Cortona Tuscany

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I know I say this at every new place we go to but this place is wonderful. It’s a small town in Tuscany and it’s just delightful. So picturesque, unfortunately we’ve only here for one day/night and it’s rainy but even in the rain I love it.
We arrived at lunchtime and the hostel wasn’t open so we took shelter in a little Trattoria for some cheap authentic Tuscan food, most dishes were 5-6euro’s (under $10) and the wine was only 5euro for a litre.
The hostel was previously a Convent, marble floors, steep granite steps big heavy wooden doors and sparse bedrooms (thankfully rather spacious).
Even though it was rainy we wandered the steep streets and exquisite shops, exploring the town, finally taking shelter in a bar for some more cheap wine.
Boy have we gone through a bit of this cheap wine throughout France and Italy. In Italy we can buy 1.5 litre bottles for about 3.50euro ($5) and it’s good.
The Tuscany area really is as good as it is made out to be.

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Photos

Cortona's steep streets
good for the thighs...need to work off those gelatos somehow

Interesting shops
...the dog was not quite as impressed

Cortona Hostel
An old convent - breakfast room