We avoided the most important and famous Italian towns and have visited Orta San Giulio,Pordenone, Aquilea, Scarperia, Chiusi, Pienza (my favorite), Orvieto, Montalcino, Cortona and more of the smaller places. I will definitely look into the sites you mention because Urbino does sound like our kind of place. How long would it take to drive there from Chiusi? I expect we will spend much of our visit at Hotel La Querce which we really, really enjoyed.

if you don't speak Italian, I don't speak much Italian but know some Spanish so I hope to be better on the next trip. I can read it fairly well though. A site being in Italian does not stop me at all!

Thanks for all the helpful information. I may be asking more questions as our trip becomes reality.

Ciao, Janet in Riverview