Lake Piediluco: The Umbrian Mirror of Water Nobody Looks For
Just a few kilometres from the Marmore Falls, Lake Piediluco is Umbria's second-largest body of water: tranquil, full of herons, and forgotten by tourists.
Jul 9, 2026Parchi nazionali, sentieri, canyon e paesaggi remoti d'Italia ed Europa dove la folla non arriva: wilderness autentica e biodiversità intatta.
Just a few kilometres from the Marmore Falls, Lake Piediluco is Umbria's second-largest body of water: tranquil, full of herons, and forgotten by tourists.
Jul 9, 2026
Between Todi and Orvieto, the Tiber has carved a two-hundred-metre canyon into the limestone: the Forello Gorge is the wild Umbria nobody expects.
Jul 9, 2026
A vast highland of primeval forests and crystalline lakes above 1,000 metres, where summers are cool and winters bring skiing among ancient larch pines. Calabria's mountain secret.
Jul 5, 2026
Between the ruins of Magna Graecia and nearly deserted golden sand beaches, Basilicata's Ionian coast is the perfect alternative to the crowded Puglia shoreline nearby.
Jul 5, 2026
The Lucanian side of the Pollino, Italy's largest national park, offers ancient forests, deep gorges and mountain borghi where time seems to have stood still.
Jul 5, 2026
A plateau of rock and wind where the earth opens in spectacular chasms and hidden osmize offer genuine wines and cured meats. The Trieste Karst is an underground and rural world few tourists ever discover.
Jul 5, 2026
A secret valley at the gates of the Julian Alps where mountains rival the Dolomites in grandeur but the trails are deserted. Moggio Udinese is the gateway to a hiking paradise ignored by tourism.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Linosa, the volcanic Pelagie island: black sand beaches, sea turtles, colourful painted houses and some of Italy's clearest waters.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Ventotene: Roman harbour, Bourbon prison, the Santo Stefano marine reserve and dreamy seabeds in the Pontine islands.
Jul 5, 2026