By geography
Italian coastal towns
193 towns
Towns on the sea. A cliff town high above the water counts here rather than under mountains, because the sea is why you would go.
Pick a region to see its towns.
Abruzzo
8 coastal towns
Apulia
19 coastal towns
Basilicata
4 coastal towns
Calabria
17 coastal towns
Campania
28 coastal towns
Emilia-Romagna
4 coastal towns
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
5 coastal towns
Lazio
8 coastal towns
Liguria
38 coastal towns
Marche
10 coastal towns
Molise
3 coastal towns
Sardinia
11 coastal towns
Sicily
18 coastal towns
Tuscany
20 coastal towns
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Cicala
Province: Catanzaro
A village of 887 people at 829 meters, founded in 1616 by farmers asking for land.
Fossombrone
Province: Pesaro e Urbino
An inland Marchigiano town on the Metauro river, layered over a Roman colony with a Renaissance ducal court rising above it.
Bagnoli del Trigno
Province: Isernia
The 'Pearl of Molise', a 637-resident borgo built into and around a massive limestone outcrop above the Trigno valley, with a medieval castle rebuilt on its summit.
Varenna
Province: Lecco
A fishing village founded in 769 on the Lecco arm of Lake Como, with a steep grid of streets falling into the water.
Rocca di Botte
Province: L'Aquila
At 750 meters on the Carseolani slopes between Abruzzo and Lazio, the birthplace of an eleventh-century hermit and a fief of the Colonna.