Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
In Upper Molise, between Pescolanciano and Vastogirardi, the Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo UNESCO MAB Reserve safeguards ancient silver fir woods crossed by the drovers' tracks of the transhumance. One of the least visited areas in Italy, where the silence of the forest is still the norm.
Jun 30, 2026
In south-eastern Trentino, the Cima d'Asta chain is the southernmost granite massif in the Alps: lakes, mountain huts and stern ridges at the heart of the Lagorai, the range that stayed wild while everyone heads for the nearby Dolomites.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Aosta Valley, above Nus, the Saint-Barthélemy valley stays ignored by those racing toward the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. Yet it holds alpine lakes and the Cuney sanctuary, among the highest in Europe, reachable only on foot in silence.
Jun 30, 2026
In the province of Sondrio, Val Malenco offers the glaciers of the Bernina, green serpentine rock and historic huts along the Val Malenco High Route. A valley that has stayed off to the side compared to the Engadine and the Stelvio, where you can still walk in peace.
Jun 30, 2026
On the roof of the Bolognese Apennines, above Lizzano in Belvedere, Corno alle Scale offers glacial lakes, bilberry heaths and rugged ridges. Outside the ski season it is a silent mountain, far from the great tourist flows.
Jun 30, 2026
A former Austro-Hungarian railway that once linked Trieste to Parenzo, now a greenway among the tunnels, viaducts and olive groves of inland Istria. Far from the crowded beaches, in the shoulder seasons it is almost deserted: a slow journey across three borders and an intact Mediterranean landscape.
Jun 30, 2026
An old Austro-Hungarian narrow-gauge line converted into a greenway between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. It crosses half-depopulated villages, vineyards and karst canyons of the inner Balkans, where cycle touring is still a rarity compared to the crowded shores of the Adriatic.
Jun 30, 2026
A route that crosses the Outer Hebrides archipelago, linking ten islands via ferries and causeways. Deserted white beaches, flowering machair and Atlantic wind: one of Britain's most remote and least travelled routes, far from the tourist circuits of mainland Scotland.
Jun 30, 2026
A former Atlantic railway reborn as a greenway in western Ireland, among peat bogs, the inlet of Clew Bay and Achill Island. In County Mayo, less travelled than the classic tourist circuits, you cycle far from the traffic on a path almost entirely reserved for bikes.
Jun 30, 2026