Arezzo area

Despite its small size, the Arezzo area offers a vast natural and artistic heritage. The area is surrounded in the north by the Casentino, where the valley crosses its first stretch of the Arno, to the east by the Valtiberina, to the south by Valdichiana, a plain created by the reclamation of pre-existing marshlands, the most notable waterway being the Chiana canal; and finally, to the west by the nearby Valdarno Aretino.

Visitors to Arezzo are struck by piazza Grande, glimpsed momentarily in films like Benigni’s Life is Beautiful, but even so, Piero della Francesca cannot go unmentioned; the great artist makes the city unmissable. His frescoes fill the Basilica of San Francesco, one of the beauties of the Arezzo area. This area also has a long...