Antico Lavatoio - renovated cottage in the historic center of Cortona

The ancient wash house is a small jewel, a single house in the heart of the old city, on the medieval walls of Cortona, between the Porta Montanina and the Church of San Nicolò where you can admire the famous paintings by Luca Signorelli and Severini.

The house is made of stone and a careful restoration has been carried out with precious materials: Venetian plaster on the walls, decorated resin floor, bleached chestnut ceiling. You enter the ground floor from the living room where there are two sofas, one of which is a bed, a fireplace, a table with chairs, American design kitchen with washing machine, dishwasher, electric oven, fridge, toaster, blender, etc. The living room leads into a small courtyard with plants and flowers and a table with chairs in "wrought iron". On the ground floor before the main bathroom with double shower, there are large fitted wardrobes; a staircase leads to the bedroom with a double bed, a designer wardrobe in plexiglas and bleached chestnut wood, bedside tables and a small bathroom decorated with "Mosaico di Bisazza". Bed linen and towels are of quality as well as crockery and kitchen accessories.
The house is fully air-conditioned with a hot / cold splitter system.
Included in the price the cleaning service once a week for three hours.
On this same website you can find our other two properties at your disposal: the Casa dei Capperi in Carloforte (Sardinia), and the Attico Padova Centro in Padua.
The house is the ideal accommodation for professionals (professors and researchers) of local universities, such as the University of Georgia and the University of Alberta (Canada) in Ossaia, and for the family visiting the students.

Cortona is just minutes from a series of wonderful places in central Italy, to visit in a day, including:

MONTEPULCIANO
With just 40 minutes drive you will cross one of the most beautiful landscapes of the beautiful Tuscany, enjoying a fabulous and endless panorama of the Val d'Orcia and Val di Chiana. Montepulciano is perched on top of a hill, a medieval village of rare beauty with elegant Renaissance palaces, ancient churches, beautiful squares and small hidden corners. Recently Montepulciano has become a very popular tourist destination with a noticeable increase in visitors, following the shooting of the famous movie New Moon, sequel to the Twilight vampire saga.
Distance: 38 Km (by car, about 40 minutes)
Average visit time: half a day.

AREZZO
Arezzo is only 28 km from Cortona, it can be visited in one day and can be easily reached by train from the Camucia di Cortona station, where local trains are very frequent, usually one every 2 hours.
Distance: 28 Km (25 minutes by train)
Average time visit: one day

PIENZA
Pienza is a destination to visit when visiting Tuscany because it enjoys a truly strategic position perched on top of a hill, overlooking the entire Orcia valley with a breathtaking view.
This enchanting village is widely known as the "ideal" city of the Renaissance, the creation of the great humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who later became Pope Pius II.
Distance: 45 Km (50 minutes by car)
Average visit time: Half day

FLORENCE
Reaching Florence from Cortona is very simple, for example via Train from the station of Camucia di Cortona, where local trains are very frequent, usually one every 2 hours, with destination central train station of Santa Maria Novella, from here it will be easy to reach the center of Florence to visit the main attractions.
Distance: 120 km (Car or train: about 1 hour and 15 minutes)
Average time visit: one day

SIENA
Reachable from Cortona by car (about an hour) and by train (about an hour and a half), Siena is one of the most beautiful medieval cities in Italy. The heart of the city is the famous Piazza del Campo, with its particular shell shape, in which the famous Palio is held, one of the most important events for all the Sienese people. The Palio di Siena is a passionate horse race that takes place every year, in July and August, and its origins seem to date back to the seventeenth century. Siena according to legend was founded by Senio, son of Remus, and in the city there are several statues depicting the mythical Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf. Piazza del Campo is the central nucleus of Siena since the time of the Romans, who had their Forum here.
Means of transport: by car, about 1 hour, by train, 1 hour and a half.
Distance: 71 Km
Average visit time: 1 day

SAINT GIMIGNANO
You can reach it from Cortona only by car with about an hour and a half journey. Small fortified city is also called the New York of the Middle Ages because in the most flourishing period the wealthy families came to build as many as 72 towers as a symbol of their well-being and power. Of these today there are 14 that contribute to make the city atmosphere even more fascinating. Famous pearl for its architecture and its beautiful medieval towers that make the city profile truly unique.  Declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990.
Transportation Medium: about 1 hour and 30 minutes
Distance: 110 Km. Average time for visits: 1 day

LAKE TRASIMENO
Lake Trasimeno is located on the border with Tuscany a few km from Cortona, it can be reached in about 20 minutes by car or by train from the station of Castiglione del Lago. Lake Trasimeno is the second largest lake in Italy for exemption, inside there are three very green islands that you can visit. Throughout the surrounding area we find traces of a thousand-year history with Etruscan masterpieces from the Roman, Medieval and Renaissance periods.  Some of the villages on Lake Trasimeno: Castiglione del Lago, Passignano, Città della Pieve.
By Train: about 20 minutes
Distance: 22 Km (20 minutes by car or train)
Average visit time: 1 day

ASSISI
Assisi stretches on the slopes of Mount Subasio, above the plain where the Topino and the Chiascio flow. Although it can boast a Roman origin, the current aspect of Assisi, both of the buildings and of the urban fabric, has certainly been determined by medieval development. The oldest part of the town is protected by a defensive system consisting of eight fortified access gates and a long city wall, still in excellent condition, which belongs to two castles: the Rocca Maggiore, rebuilt by Cardinal Albornotz in 1367 and the Rocca Minore. Assisi, in addition to the religious buildings of such great importance that it can not be considered its exclusive heritage, such as the Basilica of San Francesco, tourists can also visit the Basilica of Santa Chiara and the Church of San Pietro. The first was built in Gothic style between 1257 and 1265, the second one was slightly older, decorated with an elegant median portal and three rosettes. The Duomo, dedicated to the patron San Rufino, maintains a splendid façade with sculptures and reliefs; the interior, however, has undergone reconstruction over the centuries that have distorted the original structure of the thirteenth century.
Distance: 72 Km (by car, about 1 hour, by train, about 1 and 20 minutes)
Average visit time: 1 day