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Which Towns to Visit?
Pauline Kenny
One way to plan a trip is to find books about Italy and see what historically
or artistically significant towns they list. Here are some lists of towns
from my reference books.
Cento Citta: A Guide to the "Hundred Cities & Towns" of Italy
Cento Citta: A Guide to the "Hundred Cities & Towns" of Italy, by Paul
Hofmann, Henry Holt and Company, 1988.
| THE SERENE VENETIAS
Padua
Adria
Chioggia
Trieste
Udine
Cividale del Friuli
Asolo
Bassano del Grappa
Treviso
Vicenza
Cortina d' Ampezzo
Ortisei/St. Ulrich/Urtijei
Bressanone/Brixen
Bolzano/Bozen
Merano/Meran
Trent
Rovereto
Verona
THE DYNAMIC NORTHWEST: Lombardy, Piedmont, and Liguria
Como
Campione d'Italia
Bergamo
Brescia
Mantua
Cremona
Pavia
Piacenza
Aosta/Aoste
Lerici
Portofino
San Remo |
THE HEARTLANDS: Emilia, Romagna, and Tuscany
Parma
Modena
Ferrara
Faenza
Forli
Ravenna
Rimini
Republic of San Marino
Fiesole
Pistoia
Lucca
Pisa
Volterra
Portoferraio
San Gimignano
Pienza
Siena
Montepulciano
Chiusi
Arezzo
Sansepolcro
Cortona
THE HINTERLANDS OF ROME: Umbria, Latium, the Marches, and Abruzzo
Frascati
Palestrina
Anagni
Tivoli
Subiaco
Spoleto
Foligno
Assisi
Perugia
Gubbio
Citta di Castello
Orvieto
Todi
Bracciano
Viterbo
Tarquinia
Porto Santo Stefano
Rieti
L' Aquila
Chieti
Sulmona
Urbino
Ancona
Pesaro
Loreto
Macerata
Ascoli Piceno
Anzio
Terracina |
THE MEZZOGIORNO: Southern Italy
Gaeta
Cassino
Caserta
Benevento
Capri
Sorrento
Positano
Amalfi
Ravello
Salerno
Cosenza
Lecce
THE ISLANDS: Sicily and Sardinia
Taormina
Syracuse
Enna
Agrigento
Erice
Monreale
Sassari |
120 Historical Towns in Italy: Between History and Poetry
"120 Antichi Borghi D'Italia, Tra Storia e Poesia" by Guido Persichino,
Cybele, June 2002
This book has a one page description of 120 towns in Italy - showing photos
and lists of hotels, agriturismo, and restaurants for each town. The text
is in Italian. I bought this book in Italy.
| ABRUZZO
Atri
Capestrano
Castelli
Cocullo
Rocca Calascio
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Scanno
BASILICATA
Melfi
Venosa
CALABRIA
Gerace
Rossano
Tropea
CAMPANIA
Amalfi
Capua
Ischia
Ravello
Sorrento
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Brisighella
Busseto
Castell'Arquato
Comacchio
Santarcangelo di Romagna
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Aquileia
Cividale del Friuli
Grado
Muggia
Palmanova
San Daniele del Friuli
Spilimbergo
Venzone
LOMBARDIA
Bergamo Alta
Castellaro Lagusello
Limone sul Garda
Sabbioneta
San Benedetto Po
Sirmione |
MARCHE
Gradara
Jesi
Mondavio
Moresco
Recanati
San Leo
Sirolo
MOLISE
Agnone
PIEMONTE
Alba
Fossano
Orta San Giulio
Saluzzo
Verbania
PUGLIA
Alberobello
Altamura
Gallipoli
Lucera
Ostuni
Peschici
Trani
SARDEGNA
Aighero
Bosa
Castelsardo
SICILIA
Cefalu
Erice
Lipari
Monreale
Noto
Taormina |
TOSCANA
Artimino
Bagno Vignoni
Bolgheri
Camaldoli
Capalbio
Certaldo
Giglio Castello
Montalcino
Montefioralle
Monteriggioni
Pienza
Populonia
San Gimignano
Saturnia
Sorano
Sovana
TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
Brunico-Bruneck
CasteIrotto-Kastelruth
Glorenza-Glurns
UMBRIA
Assisi
Bevagna
Gubbio
Montefalco
Norcia
Orvieto
Spello
Todi
VENETO
Arqua Petrarca
Asolo
Bassano del Grappa
Borghetto
Este
Feltre
Giazza
Lazise
Marostica
Monselice
Montagnana
Porto Tolle |
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany, by James Bentley & Hugh Palmer,
Thames & Hudson, 1995. A coffee table book with great photos of Tuscany.
