Hi!
For anyone that has visited Brisighella and/or Anghiari, what did you think of those cities? At some point during the pandemic, I read some article that recommended visiting those cities, but I can't recall what the special attraction was. Maybe they are typical Italian towns without overcrowding, or maybe they are not that different from so many other great Italian towns.
Let's hear your opinion, please.
Sean
Anghiari is a small town.
Very pretty, but not too much going on.
I'm not sure I'd want to stay there more than a couple of nights unless I planned on daytrips to surrounding countryside and other small towns.
We stayed nearby in a villa in 2006, and it was very quiet then.
Hi Sean,
I’ve not been to Anghiari but you may enjoy reading my late friend’s trip report: Orvieto, Tuscania, Tarquinia, Anghiari
Ciao!
We've been to Brisighella twice. The first time was 22 years ago, just for one night while driving from Venice to Sicily, but we ate at an excellent restaurant and found the town charming. We went back a few years ago and hunted for the restaurant, but couldn't find it, but we again enjoyed the town, especially the Via degli Asini (Donkeys' Road) --- it's a 2nd floor, indoor road that was used for transporting stuff by donkey and is now very, very uneven, but fun to walk all along with big arched windows along one side. People now live on this unusual "street."
I don't know what season you are planning to visit this area, but if near Christmastime, do visit or stay in the nearby town of Portico di Romagna. The citizens, schools, businesses, local artists and other groups go all out to fill the town with homemade manger scenes using all sorts of materials, some beautiful, some recycled, some wacky, all creative. We stayed at Al Vecchio Convento for 5 nights and enjoyed it very much. There's a beautiful old stone bridge and, at least when we were there, no cars in the town.
Both are pretty villages near the Apennines mountain range. Brisighella in the Romagna side of the range, Anghiari is on the Tuscan side, on a hill overlooking the Upper Tiber valley. Both are worth a day visit. Potentially you could visit both on the same day, but it would be stretching it since they are 150km apart and you need a couple of hours to drive from one to the other (mostly on a freeway). I would make it two separate day trips from wherever you are.
