Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
In the upper Valsesia, at the foot of Monte Rosa, a route through the Walser hamlets of wood and stone tells the story of the ancient Germanic settlement of these high valleys. Far from the better-known ski resorts, it is a slow journey into authentic mountain country.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Comelico, the eastern corner of the Belluno Dolomites, Val Visdende is a bowl of meadows ringed by woods and peaks. One of the most unspoilt and silent areas of the Dolomites, well away from the tourist flows of Cortina and Auronzo.
Jun 30, 2026
A slow descent by bike from the Julian Alps to the Adriatic, along a former railway that drops from Tarvisio down to the Grado lagoon. A border region still little travelled by mass cycle tourism, between mountains, rivers and sea.
Jun 30, 2026
Behind Verona, the Lessinia plateau is a world of pastures, Cimbrian hamlets and rock bridges that the millions who visit the city of the Scaligeri almost entirely overlook. You walk in silence, among mountain huts and beech woods, just a short distance from the plain.
Jun 30, 2026
The Monte Grappa massif, straddling Belluno, Treviso and Vicenza, is an isolated, silent mountain marked by the Great War. Far from the more fashionable Dolomites, here you walk among huts, plateaus and memorials frequented almost only by local hikers.
Jun 30, 2026
Val d'Ultimo (Ultental), a side valley above Bolzano, has deliberately stayed off the great South Tyrolean circuits. Among historic farmsteads, steep meadows and some of the oldest larches in Europe, it preserves an archaic rhythm and a silence rare in South Tyrol.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Polesine, where the Po frays into branches and lagoons before the sea, the Delta is one of the most important wetlands in Europe and yet almost ignored by Veneto tourism. By bike, on flat roads among lagoons, sandbars and reserves, you ride in silence among flamingos and herons.
Jun 30, 2026
On the Brescia shore of Lake Iseo, the least fashionable of the Lombard lakes, the ancient Via Valeriana runs along the hillside among villages, country churches and olive groves. A historic route of Roman origin, perfect in the shoulder seasons, far from the crowds of the more famous lakes.
Jun 30, 2026
Sauris (Zahre) is a German-speaking linguistic island in the Carnic Alps, in the province of Udine, reachable only through a narrow gorge: getting there takes time, and that is exactly what keeps it far from the crowds. A loop among a turquoise lake, alpine huts and ham, in the heart of one of Friuli's most secluded valleys.
Jun 30, 2026