A tyre (1) for vehicle wheels, comprising a tread band (2) on which a radially external tread surface (3) and a plurality of recesses (9; 9a) that delimit a plurality of blocks (10, 10a; 100; 200; 300) are defined;each block comprises a tread surface portion (11) and a first lateral wall (12) that extends, at least in part, from a bottom (13) of one of the recesses towards the tread surface portion and is connected, at least for a section thereof, to the tread surface portion (11) by a connection surface (15) having an at least partially curvilinear profile; the connection surface (15) is joined to the first lateral wall along a contact line, at which the tangent plane of the first lateral wall and the tangent plane of the connection surface form an acute angle (a) of more than 20° such that a corner is defined between the connection surface (15) and the first lateral wall (12); furthermore, the connection surface (15) is joined to the tread surface (11) along a contact line in a substantially tangential manner.