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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.
Modena
A UNESCO Romanesque heart and the world capital of true balsamic. Read Modena slowly, as a city of patient craft rather than racetrack speed.
Parma
A graceful former ducal capital and UNESCO City of Gastronomy: a producer visit by day, the Teatro Regio by night.
Specchia
Pale-stone alleys and walled gardens on a south-Salento hill, far enough inland that the coastal August never quite arrives.
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.
