Cortona

approx 50 mins, 40km

Cortona lies just to the west of the Niccone valley and is an elegant walled city with several fine museums and numerous Etruscan tombs in the surrounding countryside.

It is a famous centre for antiques, with some shops also open on Sundays in the summer.  Besides hosting an antique furniture fair at the end of August, Cortona has regular monthly antique fairs on the third Sunday of every month (and the Saturday before it).