Guide tematiche, itinerari lenti e alternative alle mete da overtourism: come muoversi tra le mete nascoste, regione per regione e stagione per stagione.
The Cammino Balteo is a long loop that crosses the lower and middle Aosta Valley following the Dora Baltea, among castles, heroic vineyards and valley-floor villages. While the high mountains fill up in summer, here you can walk in spring and autumn too, along a little-trodden route made for slow travel.
Jun 30, 2026
The Val Camonica, in the province of Brescia, holds one of the largest complexes of prehistoric rock carvings in the world, the first Italian site inscribed on the UNESCO list. And yet its parks remain surprisingly little visited: a walking itinerary among engraved rocks, villages and medieval churches, far from mass tourism.
Jun 30, 2026
The Oltrepò Pavese is the corner of the Apennines south of Pavia, a wine country an hour from Milan and yet still authentic and out of the spotlight. A slow road trip along the ridge roads, among vineyards, castles and Apennine villages where mass tourism has never arrived.
Jun 30, 2026
The Val Resia, in the Julian Alps in the province of Udine, at the foot of Monte Canin, is one of the most peculiar and least touristy valleys of the whole alpine arc. A community with a language, music and dances all its own, keeper of traditions found nowhere else: a slow journey into a world apart, still far from the mass routes.
Jun 30, 2026
Among the pre-Alpine hills of Piedmont and Lombardy, the Sacri Monti are UNESCO-listed devotional complexes tucked into the woods, just a short distance from the more fashionable lakes yet far less crowded. A slow itinerary among frescoed chapels, sculptures and sweeping views, where you often walk almost entirely alone.
Jun 30, 2026
In western Trentino, the stretch of the Path of Peace along the Adamello-Presanella group crosses the high-altitude front of the White War: trenches, glaciers and bivouacs in a harsh, little-frequented setting, reserved for experienced hikers in search of authentic mountains.
Jun 30, 2026
A few kilometres from Padua, the Euganean Hills are volcanic cones covered with vineyards, hermitages and Benedictine abbeys rising from the Veneto plain. Those rushing towards Venice ignore them entirely, and in spring and autumn they remain a silent world of trails, spa villages and wineries.
Jun 30, 2026
Behind Ventimiglia and the French border, the Val Nervia climbs among olive groves and perched medieval villages such as Dolceacqua, Apricale and Pigna. This is inland Liguria, escaping the crush of the Cinque Terre and Sanremo, made of stone, mule tracks and silence.
Jun 30, 2026
Alta Via number 1 runs along the left side of the Aosta Valley at the feet of the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and the Grand Combin. It is a traverse of mountain huts and solitary alpine pastures that steers clear of the glamorous resorts on the valley floor and delivers the great glaciers without the crowds of the better-known destinations.
Jun 30, 2026