After our last trip, Brad and I were discussing what new parts of Italy we want to explore next. We somehow ended up writing a list of Italian cities and small towns we have visited. We decided the criteria for listing a place was that we STOPPED there for either a meal or to see a local site, and that we spent at least a couple hours or more in the place. (No driving through towns would count.)
Next we marked places we have been two or more times with stars. Here is the long list that surprised us!
** Two visits
*** Three visits
****Four visits
A
** Acqui Terme
Alba
Alberobello
Amalfi
*** Anacapri
Asciano
Asiago
** Asolo
*** Assisi
** Asti
B
Bagni di Lucca
Bagno Vigioni
** Barbaresco
Barga
** Barolo
Bassano del Grappa
Bastardo
** Bellagio
** Bevagna
****Bologna
Bra
Buonconvento
C
Camiogli
*** Capri
Carrara
Casanova
** Castellina in Chianti
Castlefranco Veneto
Cernobio
Chiavari
Citta del Castello
Como
*** Cortona
D
** Deruta
Dogliani
Dozza
F
Ferrara
** Fidenza
Fiesole
****Firenze
Foligno
Follina
Fontanielle
G
Gargnano
Genoa
Gioia del Colle
Giole in Chianti
** Greve in Chianti
** Grinzano Cavour
Gualdo Cattaneo
Gubbio
L
L’Acquila
Lamole
** La Mora
Lecco
Lenno
Lerici
Limone sul Garda
*** Lucca
M
Manarola
Maratea
Marostica
Marsciano
Maser
Matera
** Mestre
Milano
Modena
** Mombaruzzo
*** Montalcino
*** Montecciello
** Montefalco
*** Montepulciano
** Monteriggioni
Montisi
Montorosso
N
Naples
Nieve
Nizza Monferatto
Noci
Nove
O
*** Orvieto
P
Panicale
** Panzano
Parma
** Perugia
Pescara
****Pienza
** Pisa
Poggibonsi
** Portofino
** Pompeii
Portovenere
*** Positano
R
* Radda in Chianti
*** Ravello
*** Ravenna
Reggio Emilia
Riomaggiore
Riva del Garda
*****Roma
S
San Donato
***** San Gimignano
** Sienna
** San Quirico d’Orcia
San Terenziano
Sinalunga
Sirmione
Sorrento
** Spello
Spoleto
T
Tavernelle
Tellaro
** Tivoli
Todi
Torino
Torita di Sienna
Trequanda
Trevi
Treviso
V
Varenna
****Venezia
Vernazza
Verona
Viareggio
Vicenza
Vico Poncellorum
Viciomaggio
** Vietri Sul Mar
Vittorio Veneto
Volterra
Z
*** Zibello
Where have YOU been?
Comments (4)
So, Roma and San Gimignano win the "contest" (so far) with five visits! I know Bologna and Venezia will catch up in 2011.
I am clueless about Southern Italy - are any of these towns there?
Posted by nancyhol | October 4, 2010 9:02 AM
Posted on October 4, 2010 09:02
Wow! You ARE hooked! What a mind FULL of Italian memories you must have!!! (I'm now green!)
Posted by Diana | October 4, 2010 11:09 AM
Posted on October 4, 2010 11:09
Wow, very cool! You have been so many places! I think the only areas where I have you beat is Trentino-Alto Adige and Puglia... I have been to a lot of the same places that you have, except that I haven't spent that much time in Tuscany or Piemonte.
Posted by Chiocciola | October 8, 2010 7:45 AM
Posted on October 8, 2010 07:45
4: forty four LMAO For a long time By itself Experience xD
Posted by Freeda Sprenkel | August 7, 2011 8:00 PM
Posted on August 7, 2011 20:00