Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
The Calabrian stretch of the Sentiero Italia crosses the Aspromonte National Park, a massif of torrents and forests kept far from hikers by its bad reputation. A ridge traverse that offers total solitude in one of the least-visited mountains of the South.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Sila plateau, in Calabria, a vintage tourist railway crosses pine forests and highland lakes. It stays off the radar because it runs only on certain days and periods, far from the mass routes of the coast.
Jun 30, 2026
On the upper Tyrrhenian coast of the Cosenza province, in Calabria, a coastline of villages between murals and citron groves. It stays out of the way compared to the noisier destinations of the South because many people cross it only in a rush on the way to somewhere else.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Tyrrhenian coast of the Cosenza province, in Calabria, a devotional route that climbs from the sea to the hills up to the sanctuary of the patron saint of Calabria. It is walked almost only by local pilgrims and is nearly unknown to international tourism.
Jun 30, 2026
In the heart of Sicily, a nine-stage walk that cuts across the island from Palermo to Agrigento between wheat fields, farmsteads and inland villages. It stays little walked because coastal tours skip the interior of Sicily entirely.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Nebrodi Mountains, in Sicily, the most wooded park on the island: beech forests, highland lakes and San Fratello horses at pasture. A green mountain that few associate with the Sicily of the sea, and precisely for that reason it stays little visited.
Jun 30, 2026
In the mountainous heart of Sicily, between Petralia Soprana, Geraci Siculo and Gangi, a slow circuit through award-winning villages far from the coastal routes, set in an inland massif that most tourists drive straight past.
Jun 30, 2026
Filicudi and Alicudi are the two smallest and most remote islands of the Aeolian archipelago, almost without cars or roads, where mules and mule tracks have replaced the mass tourism that crowds Lipari and Vulcano. A slow journey for those seeking silence and walking.
Jun 30, 2026
On the northern slope of Etna, the Pista Altomontana crosses lava flows and pine forests far from the cable cars and coaches of the south side. A long traverse across the volcano's least touristy flank, where you walk almost alone.
Jun 30, 2026