{"id":48563,"date":"2025-12-30T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/?p=48563"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:56:31","slug":"worth-seeing-five-small-italian-cities-that-are-still-almost-insider-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/en\/sehenswert-fuenf-kleine-italienische-staedte-die-noch-fast-geheimtipps-sind\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth seeing! Five small Italian towns that are still (almost) insider tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Piazza S. Oronzo in Lecce in Apulia<\/strong> Photo: stock.adobe.com\/alessandrofara83<\/sub><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From our editorial team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes the great Italy lies in the small towns. Away from the metropolises, history and culture can be seen here on a one-to-one scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alongside world stars such as Rome<\/a>, Florence<\/a>, Venice<\/a> and Milan<\/a> the country has many places from north to south that are less well-known but just as impressive - not loud, not crowded, but genuine. Our current top 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orvieto in Umbria: City on the tufa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Hilly location: The old town centre of Orvieto
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Orvieto is enthroned on a 300 metre high tuff rock, which was already used as a settlement by the Etruscans. The cathedral, built in 1288, is considered one of the most important buildings of Italian Gothic architecture. The fa\u00e7ade was designed by the architect and sculptor Lorenzo Maitani. There are over 1,200 caves carved into the rock beneath the city, which were used as storage rooms and escape routes until the Middle Ages. More history in a very small space is almost impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n