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Italian hill towns
375 towns
The ridge and hilltop borghi, sitting around 400 metres. Vineyards below, one road up, walkable once you are there. Good in almost any season.
Pick a region to see its towns.
Abruzzo
27 hill towns
Apulia
20 hill towns
Basilicata
13 hill towns
Calabria
17 hill towns
Campania
16 hill towns
Emilia-Romagna
14 hill towns
Lazio
31 hill towns
Liguria
10 hill towns
Lombardy
9 hill towns
Marche
43 hill towns
Molise
10 hill towns
Piedmont
36 hill towns
Sardinia
18 hill towns
Sicily
19 hill towns
Trentino-South Tyrol
6 hill towns
Tuscany
40 hill towns
Umbria
41 hill towns
Veneto
5 hill towns
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Taurasi
Province: Avellino
An Irpinia wine village at 400 meters above the Calore valley, the southern home of Aglianico called Barolo of the South.
Ulassai
Province: Nuoro
The highest village in Ogliastra, at 775 meters on a ledge beneath the Tacchi.
Udine
Province: Udine
The historic capital of Friuli, built around a man-made castle hill.
Framura
Province: La Spezia
Five hamlets between sea level and 300 meters on the Riviera di Levante, with Byzantine watchtowers built against Saracen incursions.
Corvara in Badia
Province: Bolzano
The Ladin centre of Alta Badia at 1,568 metres, at the foot of the Sassongher, on the four-pass Sellaronda ski circuit.