Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
In the Marche region, the Esino valley links the Frasassi Gorge to the Adriatic along riverbanks and gravel lanes. This is a Marche hinterland the tourist crowds overlook, rushing off to the famous caves or the beaches without ever pausing to cycle along the river.
Jun 30, 2026
In the province of Chieti, the Ciclovia dei Trabocchi runs along the former Adriatic railway among coves, cliffs and the old stilt fishing machines. An authentic coast off the mass beach circuit, where you ride right at the water's edge, far from the crowds.
Jun 30, 2026
In Upper Molise, Italy's least visited region, you ride the ancient grassy transhumance trails across highlands and near-deserted villages. No queues, no crowds: just silence, pastures and a forgotten Apennine world.
Jun 30, 2026
Straddling Molise and Campania, the Matese massif is a wild, almost unknown limestone Apennine: karst lakes, sinkholes and high pastoral roads where gravel riding flows in silence, far from the overrun destinations.
Jun 30, 2026
Along the disused route of the Avellino-Rocchetta railway, inland Irpinia reveals itself among Aglianico vineyards, forgotten bridges and rural villages. A Campania a world away from the crowded coast, where tourism barely arrives.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Alta Murgia, a lunar, near-uninhabited plateau in Apulia, the gravel track follows the main channel of the Apulian Aqueduct among steppe, masserie and sheepfolds. A vast, silent landscape, far from the overrun destinations.
Jun 30, 2026
In the inland countryside of Apulia's Valle d'Itria, farm tracks wind among centuries-old olive trees, dry-stone walls and scattered trulli. A gravel loop that avoids entirely the overrun centres like Alberobello, to rediscover a rural, silent Apulia.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Gargano, in Apulia, there is another world far from the crowded beaches: the wooded interior of the Foresta Umbra, made of shady beech woods and karst sinkholes. Pedalling here you meet very few cyclists, because almost everyone stays on the coast.
Jun 30, 2026
In the heart of Basilicata, the Dolomiti Lucane are sandstone spires onto which villages like Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa cling. A mountain landscape off every tourist route, where you can pedal amid spectacular views almost always in solitude.
Jun 30, 2026