Arezzo: Guided Walking Tour with Basilica of San Francesco

Discover the birthplace of Giorgio Vasari, the disciple of Michelangelo, who designed the famous Uffizi and the Vasari Corridor in Florence on behalf of Grand Duke Cosimo I De' Medici. Explore the medieval streets and alleys of Arezzo, where you can still feel the atmosphere of the goldsmith shops of the past.

Meet your guide and start your tour at Piazza Grande, the city's reference square, with its sixteenth-century porticoes, which make it exclusively typical. Continue to Piazza del Duomo, with its magnificent medieval building that dominates the square and contains artistic treasures by Donatello and Piero della Francesca.

Stroll through the medieval streets and alleys of Arezzo, where you can still feel the atmosphere of the goldsmith shops of the past, which brought the jewels of Arezzo goldsmithing all over the world.

Visit the Basilica of San Francesco, Cappella Bacci, with the most famous work of the fifteenth-century painter Piero della Francesca. These frescoes narrate the Legend of the True Cross according to the indications of the Dominican friar Jacopo da Voragine and are in a perfect state of conservation after almost six hundred years.

Learn about the "Scottiglia," the typical Arezzo dish par excellence, the "Gatò di Arezzo," an indispensable dessert for the Arezzo people, and many other Arezzo gastronomic products.