Hotel Ristorante Farneta Cortona

The Hotel Restaurant Farneta, which is completely new and offers every kind of comfort, is only a few miles away from the beautiful town of Cortona.

SPECIAL OFFERS
- STAY 7 PAY 6 = 7 overnights in double room with breakfast paying just 6 nights
- NEWLY WEDS = fresh fruits and a bottle of spumante in the room at your arrival

It is set in a privileged position at the centre of magnificent cities of art and culture such as Siena, Arezzo, Perugia, and enchanting places such as Montepulciano and the little town of Pienza, which are still able to hand down the strength and beauty of the past.

From this past the Hotel Farneta has inherited the most healthy and noble traditions. Inside the pages of this website you will discover the generous hospitality of the Hotel and the ancient but refined taste of its Restaurant: all this is set within the evocative frame of Farneta's Abbey, which stands out on a hill a few minutes away from the structure.

If you want to immerse in the artistic and natural heart of Italy, the Hotel Farneta is no doubt the ideal starting point; besides you will immediately be captured by the cheerfulness and hospitality which reign in its halls.

The perfect place for peaceful relax, surrounded by cheerfulness and hospitality: this is the atmosphere you will find at the Hotel Farneta!

The Hotel Farneta has been built on a hill which dominates the wonderful landscapes of Arezzo's Valdichiana. Surrounded by nature, it's the ideal place where to spend relaxing days or have a comfortable stay during meetings and business trips. The hotel also has a large parking area, a private park and also a cool porch with comfortable seats and tables.

At your arrival you will be immediately welcomed by a helpful and kind staff, so that your accomodation will be immediate and comfortable. Besides the cheerfulness and hospitality which characterize Tuscany will make your stay in Farneta really enjoable!

Every room is completely furnished with furnishing in solid wood and has private bathroom or shower. All of the rooms offer every kind of comfort such as colour TV, phone, terrace, minibar, heating during wintertime and air conditioning in summer. 

It will be a very relaxing experience to immerse in this warm and welcoming atmosphere.

The Restaurant Farneta which elegantly completes the Hotel's structure offers its guests the possibility to savour the delicious specialities of the surrounding valleys, often served in an original and elegant way, while staying in the wonderful frame of Arezzo and Cortona's hills: obviously also the wine-list is excellent; wines in fact are the pride of this area.

Particularly famous for some of the area's typical specialities, the Restaurant Farneta offers you the possibility to savour the ancient local specialities such as "Tagliatelle alla Farnetese", "Ravioli alla Norcina", guinea fowl "alla Castellana", and above all the delicious charcoaled Chianina meat. Every course will be accompanied by the pleasure of having your meal in an extremely refined but healthy place.

The Restaurant Farneta also offers large halls which are simply ideal for wedding parties or meetings; the halls have air conditioning and also a large parking area. If you choose Farneta as your meeting point, you will be astonished by the elegance, the organisation and the accuracy of the service... and of course the taste of the courses!

Farneta's Abbey (its name comes from latin "farnia", a kind of oak) stands out in all of its majesty on the top of a hill, surrounded by olive trees and sunflowers, and a few meters away from the Hotel.

The Abbey was founded between the 9^th and 10^th centuries by the Benedictines Monchs and as often happened it was dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. In the 16^th century, after a short rule by the "Commendatari" Abbots, it was ruled by the "Olivetani" Monchs from Monte Uliveto Maggiore (near Siena) and from 1780 by the secular clergy of Cortona's Diocese.

Untill a few years ago, the Abbey was ruled by His Grace Sante Felici, who took charge of it in 1937: it was His Grace Felici himself who restored and gave new splendour to the Abbey and its treasures, which had been for a long time forgotten or lost. One above all has to be mentioned: the Crypt is one of the Abbey's most precious jewels and it was brought to life in the 1940's thanks to the untiring work of His Grace Felici after it had been forgotten for about 350 years.

The church is in pre-romanesque style and it has the classical shape of a 'T', that is a latin cross without the head. As usual for that period, its apses are positioned towards the east, that is towards the light, the sun, or better the Saviour according to Christian symbolism. The two roman columns made from eastern granite and standing at the front of the church are the unique surviving elements of the original cloister. The two capitals instead are copies of the original, which are preserved in Florence and Arezzo.

Travel information

Coming by car
from motorway A1 - Florence or Rome): Go along the motorway A1 and leave it at Valdichiana's sxit. Turn into the junction A1-Perugia towards Perugia. After a couple of kilometers leave it towards Foiano della Chiana - Cortona - Farneta and follow the road signs towards Farneta (on your right hand).
from highway E45 south - Perugia: Follow the junction Perugia-A1 towards Arezzo-Siena. Leave the motorway towards Foiano della Chiana - Cortona - Farneta (after the first exit towards Cortona) and go towards Farneta following the road signs (on your left hand).
from motorway A14 - highway E45 north - Cesena-Sansepolcro: Leave the highway E45 at Sansepolcro and drive along statal highway SS73 towards Arezzo. After reaching Arezzo, go along statal highway SS73 untill Pieve al Toppo. After passing the small town-centre, turn left into statal highway SS327 (so called "Della Chiana"). Drive on untill you arrive at Foiano della Chiana then turn left at the second traffic light towards Farneta. Once you pass the bridges upon the "Canale Maestro", turn right and then go straight on, without taking the highway on the right, untill you arrive at Farneta (you have to pass the flyover). ...