by Cortona Mia | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog in English |
The hill town of Cortona rises above the Val di Chiana, its white marble and stonework reflecting the sun like some great beacon. This Etruscan town’s origins actually predate recorded history, but its storied existence has long been a focus of commerce, pilgrimage,...
by Cortona Mia | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog in English |
IT was love at first sight. Henry James was 26 when he crossed the border from Switzerland and made his way, on foot, down into Italy — “warm & living & palpable,” as he wrote ecstatically to his sister on Aug. 31, 1869. The romance kindled that day lasted...
by Cortona Mia | Mar 10, 2009 | Blog in English |
Article from Rick Steves Comunity We are interested in staying in a hilltown for a week in the spring and then going on daytrips to other nearby towns. We had decided on Cortona because it sounds like a great town in itself and seems centrally located. Google and...
by Cortona Mia | Sep 6, 2000 | Blog in English |
CORTONA, Italy A loud voice pierced the dreamy stillness of Frances Mayes’s rose-and-lavender-filled Tuscan garden. ”Is this the house?” an American tourist hollered up from the iron gate. With sudden awe, he added, ”Is that Ed?” Ed...