Around Florence & Lucca
Bagni di Lucca
Castelnuova di Garfagnana
Castiglione di Garfagnana
Cutigliano
Uzzano
Collodi
Vicopisano
Artimino
Scarperia
Vicchio
Stia
Poppi
Camaldoli |
Around Arezzo & Siena
San Gimignano
Casole d'Elsa
Radda in Chianti
Castellina in Chianti
Monterchi
Monte San Savino
Foiana della Chiana
Lucignano
Pienza
Montalcino
San Quirico d'Orcia
Castiglione d'Orcia |
The South
Cetona
Radicofani
Sovana
Arcidosso
Abbadia San Salvatore
Saturni
Pitigliano
Montemerano
Magliano in Toscana
Populonia
Ansedonia |
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany, by James Bentley, photographs
by Alex Ramsey, Thames & Hudson, 2001. A coffee table book with great photos
of Tuscany.
Northern Tuscany
Barga
Bibbiena
Fiesole
Impruneta
Montecatini Terme
Pescia
Pontremoli
San Casciano in Val di Pesa
San Miniato
Sansepolcro |
Central Tuscany
Castiglion Fiorentino
Certaldo
Colle di Val d'Elsa
Montepulciano
Monteriggioni
Volterra
Southern Tuscany
Chianciano Terme
Chiusi
Massa Marittima
Orbetello |
The Hill Towns of Italy
The Hill Towns of Italy, photographs by Richard
Kauffman, text by Carol Field, Chronicle Books, 1997
Tuscany
Siena
San Gimignano
Montepulciano
Pienza
Volterra
Cortona
Arezzo |
Umbria
Perugia
Assisi
Orvieto
Todi
Spoleto
Gubbio |
Italian Hilltowns
Italian Hilltowns, by Norman F. Carver Jr., Documan Press, 1979
| NORTHERN ITALY
Aosta
LIGURIA
Apricale
Cinque Terre
Triora & Andagna (inland)
Zuccarello
TUSCANY
Pontito
Val di Fafora, west of Florence, 7 tiny villages -
Empoli
San Gimignano
Siena
Castelnuova
Archidosso
Sorano
Pitigliano
Monte Rubiaglio
UMBRIA
Gubbio
Perugia
Pierele
Spoleto
Postignano
Vallo di Nera |
MARCHE
Urbino
LAZIO
Caprancia (south of Rome)
Sperlonga (south of Rome, on coast)
Vallinfreda (east of Rome)
Vitorchiano (north of Rome)
Latera
V. Romano
Pietra Secca
Orvinio
Riofreddo
Anticoli Corrado
Colli di Montebone
Frascati
ABRUZZO
Pereto, Abruzzi, east of Rome
San Stefano
Calascio
Castelvecchio Calviso
Prata, in Abruzzi mountains |
SOUTHERN ITALY
Pentadatillo, on toe
Maiera & Grisolia
R. Imperiale
Rivello
Tursi
Craco
Pisticci
Matera
Alberobello, on the heel - trulli houses
Locorotondo
Val di Itria
Martina Franca
Locorotondo
Ostuni
Vieste, tip of Gargano peninsula
Sannincandro
Polignano
Cisternino
S. Cataldo
SICILY
Cimmina
Cefalu, north coast of Sicily
island of Stromboli off north coast of Sicily
Nicosia
Menfi
Pietraperzia |
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