Holiday apartment in Barullo-Centoia – wine, trails and history

Barullo-Centoia offers a travel perspective combining enjoyment, activity and history. If you choose a holiday apartment in Barullo-Centoia, you can organise your stay around your preferred focus: culinary experiences, cycling routes, landscapes or culture. For families travelling at different paces, this allows active and cultural days to be combined.

Wine and regional specialities

The culinary points of interest range from DOC wines to agricultural products. IVITI produces Cortona Cabernet Sauvignon DOC and Cortona Vin Santo DOC. Poggio Sorbello offers pulses, saffron and cereals as agricultural products. Cantina Angelo Vegni is associated with the address Loc. Centoia, snc – 52044 Cortona (AR). This brings wine, field crops and spices together as different regional highlights.

The «Merenda unta» in Centoia adds a communal touch. At the event in 2024, the shared meal included bruschetta with new oil, fried ciacce, prosciutto, chestnuts and wine; it was open to everyone. For 2025, an event entitled «Merenda unta» was planned in Centoia at the Sala civica, organised by Proloco Centoia.

Cycling route through vineyards

On stage 34 of the Via Romea Germanica, the cycling route leads from Pietraia through Centoia and along Via della Stella towards Petrignano del Lago. After leaving Centoia, the stage follows a rural path through vineyards. The e-bike excursion «E-bike tour with wine tasting and lunch in Valdichiana» is associated with the meeting point Località Centoia Barullo 34, 52044 Centoia AR. The cycling route and excursion provide an active focus that can be combined with the culinary themes.

Museums, palaces and history

The Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Fratticciola, the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca and the Museo Diocesano Del Capitolo are located in the area surrounding Barullo-Centoia. The Palazzo Duca Della Corgna, considered a palace, is also located in the surrounding area. The parish church of Villa Centoja was attached to the cathedral of Cortona, together with its properties, in 1515. The old Villa Venuti on the Barullo estate was selected as the site of the school of the institute founded in 1886. These historical themes complement the landscape with rural, ecclesiastical and institutional history.

The wider surrounding landscape

In the wider regional surroundings of Barullo-Centoia are the mountains Monte Castel Giudeo, Alta San Egidio and Monte Maestrino. The island of Isola Maggiore is also located in the area surrounding Barullo-Centoia. This provides different possible focuses when choosing accommodation: rural paths, wine, culture or broader landscape impressions.

Further destinations for planning your trip

For further travel planning, you can also include Sant'agata, Col Di Morro, Camucia, Pergo Di Cortona, Torreone, Campaccio, Ossaia and Monsigliolo.

To the higher-level travel overview: Cortona.