Solivaga · in English

Italian villages for solo travellers

Hill towns, castles and lakes in central Italy, chosen for people who travel on their own. For each village: an illustrated map, what to see, how to get there by train and when to go.

Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regions

• Umbria

  The green heart of Italy: hill towns of pink stone, olive groves, abbeys and small squares where you want to linger. Distances are short, the valley is well served by trains and many villages are an easy day trip.

• Le Marche

  Rolling hills between the Apennines and the Adriatic, Renaissance art cities and castles above the sea: compact, uncrowded towns that are easy to reach from the coast.

• San Marino

  The oldest republic in the world, perched on Mount Titano: three towers on a cliff above Romagna, stone lanes and a UNESCO World Heritage old town.

Why Solivaga

Solivaga is an Italian travel guide made by Alice Casadei for people – especially women – who like to travel on their own. We pick small towns that are easy to reach without a car, safe to walk around and lovely in the evening, and we tell you honestly when a place is worth a night. The full site, with more villages, is in Italian.