San Pietro Island: Carloforte and the Ligurian Soul of Sardinia
A guide to San Pietro island and Carloforte: Sardinia's Ligurian enclave, with bluefin tuna, towering cliffs, Eleonora's falcon and Caribbean-blue sea.
Jul 5, 2026Parchi nazionali, sentieri, canyon e paesaggi remoti d'Italia ed Europa dove la folla non arriva: wilderness autentica e biodiversità intatta.
A guide to San Pietro island and Carloforte: Sardinia's Ligurian enclave, with bluefin tuna, towering cliffs, Eleonora's falcon and Caribbean-blue sea.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Palmaria island in the Gulf of Poets: trekking among forts and scrubland, sea caves, Pozzale beach and views over Porto Venere.
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A guide to the Tremiti, Puglia's archipelago: San Nicola's medieval abbey, Capraia's seabeds, Cala delle Arene and ferries from the Gargano.
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A guide to Ustica, the volcanic island north of Palermo: Italy's first marine reserve, sea caves, legendary diving and a colourful painted borgo.
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Cogne enchants with its vast Sant'Orso meadows, the tradition of bobbin lace-making and the most spectacular entry points into Gran Paradiso National Park.
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Rhêmes-Notre-Dame is Gran Paradiso's most remote gateway: cascading waterfalls, ibex grazing roadside and the silence of a valley outside of time.
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A cascade of sulphurous water at 43°C in the heart of the Maremma, completely free and open to all: Tuscany's thermal secret that costs absolutely nothing.
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Three natural sulphurous pools at 26°C along the Luretta stream in the hills of Piacenza — countryside thermal baths with no signs and no infrastructure.
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350 inhabitants, a single port, no sandy beaches: Capraia is Tuscany's wildest island, poised between Corsica and Elba.
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