# The most beautiful villages in Italy

The villages that appear most often in rankings, many of them in the 'Most Beautiful Villages of Italy' club: by the sea, in the hills and on the lakes.

- 184 votes · 16 items
- Jan 21, 2022 · zaino
- https://even.best/en/l/495/the-most-beautiful-villages-in-italy

## Top 15

1. **Positano (Campania)** (17 · ▲18 ▼1) — Pastel houses cascading down the Amalfi Coast.
2. **Riomaggiore (Liguria)** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — One of the Cinque Terre villages, with colourful houses over the little harbour.
3. **San Gimignano (Tuscany)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — The 'medieval Manhattan' with its tower houses; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
4. **Polignano a Mare (Apulia)** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — Cliff-top town over the sea with Lama Monachile beach.
5. **Procida (Campania)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Island of colourful houses at Marina Corricella, Italian Capital of Culture 2022.
6. **Alberobello (Apulia)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — The cone-roofed trulli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
7. **Dolceacqua (Liguria)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Village with the Romanesque bridge painted by Monet and the Doria castle.
8. **Civita di Bagnoregio (Lazio)** (6 · ▲17 ▼11) — The 'dying town' on a tufa spur reached only by a footbridge.
9. **Vernazza (Liguria)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The Cinque Terre village with its little harbour and Doria tower.
10. **Atrani (Campania)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Italy's smallest municipality by area, on the Amalfi Coast.
11. **Cefalù (Sicily)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Seaside town beneath the Rocca with its Arab-Norman cathedral.
12. **Bellagio (Lombardy)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The 'pearl of Lake Como', on the point between the lake's two branches.
13. **Bobbio (Emilia-Romagna)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Village with the Hunchback Bridge over the Trebbia and the Abbey of St Columbanus.
14. **Pienza (Tuscany)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Pope Pius II's ideal Renaissance town in the Val d'Orcia.
15. **Castelmezzano (Basilicata)** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — Village set among the Lucanian Dolomites, with the Flight of the Angel zip line.
16. **Orta San Giulio (Piedmont)** (0 · ▲4 ▼4) — Lakeside village on Lake Orta facing San Giulio island.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.