at the foot of Cortona, an ancient Etruscan town, founded by the residence of Umbria about 3,000 years ago, even before Rome was established.
The house is currently divided into eight suites.
It is surrounded by 7,000 sq.
meters (roughly two acres) of land used for lawn, garden and other various services.
Some of these services include parking, a play area, swimming pool and playground.

"La Mucchia - Casa Vacanza & Art Gallery" offers its guests the opportunity to practice physical activities to improve the health and welfare of the body thanks to a splendid swimming pool surrounded between nature and history.

“La Mucchia casa vacanza & art gallery” is located in the region of Tuscany, an area of great historical and artistic interest.
The vacation house is situated at the foot of Cortona, an ancient Etruscan town, founded by the residence of Umbria about 3,000 years ago, even before Rome was established.
Cortona is a constant point of reference for travelers and connoisseurs of art.
Here you can admire the paintings of Signorelli, a Renaissance inspirer of the great Michelangelo.
His paintings are preserved in the Museum Diocesan and in the Church of St.
Nicholas.
There are many paintings in the town of Cortona, ranging from the middle ages to the twentieth century.
Some of these come from art schools like “Senese” and “Fiorentino”, from famous artists like Beato Angelico” up to “Gino Severini” (one of the founders of Futurism).
For lovers of Archeology MAEC - Archaeological Museum of Cortona is a must-see, because there are very interesting Etruscan objects preserved there.
Some of them include the 'chandelier' and the 'jewels of the Princess'.

Taking the narrow streets of Cortona is like traveling back in time to discover, through the senses, the ancient perfumes, sounds, colors and shapes.
The ancient palaces and solemn, beautiful churches are the background to the voices of Toscana; the fantastic smells of the “trattorias” (small typical restaurants) will engulf your senses.
The attractions in the city are abundant and varied.
Each August the Tuscan Sun Festival is an event of international character, bringing a stream of opera lovers.
The “Archidado” Joust is a medieval costume tournament that is held during the summer through the streets of the city.
Inside the buildings there are many exhibitions, such as the exhibition of antique furniture; it is of prime national importance.
Visitors have chosen to spend entire seasons of the year in Cortona and have made it known to people in remote areas through their books.
Venture out of the Etruscan walls that surround the city to discover picturesque villages perched on rolling hills.
The history of country people has left us Colonial houses, vineyards, olive groves and their culinary crafts.
“La Mucchia casa vacanza & art gallery” is located among fields of sunflowers and is very close to highway 71.
This links the area to major urban centers, as well as to the Florence – Rome train, to the autostrada del Sole (A1) and the highway Perugia - Siena.
From here you reach Siena, Chianti, Umbria and the outlet village of Valdichiana (a modern shopping center where you can find dozens of shops of known fashion designers at discount prices).

Arrive:
By Car: traveling by car from the North, or South take the A1 Firenze - Roma highway (autostrada), exit at Valdichiana.(About 200 km from Rome and 60 km from Firenze) Follow the blue signs for Perugia and take the fastway (superstrada) exit at Cortona (do not exit at first sign to Cortona-Foiano) - follow directions to Cortona for 1.5 km till you see sign to the right “La Mucchia casa vacanza”, Continue on this road, After 0.8 km you will see a new sign to the left, follow this road for 1.9 km.
till you will get to the house.
By Train: the nearest station is Camucia o Terontola di Cortona; From the station you reach us by local taxi which will take you to us in few minutes drive.
We can provide taxi phone numbers.

Luoghi da Visitare:
Cortona - 4 Km
The town of Cortona stand high on a hill (650) and has a spectacular views of the Valdichiana, Lake Trasimeno and Mount Amiata.
Arezzo - 27 Km
The provincial capital, a beautiful city of Tuscany, Arezzo lies 80 Kms south of Florence and it dominates the beautiful valley in which Valtiberina, Valdichiana, Casentino and Valdarno valleys all join together.
Montepulciano - 30 Km
The highest of the Tuscan hill towns, Montepulciano, offers stunning views and fine exemple of Renaissance architecture.
Pienza - 40 Km
The medieval village of Pienza is to be regarded as a real monument as a whole in its orderliness and rationality and offers some incredible views of the Val d‘Orcia as in a painting by the best Renaissance artists.
Lago Trasimeno - 12 Km
The area of Trasimeno is very pretty, there are boat trips in the summer to visit the three islands in the middle or to cross from one side to another.
Siena - 60 Km
To the south west of Arezzo , edging throught the Chianti region, enter Siena and step back to the Middle Ages.