Montemerano: the Heart-Shaped Village Maremma Hides
Between Manciano and Saturnia, a walled 13th-century village with heart-shaped walls, a church that holds a work by Sano di Pietro, and a two-Michelin-star restaurant.
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Between Manciano and Saturnia, a walled 13th-century village with heart-shaped walls, a church that holds a work by Sano di Pietro, and a two-Michelin-star restaurant.
Jul 29, 2026
Houses carved into the rock, an Orsini fortress and Etruscan cave roads: Sorano is Pitigliano's lesser-known twin, in the tuff country of the Maremma.
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When the white swallows the medieval stones of this Abruzzese village at 1,251 metres, Santo Stefano di Sessanio becomes something else: quieter, truer.
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Among Pecorino vineyards and honey-colored alleyways, Offida guards a millennial craft: tombolo bobbin lace, and a Carnival dating back to the Middle Ages.
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Between Trento and Bassano del Grappa, this riverside village with its castle and nearby Lake Caldonazzo is the gateway to a nearly untouched valley.
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Corinaldo has the most spectacular medieval walls in the Marche: they walk along the edge of a ravine. The birthplace of a saint, forgotten by tourist circuits.
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Montemonaco is the closest village to Monte Sibilla, the mountain of the legendary sorceress. Cobbled streets, post-earthquake silence, and a boundless panorama.
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In the heart of Val di Fassa, this small Ladin center has resisted the surrounding overtourism by preserving its identity, language, and landscape.
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Perched above the Adriatic among centuries-old olive groves, Torre di Palme hides a Romanesque church tourism still hasn't found on the Fermo coast.
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