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99 places carrying our editorial line — every one of them genuinely undertouristed, every one of them with a named editor and a real local voice.
Arezzo
A working goldsmiths' city on the Florence–Rome line, holding a Piero della Francesca masterpiece: Renaissance Tuscany at a fraction of Florence's crowds.
Corinaldo
A near-complete circuit of medieval brick walls above the Verdicchio hills — one of central Italy's best-preserved borghi, overlooked for the coast.
Orvieto
A flat-topped town of volcanic tufa on the Rome–Florence main line. Most visitors leave by mid-afternoon; stay a night and Orvieto becomes yours.
Verona
A busy UNESCO city read the slow way: the quiet Veronetta left bank, spring and autumn timing, a day in the Valpolicella wine hills.
Brda (Goriška Brda)
Vine-terraced hills draped over the Slovenian-Italian border, where the Rebula grape has been a habit and an argument since the thirteenth century.
Podčetrtek
On the Slovenian-Croatian border: one of the country's biggest thermal spas, a medieval castle reopened in 2024, a Pauline monastery pharmacy from 1675.