Hidden Europe

Regioni e cittadine europee dimenticate dal turismo di massa: borghi medievali, valli remote e capitali secondarie da scoprire lontano dalla folla.

Siurana, a Catalan village perched on a red crag in the Priorat: silence, wine and dizzying views far from the Costa Brava.

Perched above the Linares reservoir, Maderuelo is one of the most intact and least crowded medieval villages in the province of Segovia.

A Byzantine fortress on an islet off the Peloponnese: Monemvasia stays invisible until you round the final bend, into a maze of stone alleys.

Perched between two rocky gorges, Cuenca offers houses hanging over the precipice and quiet lanes just an hour from Madrid, far beyond nearby Toledo.

On the Mani peninsula in Greece, Vathia gathers its stone towers on a wind-battered hill, among almost deserted olive groves and sea.

Maramureș in northern Romania: UNESCO wooden churches, the Merry Cemetery of Săpânța, and peasant traditions alive and practiced every day.

Everyone rushes to the Albanian coast. The interior, made of glacial valleys and stone villages, stays empty and spectacular.

A few hours from the crowded cities lies a mosaic of multi-ethnic villages, forgotten spa towns and empty hills.