Off the top of my head:

Bruges
Ghent
Verona
Vincenza
Padua

These aren't tiny villages but smaller places with beautiful historic centres

Thanks! Bruges is definitely on the list already, but I'll take note of the others as well.

I too love those places and seek them out:
Orta San Guilio
Spello
San Quirico
St. Gilgen
Hallstatt
Cesky Krumlov

Pitigliano, Italy
Rocalbegna, Italy

In the UK, take B roads rather than A roads or motorways.

In the US, take US highways rather than Interstates.

Provincial roads in Italy and France.

Helps to do it in a scenic part of the country, of course.

oops, forgot one.

Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

Telc in the Czech Republic. The square is stunning - all buildings have been restored. When I walked through the archway I was astounded as nothing had prepared me for the beauty and symmetry of the square.

http://modigliani.shutterfly.com/czechrepublickrakowfrankfurtpa/70

Trebic was also interesting but a larger town then Telc.

Visit the website "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN ITALY" http://www.borghitalia.it/index_en.php# It covers some lovely areas in Italy.

Villages - Giethoorn, Blokzijl, Vollenhove, Kalenburg, Urk, Bourtange, Kimswerd, plus any number of others in Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen and the other provinces.

SLightly bigger places - Harlingen, Franeker, Sneek, Bolsward, Steenwijk, Zwolle, Deventer, Kampen, Elburg, Harderwijk, Spakenburg, Naarden, Muiden.

Vlieland village.

Even Amersfoort, Apeldoorn Breda, Den Bosch Maastricht and Utrecht have parts well worth searching out.

Hire a car, get off the beaten track and you will find plenty of delightful places. Find a VVV office and ask them.
Look at Google Street view, though that doesn't cover many places in the Netherlands very well.

Another vote for St. Gilgen & Hallstatt (Austria) Also Mittenwald in Bavaria. In the Rhine region, Bacharach.

West of Orvieto, which is a charming small city in Italy, you will find a whole string of villages around Lago di Bolsena, which have histories dating back to Etruscan times. and just north of the lake, the village of Torre Alfina, which has only two main streets, and is topped by a big crenellated castello. It's so small and sleepy that everyone walks in the middle of the street. There are two butcher shops, a tiny grocery, a bakery, a cafe/gelateria, and another coffee shop. That's it. Oh, and two restaurants in the little hotels. But it has some quirky public art on some of the buildings. The gelato there is superb. It's one of those most beautiful villages in Italy mentioned by someone else here. We spent a week in a marvelous villa there with 6 friends, and hated to leave.

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/picturesque-towns-in-europe-your-favorite.cfm

Umbria Citta' di Castello
Deruta (famous for its ceramics)
Pietralunga
Around Lake Trasimeno
Gubbio
Assisi

Tuscany Casole d'Elsa (really lovely small medieval town

Abbadia San Salvatore (old town with abbey on Amiata
Mountain in Tuscany - there is also an authentic
mining museum with mines

San Miniato (on a mountain - provence of Pisa)

Dolomites - Silandro (or Schlanders)

Madonna di Campiglio

Belgium - Bastogne - Provence of Liege, there is a very nice
war musuem of World War II and of the last battle in
Liege They also show a film documentary of last war
days in this museum

Holland - Delft (a few km away from Amsterdam)

Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Germany
the church at Wies, Germany
Lindau, Germany
Schwäbisch Hall

Bookmarking for wish list!

Bolzano (Italy)
Bamberg (Germany)
Ceske Krumlov (Czech Republic)

Durbuy (really tiny) and Rochefort, Belgium. Not too far from Bastogne (which appears on Google maps as Baaschtnech). Also vote for Ghent, Bruges and Luxembourg even though these are not really small country towns--they are still very picturesque.

Topping. Interesting suggestions. Any others?

Bookmarking. Nice suggestions.

Amazing what people consider "villages" and "off the beaten path"...

John Ferro Sims photographed just such places ; get his books Traditional houses of Rural France and Traditional Houses of Rural Italy pub. by Collins and Brown

If you'll all notice, Haberman is undoubtedly long back from his search for attractive villages. If he hasn't reported at least with a "thank you", "I enjoyed.XYZ....." or what, then he's gone the way of too many Fodorites who are rarely heard from again once they've returned from a trip. Frankly, I think this is simply bad Forum manners.

While you are in Germany, I like the ADAC StraßenAtlas.

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_9?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=adac+stra%DFenatlas+2013+2014&sprefix=ADAC+Stra%2Caps%2C376

It highlights scenic routes and stops (towns, castle ruins, monasteries, etc.) For just wandering the country and finding your sights, I found it best.

Regards, Gary

HI,
I suggest my region
I could find what you're looking for
Ostuni http://www.tenutachianchizza.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ostuni1.jpg
Locorotondo http://www.casedimargherita.it/img/locorotondo-1%20(1).jpg
Ceglie messapica http://www.masseriaferrari.it/foto/Ceglie_8b.jpg
and many many more
Puglia it's not a region, it's a way of life !

Vito

Ops, I forgot an important data: Puglia is in the south of Italy

Vito

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