Explore the Villages of Tuscany
Discover charming hill towns, hidden hamlets and beautiful places you’ve probably never heard of.
The village map
Tuscany’s Villages on One Map
My directory has 273 towns and 5,171 villages and hamlets across Tuscany, and nearly all of them are on my map. Every dot is a village or hamlet; the burgundy pins are places I’ve written about. Open the map, zoom in and see what’s near you.
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Ideas for Your Next Adventure
A few of the villages I’ve written about, all in my own photos. Pick one and start wandering.
AramoProvince of PistoiaAramo: a tiny castle village on a crag above the Val di Torbola, with San Frediano at the top, flowery lanes and a walk to San Quirico.View guide 
FibbiallaProvince of PistoiaFibbialla is one of the smallest of the Dieci Castella above Pescia.View guide 
MedicinaProvince of PistoiaMedicina in the Svizzera Pesciatina: a tiny castle village above Pescia with a thousand years of history, flowery lanes, a reopened circolo and…View guide 
PietrabuonaProvince of PistoiaPietrabuona above Pescia: the first of the ten castles, its ruined Rocca, the paper museum at Le Carte mill, where to eat like a local and where…View guide 
PontitoProvince of PistoiaPontito above Pescia: the fan-shaped castle village at about 750 metres, its steps and church, Lazzaro Papi and Franco Magnani, walks and where to…View guide 
San QuiricoProvince of PistoiaSan Quirico above Pescia: one of the loveliest of the ten castles, with lanes that tunnel under the houses, a rooftop circolo and great walks.View guide 
SoranaProvince of PistoiaSorana above Pescia beyond the famous beans: its old rocca, the Paradiso quarter built for Lignana’s refugees, the church, the paper mills and…View guide 
VellanoProvince of PistoiaVellano above Pescia: the old capital of the ten castles, its pieve, the pietra serena quarry and miners’ museum, the October chestnut sagra and…View guide
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From Saudi Arabia to Tuscany: how I ended up in the hills above Pescia
How I swapped nine years in the Saudi desert for a shell of a house in a medieval Tuscan village above Pescia. My story, first published in ITALY Magazine in 2011.
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Out nowMy little Tuscany Village Journal, a paperback for wandering the ten castles above Pescia.
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I'm Susan. I lived in the Tuscan hill villages for years, and my heart has never really left them. Read more about me