We are traveling to Italy in August and will be flying into Venice and spending a couple of days, then taking the train to Chiusi where we'll be staying a week at a villa in the countryside near Fontignano. We have stayed in the same villa twice before and done some day trips by car to places nearby-Perugia, Orvieto, Todi, as well as Montepulciano, Pienze and Montelcino.
I'm curious about other towns in the area that people recommend and why, as we'd like to check out some new places on this trip. We'll have a rental car but ideally would like to keep our destinations within a couple of hours, so Ravenna is on our radar but we're open to other suggestions that fit this plan, ie: vineyards, etruscan ruins, mosaics.