Borgo dei borghi 2021: list of participants, finalists and final ranking 2021
It does not matter if the tourism sector is going through a more complex periods of recent years, beauty deserves to be celebrated always! And probably also for this reason” mamma ” RAI wanted to propose the review again “Borgo dei Borghi“, or the “championship” of small Italian tourist excellences. In the last edition (that of 2019), it was Bobbio to triumph. This year the fight has been as tight as ever… 20 villages (one per region) were admitted to the final, 3 of which came to compete for victory in the final. The other 16 were presented during the episode and then simply reported in order of appearance.
So, lovers of out-of-town trips, get ready to discover what the Italy’s most beautiful village of 2021!
20 Location: Pico (Lazio-Frosinone)
Source: wikipedia.
- Typical products: Olives, goat and sheep cheese
- Typical dishDishes : Sagnette and beans, baked Abbacchio
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer, spring
19 Location: Pomponesco (Lombardy-Mantua)
Cisko66’s photos.
- Typical products: pumpkin, lüadel (small sandwich with an unforgettable aroma)
- Typical dish: pumpkin tortelli in The Shape of candy, gnocchi alla “mulinera”, pumpkin and leek velvety, Pike in Gonzaga sauce, rosemary ribs with mantovana apple mustard
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer, Spring
18 location: Issime (Valle d’aosta – Aosta)
Photos at Tenam2.
- Typical products: toma cheese
- Typical dish: Fesillsüppu (soup of rice, borlotti beans and toma), Chnéfflene (little pieces of batter with fondue, cream and speck or braised onion) Chnolle (dumplings of corn flour and wheat in broth, served with side dish of cold cuts)
- Ideal time for a visit: Winter, Spring, Summer
17 Location: Borgo Valsugana (Trentino Alto Adige-Trento)
Photo by Matteo Ianeselli.
- Typical products: Valsugana flour, parampapoli, malga cheese
- Typical dish: Polenta accompanied with various products depending on the season, such as crispy fried cheese or fresh “tosella”, porcini mushrooms or gallinacci, sauerkraut, smoked meat or roasted “luganeghe”
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring and summer
16 Location: Buonconvento (Tuscany-Siena)
Photo by Sailko.
- Typical products: salami, wild boar and Hare sauces, truffles, chianina meat
- Typical dish: pici with spicy tomato, slices of veal with arugula and grana, panzanella (stale bread soup) and fettunta (a kind of bruschetta)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring and summer
15 Location: San Giovanni in Marignano (Emilia Romagna-Rimini)
- Typical products: cheese and cold cuts, strozzapreti, tagliatelle, tortelloni
- Typical dish: Toad tails, sea snails, grilled Gradleda (mixed grilled clòassica), Tagliatelle with strigoli
- Ideal time for a visitSummer and Autumn
14 Location: Poffabro (Friuli Venezia Giulia-Pordenone)
Photos by Vergaro 2.
- Typical products: game (mouflon and wild boar), scopeton (Herring)
- Typical dish: frico (fried pickled cheese), pitina (smoked meat), polenta with morcja( made from cooked butter), Salam Tal’aset (salami with vinegar)
- Ideal time for a visit: winter, spring and summer
13 Location: Trivento (Molise-Campobasso)
Photo by Gianfranco Vitolo.
- Typical products: lamb meat
- Typical dish: fettuccine with lamb sauce, roast lamb, pallotte (cheese dough, crumb, sausage and eggs similar to meatballs that are cooked in broth or sauce), stumps of Trivento (sweets stuffed with black cherry jam)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Summer
12 Location: Valsinni (Basilicata-Matera)
Photos by Tubazio.
- Typical products: cured meats, donut meat, scamorza podolica, red pepper
- Typical dish: broad beans with onion, nghenderata (spicy pork and preserved in a jar) and a’ngornata (savory pie filled with cold cuts and cheeses)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring or summer
11 Location: Finalborgo (Liguria-Savona)
Photo by Davide Papalini.
- Typical products: head in Box (local sausage)
- Typical dish: ravioli with borraggine (squares of pasta stuffed with natural herbs of the Finalese)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring
10 Location: Cocconato (Piedmont – Asti)
Photo by Andrea Marchisio.
- Typical products: Robiola Di Cocconato, prosciutto crudo di Cocconato
- Typical dish: snails with Barbera, Bonèt bianco with monferrina, Agnolotti with ragù, in broth or with butter and sage
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Autumn
9 Location: Corciano (Umbria-Perugia)
Photo by Gianni Careddu.
- Typical productspumpkin flower
- Typical dishSoup: soup with beaten
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Summer
8 Location: Pietramontecorvino (Puglia-Foggia)
Photo by Michele Colucci.
- Typical products: Black Pig
- Typical dish: burnt wheat orecchiette with broccoli and cod
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Autumn
7 Location: Malcesine (Veneto-Verona)
Photo by Tony Hisgett.
- Typical products: lake fish, extra virgin olive oil of Garda
- Typical dish: fillet of lavarello del Garda
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer
6 Location: Campli (Abruzzo-Teramo)
Photo by Krzellitti.
- Typical productsdishes : artichokes, porchetta, truffle
- Typical dishdishes: Le virtù (soup with garlic, marjoram, celery, onion, beans, broad beans, peas, green beans, chickpeas and meatballs), Le mazzarelle (Lamb entrails rolls), Le Scrippelle( thin and stuffed pancakes), trofie al porcino, fried cheese
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer, Spring, Autumn
5 Location: Grottamare (Marche-Ascoli Piceno)
Photo by Jacopo.
- Typical products: fresh fish
- Typical dish: sea bream, sea bass and monkfish in aquapazza, stewed or fried. Meat timbale, meat olives and fried cremini
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer, Spring
4 Location: Albori (Campania-Salerno)
- Typical products: fresh fish
- Typical dish: penne “alla cuppitiello”, with seasonal vegetable sauce
- Ideal time for a visit: Summer
3 Location: Geraci Siculo (Sicily-Palermo)
Photo by Davide Mauro.
- Typical productsmeat: castrate
- Typical dish: Maccarruna with castrato sauce (fresh pasta similar to bucatini), Pasta CA fasola (pasta with beans), cuosti Di crastagneddi” (castrato ribs)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Autumn
2 Location: Baunei (Sardinia-Nuoro)
- Typical products: goat meat, pig and wild boar, goat cheese, macaroni
- Typical dish: roasts of goat and Piglet, on cunfettu (typical dessert served at weddings)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Summer
1 Location: Tropea ( Calabria-Vibo Valentia)
- Typical products: red onion, Pecorino di Monte Poro, bergamot liqueur
- Typical dish: risotto with red onion, fried meerkats, fileja with pork sauce (fresh pasta)
- Ideal time for a visit: Spring, Summer
