Explore the Villages of Tuscany
Discover charming hill towns, hidden hamlets and beautiful places you’ve probably never heard of.
The village map
Explore Tuscany, One Village at a Time
My directory covers 273 towns and 5,149 villages and hamlets across Tuscany, with nearly all of them plotted on an interactive map.
Every dot represents a village or hamlet, while the burgundy pins highlight places I’ve written about. Zoom in, explore the countryside and discover places you might never have known existed.
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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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I'm Susan. I've spent years in the Tuscan hill villages around Pescia, and I'm still exploring them. More about TuscanyVillages
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