Rick Steves looks to defend one such place, the breathtaking hill town of Volterra, crowning it one of Italy's most underrated. And it isn't far from those popular Italian cities, either.

Like many towns in Italy, Civita di Bagnoregio dates back to ... The town itself is high up on a hill, and the only way into the actual town is on foot. Because of its isolated nature, the town ...

Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy. About 90 minutes from Rome, Orvieto sits majestically high above the valley floor atop a big chunk of ...

While studying in Rome, and later the Tuscan hill towns of Pienza, Cortona, and Siena, followed by Florence, and Milan, the focus of the group was to gain a more meaningful understanding of Italy and ...