All Italian Villages
Authentic villages, off the beaten track. Browse the full archive and use search to jump straight to the right destination.
532 villages found
Caserta
What to see in Caserta: UNESCO Royal Palace, Casertavecchia and certified PAT products. City of 74,000 at 68m above sea level. Plan your visit with our complete guide.
Casola in Lunigiana
Morning fog lifts slowly from the Aulella valley, revealing stone walls the colour of dried clay and a bell tower that has marked the hours here for centuries. The air carries woodsmoke and the faint mineral scent of chestnut groves climbing the surrounding slopes. With roughly one thousand inhabitants, Casola in Lunigiana remains one of […]
Casperia
What to see in Casperia, a hilltop village at 397 m in Rieti province: medieval centre, 3 PAT-certified products including guanciale. Plan your visit and where to stay.
Cassacco
The Castle of Cassacco appears in documents of the Patriarchate of Aquileia as early as 1158, when Patriarch Ulrich II confirmed its possession to the local lords. Since then, that manor in a commanding position over the Friulian plain has shaped the life of an entire rural territory, defined by cultivated fields, rows of vines […]
Cassano delle Murge
Cassano delle Murge, a municipality in Puglia located in the Metropolitan City of Bari, stands at 341 meters above sea level, positioned on the Murge plateau. Its territory, spanning approximately 89 km², includes a significant portion of the Bosco di Mercadante, a forest area important for the local ecosystem. With a population of 14,395 inhabitants, […]
Castel Campagnano
Standing at fifty-eight metres above sea level along the left bank of the Volturno, Castel Campagnano has a current population of 1,458, spread between the historic centre and the hamlets scattered across the alluvial plain. The municipality, in the province of Caserta, retains an urban layout that still follows the plan of the fortified medieval […]
Castel Castagna
At 452 metres above sea level, on the eastern slope of the Gran Sasso, the municipality of Castel Castagna today counts 429 inhabitants spread between the main settlement and the hamlets scattered along the cultivated hillsides of the province of Teramo. Anyone wondering what to see in Castel Castagna will find answers in a territory […]
Castel d’Aiano
In 1944 the Gothic Line cut through these mountains, and Castel d’Aiano found itself at the centre of the clash between Allied forces and German troops: the hamlets of Villa d’Aiano, Sassomolare and Rocca di Roffeno still bear the marks of that period. Today the municipality has 1,916 inhabitants spread across a vast, hilly territory […]
Castel del Rio
In 1290, the Alidosi family obtained imperial control over a fortified outpost in the Santerno valley, a transit point between Romagna and Tuscany. That stronghold, which over the following centuries became a fortress, a village and eventually an autonomous municipality, is now Castel del Rio: 1,215 inhabitants at 215 metres above sea level, in the […]
Castel di Casio
In February 1944, during the German retreat along the Gothic Line, the bridges over the Limentra di Treppio torrent were blown up one by one, cutting the territory of Castel di Casio in two. That act of destruction left a lasting mark on the collective memory of a mountain municipality that, as far back as […]