LXI T-Bone Steak Festival

The “T-bone Steak Festival” (Sagra della Bistecca) is the most important gastronomical event in Cortona during the summer, which takes place every year in mid-August in the Parterre public gardens of Cortona.

On a 14-square-meters grill stoked with burning coal, some chefs prepare succulent T-bone steaks, in respect of the old Tuscan tradition. These tasty T-bone steaks must go with excellent local red wines to satisfy the palates of all the refined people who attend the festival in large numbers every year.

The T-bone Steak Festival promotes also the sale of local and Tuscan typical products thanks to many gastronomical stalls, where you can buy Pecorino cheese, cold cuts and sausage, jams, wine and olive o