Paesi e centri storici italiani lontani dalle rotte di massa, dove il tempo scorre lento tra vicoli di pietra, botteghe e tradizioni autentiche.
Gromo in Val Seriana: a medieval borgo known as the little Toledo for its swords and armour. Cobbled streets, towers and alpine nature await.
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Cornello dei Tasso in Val Brembana: an intact medieval borgo where Europe's first postal service was born. Porticoes, frescoes and timeless silence.
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Varzi in the Oltrepò Pavese: a medieval borgo famous for its DOP salami, stone towers, arcaded streets and timeless hills of vineyards and woodland.
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Cassinetta di Lugagnano on the Naviglio Grande: 18th-century noble villas, shaded towpaths and unspoilt rural countryside half an hour from Milan.
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Chiavenna in the Valchiavenna: rock-carved crotti, pizzoccheri, the Giants' Cauldrons park and the mountain atmosphere of the road to the Spluga pass.
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Fagagna, on Friuli's moraine hills, is home to one of Italy's few white stork reintroduction stations and a bewitching ancient borgo wrapped in rural silence.
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Spilimbergo, a medieval Friulian borgo, hosts the renowned Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli and a frescoed historic centre waiting to be discovered.
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Cordovado, a walled medieval borgo in western Friuli, conceals secret gardens, fourteenth-century frescoes and an atmosphere of absolute stillness.
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San Daniele del Friuli is far more than its celebrated DOP prosciutto: this hilltop borgo is home to the Guarneriana, one of Italy's oldest libraries.
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