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10 towns at their best in November
Ten towns: what each is best for, what a home costs, and the catch. A square meter runs from €380 in Sambuca di Sicilia to €2,300 in Levico Terme.
Comuni whose visiting calendar marks November as a best month. 10 towns shown, ranked by recognitions held.
Table no. 38 · Ranked by residents · 10 towns
November is Italy's least defended month: the season closed, the fog licensed to wander, the restaurants cooking for neighbors again. In certain towns this is not the off season but the point.
Our visiting calendar marks each of these as at its best in November. Ranked by recognitions held. Bring a coat, skip the queue that is not there.
- 1.San Casciano dei Bagni1,421 residentsSiena · TuscanyBest for a wine weekend. It belongs to the national association of wine towns.1 h 6 min from Perugia · homes €740 to €1,050 a m² in the centerA hilltop borgo at 582 meters above 42 hot springs that produced the largest Etruscan bronze hoard of the last fifty years.
- 2.Sardara3,744 residentsMedio Campidano · SardiniaBest for a slow weekend. The Touring Club gives it its orange flag for small inland towns.57 min from Cagliari · homes €550 to €800 a m² in the centerA Campidano thermal town where Nuragic well-temples, Roman Aquae Neapolitanae and a hilltop Arborea castle share the same hot springs.
- 3.Sambuca di Sicilia5,253 residentsAgrigento · SicilyBest for truffle season. It belongs to the national association of truffle towns.1 h 21 min from Palermo · homes €380 to €570 a m² in the centerAn Arab-founded hill town in the Belice valley, still called Zabut in living memory before 1923.
- 4.Caramanico Terme1,727 residentsPescara · AbruzzoBest for walks in a national park. Part of the comune lies in a national park.1 h 1 min from Pescara · homes €550 to €820 a m² in the centerA 650-meter Majella spa village at the confluence of the Orfento and Orta rivers.
- 5.Levico Terme8,297 residentsTrento · Trentino-Alto AdigeBest for a ski week. There is a mapped ski area in the comune.30 min from Trento · homes €1,900 to €2,300 a m² in the centerA Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 meters, built on arsenic-iron thermal waters.
- 6.Modica53,483 residentsRagusa · SicilyBest for a World Heritage site. UNESCO lists a site in the comune.1 h 2 min from Siracusa · homes €670 to €970 a m² in the centerA vertical Baroque city in the Hyblean Mountains, rebuilt from the 1693 earthquake and home to a chocolate recipe brought from Aztec Mexico.
- 7.Viterbo66,393 residentsViterbo · LazioBest for a stage of a long walk. The Via Francigena passes through.58 min from Terni · homes €800 to €1,250 a m² in the centerThe medieval capital of the Tuscia, papal seat from 1257 to 1281, when five popes were elected here, and home to the longest conclave in Church history.
- 8.Battaglia Terme3,897 residentsPadova · VenetoBest for everyday life on foot. Eight of the ten everyday services we look for are mapped within 500 meters of the center.21 min from Padua · homes €900 to €1,050 a m² in the centerA barge village at the foot of the Euganean Hills, built around the 1201 canal and Italy's only river navigation museum.
- 9.Rapolano Terme5,115 residentsSiena · TuscanyBest for olive oil. It belongs to the national association of olive oil towns.1 h from Perugia · homes €950 to €1,400 a m² in the centerA Sienese thermal town of 38-degree calcium-sulphur waters and travertine quarries feeding facades beyond its borders.
- 10.Bagno di Romagna5,580 residentsForlì-Cesena · Emilia-RomagnaBest for a walk through the old town. It is on the list of Italy's most beautiful villages.1 h 18 min from Forlì · homes €1,200 to €1,600 a m² in the centerA 491-meter thermal town at the head of the Savio valley, drawing on springs that have run at 47 degrees since Roman times.
We write letters from the Italian towns we visit: the town, what is worth eating there, and when to turn up. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.
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