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Where to live
Arezzo climbs a hill: the historic centre crowns the top, and the everyday residential quarters spread out on the flatter ground below, around the station and out toward the valleys. The difference between the top and the bottom is bigger than the map suggests.
The historic centre
Centro Storico
most expensiveThe medieval and Renaissance heart of Arezzo, climbing to the sloping Piazza Grande, the cathedral, and Piero della Francesca's frescoes. It's handsome, atmospheric, and full of the city's best life, cafés, the monthly antiques fair, the summer joust, all on foot. The trade is cost and the hill: it's the priciest area, the streets are steep, and cars are limited, though it's still affordable by Tuscan-city standards.
Best for: those who want to live in the beautiful, historic heart of the city
Learn more about the historic heart
Arezzo’s historic centre holds one of the supreme masterpieces of the Renaissance. In the Basilica of San Francesco, between 1452 and 1466, Piero della Francesca painted the Legend of the True Cross: a fresco cycle so calm, so perfectly ordered, that it changed the course of Western painting, and people still come to Arezzo just to stand in front of it. At the top of the town, the sloping Piazza Grande gathers arcades, medieval towers, and a graceful loggia designed by Giorgio Vasari: the painter and architect, born here in 1511, who effectively invented the writing of art history.
The square lives, too: twice a year it becomes the field for the Giostra del Saracino, a costumed medieval joust between the city’s quarters, and once a month it fills with the Fiera Antiquaria, the oldest and one of the largest antiques fairs in Italy. And beneath the beauty runs the gold. Arezzo is one of the great goldsmithing centres of the world, a working city that has hammered precious metal since Etruscan times. Renaissance frescoes, a monthly treasure hunt, and a living craft: that’s the heart of Arezzo.
The residential quarters
Saione, San Donato & Pescaiola (near the station)
mid, best valueThe most in-demand residential quarters, on the flat ground around the station just below the centre: practical, well-served, and offering the best quality-to-price balance in the city. Everyday shops, easy rail access, and a real neighbourhood feel make this where a lot of working Arezzo and its families choose to live. Convenient and sensibly priced, if it never gives you the view back down the hill.
Best for: families and commuters wanting value, services, and easy transport near the centre
Giotto, Stadio & the inner quarters
mid, practicalThe lived-in quarters just outside the historic core, around the Giotto avenue and the stadium, a walkable, commercially lively mix of housing and shops close to downtown without the centre's prices or hills. A steady, practical urban base with everything to hand.
Best for: those wanting downtown-adjacent city life at a fairer price than the centre
Battifolle, Fiorentina & the outer districts
lower to mid, valueThe residential districts and villages spreading out from the city, Battifolle, Fiorentina, San Leo and beyond, with newer housing, more space, gardens, and the lowest prices, in exchange for a bus ride or drive into the centre. Green, calm, and family-friendly, this is where value and space are easiest to find.
Best for: families and residents wanting space, gardens, and value on the city's edges
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