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Two ways into the catalogue. Hard numbers (smallest, highest, the islands) and themed picks around the major Italian cities (food near Florence, wine near Bologna, hill towns near Rome).
Themed picks
Day-trip comuni around the major Italian cities
Each list takes one city as a base and one interest (food, wine, hills, lakes, coast, mountains) and picks the ten comuni inside its day-trip radius that anchor the story. Drive times are OSRM-computed; the picks update automatically as the catalogue grows.
Themed picks · Florence · Food
10 hidden food towns near Florence
10 comuni · within 90 min of Firenze
Tops with Montescudaio · 57 min
Themed picks · Bologna · Wine
10 wine villages near Bologna
10 comuni · within 120 min of Bologna
Tops with Castelvetro di Modena · 41 min
Themed picks · Rome · Hill towns
10 hill towns within an hour of Rome
10 comuni · within 120 min of Roma
Tops with Nemi · 78 min
Themed picks · Naples · Coast
10 coastal towns near Naples
10 comuni · within 90 min of Napoli
Tops with Torre Annunziata · 28 min
Themed picks · Milan · Lakes
10 lake towns near Milan
10 comuni · within 90 min of Milano
Tops with Sarnico · 32 min
Themed picks · Venice · Art
10 art towns near Venice
10 comuni · within 90 min of Venezia
Tops with Follina · 57 min
Themed picks · Turin · Slow Food
10 Slow Food comuni near Turin
10 comuni · within 90 min of Torino
Tops with Cocconato · 62 min
Themed picks · Genoa · Coast
10 fishing villages near Genoa
10 comuni · within 90 min of Genova
Tops with Celle Ligure · 35 min
Themed picks · Verona · Wine
10 wine towns near Verona
10 comuni · within 90 min of Verona
Tops with Monzambano · 37 min
Themed picks · Pescara · Mountains
10 mountain comuni near Pescara
10 comuni · within 180 min of Pescara
Tops with Scanno · 175 min
Themed picks · Bari · White towns
10 white towns of Puglia near Bari
10 comuni · within 90 min of Bari
Tops with Bisceglie · 26 min
Themed picks · Catania · Baroque
10 Baroque towns in Val di Noto near Catania
10 comuni · within 120 min of Catania
Tops with Catania · 10 min
Themed picks · Rimini · Adriatic coast
10 Adriatic seaside towns near Rimini
10 comuni · within 120 min of Rimini
Tops with Gradara · 45 min
Themed picks · Reggio Calabria · Aspromonte
10 Aspromonte hill towns near Reggio Calabria
10 comuni · within 150 min of Reggio Calabria
Tops with Gizzeria · 29 min
Themed picks · Florence · Wine
10 Tuscan wine towns near Florence
10 comuni · within 150 min of Firenze
Tops with Montecarlo · 57 min
Themed picks · Turin · Mountains
10 mountain comuni near Turin
10 comuni · within 120 min of Torino
Tops with Usseaux · 101 min
Themed picks · Verona · Lake Garda
10 Lake Garda towns near Verona
10 comuni · within 90 min of Verona
Tops with Sirmione · 39 min
Themed picks · Rome · Olive oil
10 olive oil comuni near Rome
10 comuni · within 150 min of Roma
Tops with Manciano · 143 min
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The catalogue, ranked along its hard facts
Population, elevation, ferry-only access. Not curated picks; just sorts over the data.
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Five towns to begin with
Pieve di Soligo
Province: Treviso
The market town between the Soligo and Lierza rivers in the Prosecco UNESCO zone, birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Andrea Zanzotto.
Vallefoglia
Province: Pesaro e Urbino
A 2014 merger commune at 295 meters in the Foglia valley, born from Colbordolo, birthplace of Raffaello's father, and Sant'Angelo in Lizzola.
Abano Terme
Province: Padova
Europe's oldest thermal town on the Euganean Hills' eastern slope, where 80°C bromo-iodine springs have been drawing bathers since the eighth century BC.
Bosa
Province: Oristano
A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.
Castagnole delle Lanze
Province: Asti
An Asti hill town at 298 meters between Langhe and Monferrato, with two Baroque churches and a nineteenth-century astronomical tower.