If you ask the owners of the villa in Arezzo you have rented about the main shopping streets in the town of the Chimera... the first one to be mentioned will certainly be Corso Italia.

With its many clothes shops and jewellers, antique and leather goods shops, cocktail and wine bars, restaurants and hotels, Corso Italia cuts Arezzo historic centre in half: from Porta Santo Spirito it arrives almost to the top of the hill of San Donato.

In the afternoons and during the weekends plenty of teenagers dedicate to "struscio" in Corso Italia, that is, they stroll along the street and watch at the shop windows with no particular goal.

In the evening, from 7.00 pm, the Corso is, together with Piazza San Francesco, one of most favourite locations for an aperitif al fresco.

And do not forget that on the first Sunday of each month - and on the preceding Saturday - it hosts the stalls of the traditional Antique Fair, the most important Italian antique fair.

In short, in Corso Italia you will have plenty of possibilities to strike bargains. Actually, the whole historic centre of Arezzo is a sort of a natural shopping centre.

Arezzo squares and narrow streets are full of artist`s workshops, wine shops and typical food shops.

Last but not least, if you have decided to spend your holidays in a farmhouse in the province of Arezzo, why do not you pop into one of the many outlet villages in the surroundings? You can find them in Incisa Val d`Arno, Rignano sull`Arno, Montevarchi, Foiano della Chiana...