Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
In September southern Italy offers warm sea, silent villages and lower prices. From Calabria to Puglia, here's where to live out a crowd-free summer's end.
Jul 5, 2026
A 120km cycling itinerary through Valle d'Itria and the Murge, past trulli, abandoned masserie and ancient olive groves, with almost no traffic.
Jul 5, 2026
The Via Francigena del Sud crosses Puglia and Basilicata across 400km of masserie, ancient drove roads and cave churches, ending at Santa Maria di Leuca.
Jul 5, 2026
A 600 km loop through the remotest Cilento, between hilltop borghi, gorges and coastlines where traffic is a distant memory.
Jul 5, 2026
50 flat kilometres along the Sile river, from Treviso's centre to Venice's northern lagoon: nature, mills and silence just an hour from the crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
130 km across the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine, along Roman roads, through chestnut forests and lonely passes. Italy's most beautiful walk that isn't the Camino.
Jul 5, 2026
70 km from Santhià to the Sanctuary of Oropa, from the Piedmontese plain to 1,160 metres in the Pre-Alps: a walk of faith and landscape without crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
In Romania's Southern Carpathians, the Retezat holds dozens of alpine lakes set in granite and is a biosphere reserve. Awkward access and little publicity keep it in the shadow of the more famous Făgăraș: a high-altitude paradise for those seeking silence and untouched nature.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Azores, the ridge-island of São Jorge stays off to one side even within this Atlantic archipelago. A spine of craters crossed by trails that drop down to the coastal fajãs, terraces born of lava and landslides: volcanic nature and few, very few people.
Jun 30, 2026