Regioni e cittadine europee dimenticate dal turismo di massa: borghi medievali, valli remote e capitali secondarie da scoprire lontano dalla folla.
Portuguese ramparts, gnawa music, argan oil and kitesurfing: Essaouira is the seaside Morocco that Marrakech dreams of when the heat becomes too much.
Jul 5, 2026
Caribbean waters one ferry hour from Ibiza, dirt roads through junipers and salt flats, and a nightlife that consists of watching the stars.
Jul 5, 2026
Berat, Albania's city of a thousand windows, is an open-air museum of Ottoman architecture, Byzantine churches, and authentic neighbourhood life.
Jun 21, 2026
Perched above the river Guadiana, Mértola weaves together Roman, Islamic and Christian history in the deep Alentejo, amid stone, silence and golden light.
Jun 21, 2026
A fortified town from the 12th to the 16th century, now home to barely 335 people: Charroux still lives behind its ramparts, with a truncated bell-tower church and a handmade mustard known since the 1700s.
Aug 3, 2026
A ruined medieval castle, restored stone by stone by an architect who chose to die there: Belcastel, population 189, also hides a Michelin-starred restaurant on the banks of the Aveyron.
Aug 3, 2026
Ten kilometres from Saint-Malo but a world away from its bustle, Saint-Suliac still lives at the pace of the Rance estuary, with its granite houses and a founding story tied to a Welsh monk.
Aug 3, 2026
The first village in the Gard to be named a Plus Beau Village de France, Aiguèze looks down over the Ardèche gorges from an 11th-century fortress, home today to just 212 people.
Aug 3, 2026
A medieval village clinging to limestone cliffs, a healing legend, and a green river: Sainte-Enimie is worth the effort, especially outside peak season.
Aug 3, 2026