Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
A medieval village clinging to limestone cliffs, a healing legend, and a green river: Sainte-Enimie is worth the effort, especially outside peak season.
Aug 3, 2026
In the heart of Casentino, Poppi safeguards an intact medieval castle and an arcaded old town almost unknown to Tuscany's major tourist flows.
Jul 29, 2026
Houses carved into the rock, an Orsini fortress and Etruscan cave roads: Sorano is Pitigliano's lesser-known twin, in the tuff country of the Maremma.
Jul 29, 2026
Between Manciano and Saturnia, a walled 13th-century village with heart-shaped walls, a church that holds a work by Sano di Pietro, and a two-Michelin-star restaurant.
Jul 29, 2026
Just steps from the Duomo, a state museum tells the story of Florentine pietre dure mosaic art: Medici masterpieces and almost no tourists.
Jul 29, 2026
On the Adriatic coast of Salento, a limestone pool at Roca Vecchia preserves hundreds of Messapian, Greek and Latin votive inscriptions carved between the 9th century BCE and the 3rd century CE: an ancient water sanctuary rediscovered as a photogenic swimming hole. Since National Geographic Traveler ranked it among the world's most beautiful natural pools, summer crowds have put the carvings at risk. Bathing inside the cave is now banned. Here is why, and how to visit with respect.
Jul 19, 2026
The sestiere where real Venetians do the shopping, take an ombra (a small glass of wine) at the bacaro, and walk canals without gondolas. The oldest Ghetto in the world, a quieter Ca' d'Oro, and the loveliest fondamenta for aperitivo.
Jul 18, 2026
Venice's largest and least-trodden sestiere, home to Carpaccio's Scuola Dalmata, San Giorgio dei Greci, the Biennale gardens, and a neighborhood feel that has vanished from San Marco.
Jul 18, 2026
Families who have lived in the same street-level bassi for three generations, sixteenth-century votive shrines, a seventeenth-century church holding canvases by Giuseppe Marullo, and a palazzo whose door has stayed shut for two centuries in mourning. Here's what the Maradona mural doesn't tell you.
Jul 18, 2026