{"id":51067,"date":"2026-04-14T19:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/?p=51067"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:39:37","slug":"tuscany-without-a-guide-10-villages-off-the-beaten-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/en\/die-toskana-ohne-reisefuehrer-10-doerfer-abseits-der-routen\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscany without a travel guide: 10 villages off the beaten track"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ten villages off the beaten track - with medieval alleyways, tufa cliffs and a tranquillity that you won't find in Siena and Florence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Gimignano in August. Tour buses line up in the car park like dominoes. Up in the old town centre, crowds of people push their way through alleyways that were actually built for donkeys. Gelato in one hand, smartphone in the other. There's nothing wrong with that. San Gimignano is beautiful, even with thousands of people in it. But it is not necessarily what most people expect when they visualise a picture of Tuscany. The postcard motifs are still there. You just have to take the exit from the motorway, for example to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anghiari<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Close to Arezzo, in the upper Tiber Valley, Anghiari follows a long fold of a hill - the little town is so well preserved that film crews regularly shoot here because there is hardly anything to hide or rebuild. Officially, it is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Unofficially, hardly anyone knows that. An old man sweeps outside his front door. Somewhere it smells of stew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n