Insider guides

An unforgettable experience for who loves tuscan cuisine but non only....

Cortona and the surrounding territory offer visitors a unique combination of environmental and natural resources from the Tuscan landscape and archaeological monuments spanning from Etruscan to Roman times.

MAEC's history stretches back to 1727 when the Accademia Etrusca (Etruscan Academy) was founded; the academy's statutory goals included the dissemination of historical and artistic culture through key-tools such as the famous Museum.

The Bottega is a new concept shop , something delicous among restaurant, wine bar ans a shop where you can find the best of Tuscan gastronomic excellences... a place to taste...

Once upon a time there was a very old mill... Today it is a charming Locanda with just eight rooms overlooking the creek "Esse" and a typical restaurant. An heaven of tranquillity and peace located in a picturesque landscape

Our popular ceramics called "cocci", are made with the traditional process that still work in the laboratory in the historic centre of Cortona, where several kind of products was born over the years according to the market needs.

In the wonderful atmosphere of the Relais Il Falconiere you can enjoy and taste Baracchi's wines, have a guided tour through our vineyards and visit our estate to finish your tour into our "champagnerie".

The grapes, their leaves and wine have extraordinary antioxidant properties and can have beneficial effects on skin, circulation, forms of stress and skin ageing.

You will learn about this noble art and different kind of falcons and their characteristics, how to meet them how to feed this noble birds.