Arezzo, which rests in the green and lush Valdichiana with the backdrop of the Casentino mountains, is a city rich in art and history that was also described by Gabriele D'Annunzio.

In the historical centre, beating heart of the city where in a maze of streets and alleys you can still chance upon artisan and antique «botteghe», you will find the Trattoria Il Saraceno, an invaluable address for gourmets.

Virgilio and Olga Dragoni's family management, assisted by their sons Enrico and Gabriele, carefully and with commitment prepare tasty menus distinguished by quality and genuiness.

The choice is wide and it will certainly satisfy every palate's requirement. It ranges from the typical Tuscan cuisine to local and International dishes.

To start off, the famous bruschetta with fresh tomato and a line of oil, the home-baked crunchy bread, the «finocchiona» (salami scented in fennel); among the first courses the choice is between the soups ( farro and barley, porcini mushrooms, the popular Tuscan «ribollita») and fresh pasta such as wild boar «pici», pappardelle with game sauce, truffle ravioli, oven lasagne and tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms; for second courses we go from brazier cooked meats such as the «fiorentina» (chianina breed), pot cooked such as Tripe Florentine style, salt cod the Arezzo way, rabbit «al tegamaccio» and then the roast cooking of lamb, duck, sausage, free range chicken in porchetta.

There is also a wide selection of side dishes, cheeses and desserts.

With the menu, a wide choice of wines which also includes «precious» labels.

 
  April.2002

Trattoria «Il Saraceno»
Municipality of Arezzo