The Italian peninsula is sprinkled with abandoned and once-abandoned medieval hill towns. In fact, there are nearly 2,500 abandoned or almost abandoned towns in Italy, thanks to earthquakes ...

6 of the best Italian hill towns, from art enclaves to historical sites. From viticultural stars to forgotten art enclaves, these urban centres have much to offer beyond the views from their ...

Like many towns in Italy, Civita di Bagnoregio dates back to the Etruscans over 2,500 years ago, and many parts of the town still retain some of its architecture from medieval times.

My friends and I happened upon Casa Verde, a centuries-old private villa on Italy's Tuscany/Umbria border with views, acreage and a private pool. The experience could not have been better. The ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Italy's Great Hill Towns. Season 4 Episode 408 | 25m 4s Video has Closed Captions | CC. San Gimignano’s medieval towers, Cortona’s charming lanes and Orvieto’s papal ...

Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy.About 90 minutes from Rome, Orvieto sits majestically high above the valley floor atop a big chunk of tufo ...

Central Italy is packed with fortified medieval hill towns, all enjoying jaw-dropping views over the landscape. Treia is one of the loveliest, perched amid the undulating hills around Macerata in ...

At this point I’ve been to dozens of hill towns across Italy, including 20 on the Most Beautiful List, and often I get the impression that their residents are the last courageous holdouts ...

This is a stock photo of a real Italian hill town where people use seed oils. Photo: Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images A group of Silicon Valley–ites are in the process of purchasing 267 ...

From a mediaeval hill town featured in Dante’s Divine Comedy to a star-shaped UNESCO World Heritage citadel, we’ve picked nine less well-known places to visit around Italy. Surrounded by jaw-dropping ...