Summer full of events to discover the city of Arezzo thanks to the experience and professionalism of the Arezzo Center Guides and the Province.
Let’s start with “ScopriArezzo” (discover Arezzo), where a professional guide presents some of the most important places of the city center.
It starts from the Basilica of St. Francis, then get to the Romanesque church of Santa Maria following Via Cavour, from here you ascend in the beautiful Piazza Grande, and finally a visit to the Cathedral, dedicated to Saints Peter and Donato.
The tour has a duration of about 2 hours and takes place every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m..
The meeting is at the ticket office in San Francis and has a cost of 10€.
At 12:30 a.m. on Saturday there is always another initiative, “ScopriArezzo dall’alto” (Discover Arezzo from above).
In one hour visit you can see the town hall and climb to the top of the tower, from which you can admire an impressive view of roofs and towers of the town of Arezzo.
The departure is from Town Hall Square (Piazza della Libertà) and the cost is 5€.
The third initiative is called “Aperta per lavori” (Open for work), which will take place from July 4th to November 2nd, every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m., more than two exceptional evening visits at 9:30 p.m. July 4th and August 1st.
It is one hour walk in the yard that is bringing to light the history of hidden Arezzo inside the Medici Fortress.
The price is 5€.
For info and reservations: Centro Guide Arezzo e provincia, tel. +39 0575 403319 / +39 334 3340608, www.centroguidearezzo.it, info@centroguidearezzo.it.
Days and times may be subject to change.
Are also organized visits to the exhibition “Seduzione Etrusca” (Etruscan Seduction) and MAEC Museum of Cortona.
But the appointments do not end here, in fact we recommend a visit to the Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, where in addition to the permanent exhibits on display, there are two initiatives, the exhibition “Nelle stanze dei Granduchi. Dagli Uffizi ad Arezzo: opere scelte dalle collezioni medicee” (In the rooms of the Grand Dukes. From the Uffizi Gallery to Arezzo: selected works from the collections of the Medici) open from 25th June to 5th October and “Lo Splendore Eterno: l’oro a Casa Bruschi dall’Antichità al XX secolo” (The Eternal Splendor: the Casa Bruschi gold from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century) open until November 2nd.
Entrance fee is 5€.
Also remind you that until October 31th, all over the historic center, is held the second edition of the exhibition of contemporary art “Icastica“.
The summer of Arezzo offers many good reasons to come and enjoy our truffles.
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