Bistecca alla Fiorentina T-bone cut of Chianina beef, grilled rare over embers
A T-bone cut from Chianina beef, grilled rare over embers with no seasoning at all: Florence's signature dish.
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The bridge behind Mona Lisa's shoulder, the Romito di Laterina, stands in this province. Arezzo, its capital, holds the south-eastern corner of Tuscany, and the 36 municipalities around it cover very different ground: the Casentino and Pratomagno mountains and valleys to the north, the fertile Tiber and Chiana valleys to the south. The province even administers an exclave stranded inside the province of Rimini, over in Emilia-Romagna.
Travel here is town-by-town rather than view-by-view. Cortona looks down over the Chiana valley, Sansepolcro sits at the far edge towards the Marche, and San Giovanni Valdarno and Montevarchi hold the working stretch of the Arno valley between Florence and Arezzo. The Casentino, closed in by its own ridges, rewards a slow drive rather than a day trip.
Towns in the province of Arezzo
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36 towns
Anghiari Arezzo Capital Badia Tedalda Bibbiena Bucine Capolona Caprese Michelangelo Castel Focognano Castel San Niccolò Castelfranco Piandiscò Castiglion Fibocchi Castiglion Fiorentino Cavriglia Chitignano Chiusi della Verna Civitella in Val di Chiana Cortona Foiano della Chiana Laterina Pergine Valdarno Loro Ciuffenna Lucignano Marciano della Chiana Monte San Savino Montemignaio Monterchi Montevarchi Ortignano Raggiolo Pieve Santo Stefano Poppi Pratovecchio Stia San Giovanni Valdarno Sansepolcro Sestino Subbiano Talla Terranuova Bracciolini
The top 4 places in Arezzo
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🖼️ Museums Casa-museo Ivan Bruschi 📍 Arezzo House-museum of the antiquarian Ivan Bruschi in the palace of the Capitano del Popolo, corso Italia 14 in Arezzo. 2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Convento di Sargiano 📍 Arezzo Franciscan convent of 1405 near Arezzo, with a fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni and Roncalli's stay in 1936. 3 🏰 Castles & palaces Fortezza Medicea 📍 Arezzo 16th-century fortress of Cosimo I on the hill of San Donato in Arezzo, with panoramic ramparts over the city. Arezzo and around, on the map
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🍝 At the table: Tuscany
Panforte di Siena sweet of almonds, candied fruit, honey and spices pressed into a disc
Almonds, candied fruit, flour, honey and spices pressed into a low disc: Siena's panforte has a recipe documented since 1205.
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Saint Martin, patron of one of Italy's oldest Carnivals
📅 Every year, on 11 November; the famed Foiano Carnival, among Italy's oldest, also has a summer edition
Foiano della Chiana celebrates Saint Martin on 11 November, in the collegiate church dedicated to him together with Saint Leonard. The Carnival of Foiano della Chiana, one of Italy's most famous and oldest, is held every year in two sessions: the traditional winter one and one in late spring-early summer, known as the summer carnival.
Saint Martin of Tours, patron of Castel Focognano
📅 Every year, on 11 November
Castel Focognano celebrates Saint Martin of Tours on 11 November.
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Castel San Niccolò celebrates its patron Saint Martin, to whom the Pieve di San Martino a Vado is dedicated.
Saint Andrew, patron of Marciano della Chiana
📅 Every year, on 30 November
Marciano della Chiana celebrates Saint Andrew on 30 November, in the church dedicated to him together with Saint Stephen.