Little known town in Italy.
I am currently working on a book where the story primarily takes place in South Florida, however on occasion one of my main characters has flashbacks to somewhere in Italy where the population is very dense and the town is nestled somewhere by the ocean a body of water. I would like there to be some sort of history behind this little (currently) no name town and base it on an actual place/town in Italy but every time I have tried to research a location all I get back is a bunch of tourist traps and resort type places. These places of course have beautiful scenery but completely lack the seclusion and intimate surroundings that I am looking for. Any advice, visuals and/or real known locations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
::Edit:: I just wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions and also to apologize for typing "by the ocean" on my posts. What I meant to say was that I needed somewhere secluded by a body of water in Italy. It could have been a stream or lagoon for all I care, again I am sorry for not communicating what I was looking for more clearly, next time I will.
::Edit:: I just wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions and also to apologize for typing "by the ocean" on my posts. What I meant to say was that I needed somewhere secluded by a body of water in Italy. It could have been a stream or lagoon for all I care, again I am sorry for not communicating what I was looking for more clearly, next time I will.