Two destinations in Italy have made it into the rankings of the best villages in the world for tourists. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently unveiled its list of the top small communities catering to tourism around the world. The list includes 32 places across the globe, including in Spain, China, Israel and Vietnam.

Two Italian hamlets appear in the rankings, which also recognize efforts to improve social and environmental sustainability. Sauris, or Zahre as it was once called in the local dialect, is a handful of dark wooden houses surrounded by lush green slopes. In the distance is a backdrop of snowy mountain peaks. The small community is the highest in the northeastern Friuli Venezia Giulia region, lying between 1,000 and 1,400 meters above sea level.