Population
The 10 smallest Borghi più belli d'Italia
The smallest comuni in the catalogue that hold the Borghi più belli d'Italia recognition. 10 towns shown.
Table no. 19 · Ranked by residents · 10 towns
The Borghi più belli d'Italia list certifies beauty. It does not certify visitors, and its smallest members prove the two are separable: recognized, photographed for the association's calendar, and quiet fifty weekends a year.
These are the smallest holders of the recognition in our catalogue. The certification plaque by the town gate is often the newest thing in the town.
- 1.Ostana85 residentsCuneo · Piedmont
- 2.Bard108 residentsAosta Valley · Aosta Valley
- 3.Santo Stefano di Sessanio114 residentsL'Aquila · AbruzzoA Medici outpost at 1,250 meters, restored building by building since 1999 into Italy's first scattered hotel.
- 4.Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena130 residentsSavona · Liguria
- 5.Usseaux175 residentsTorino · PiedmontA Val Chisone village at 1,416 meters with four scattered borgate and more than forty murals painted across the stone facades.
- 6.Mombaldone197 residentsAsti · Piedmont
- 7.Pietracamela218 residentsTeramo · Abruzzo
- 8.Percile219 residentsRoma · Lazio
- 9.Castellaro Lagusello250 residentsMantova · LombardyA walled medieval borgo south of Lake Garda, ringed by 13th-century stone walls and overlooking a small heart-shaped natural lake that gives the village its second name and most-photographed silhouette.
- 10.Castel di Tora266 residentsRieti · Lazio
THREE OF THE TOP TEN ARE IN PIEDMONT
The slow-trip planner
Plan a slow trip across the towns travelers skip.
Answer five questions. We will shape a geographically coherent slow trip from the 1,000 Italian towns most travelers skip. Yours to save and share.
Every Sunday we send one letter. The week's town, what is worth eating there, and when to turn up. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.