Take a tour of Italian Town of Cortona in Cortona, Italy - part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.

One of Italy's most beautiful cities, featured in the book "Under the Tuscan Sun", is Cortona.

Cortona contains dozens of amazing sights from the Etruscan, Roman, medieval, renaissance, and modern eras.

Many of the back streets and alleys of the town are classically Italian, with narrow passageways and brick and tile buildings.

Among the towns spectacular sites are many remarkable churches, such as the stone Abbey of Farneta.

The views from Cortona, which is located on a tall hillside, are some of the best in the country.

The beautiful countryside of the town is matched by the lovely and mild weather of Tuscany.