Parchi nazionali, sentieri, canyon e paesaggi remoti d'Italia ed Europa dove la folla non arriva: wilderness autentica e biodiversità intatta.
A guide to Palmaria island in the Gulf of Poets: trekking among forts and scrubland, sea caves, Pozzale beach and views over Porto Venere.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Ustica, the volcanic island north of Palermo: Italy's first marine reserve, sea caves, legendary diving and a colourful painted borgo.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
350 inhabitants, a single port, no sandy beaches: Capraia is Tuscany's wildest island, poised between Corsica and Elba.
Jul 5, 2026
Monte Isola at its centre, Christo's floating walkways, and shores still free of luxury resorts. The Lombard lake that Como forgot how to be.
Jul 5, 2026
180 km and 13,000 metres of ascent along Corsica's mountain spine: the GR20 is legendary, but the southern half is within reach of any fit walker.
Jul 5, 2026
A trail carved into rock at 900 metres, running alongside a disused aqueduct above the Rhaetian Alps. Vertiginous, solitary, unforgettable.
Jul 5, 2026
A 7.5-hectare botanical garden on Budapest's Gellért hill: 2,000 woody species, Hungary's oldest Persian ironwood, free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
A botanical garden from 1791 on Lake Brunnsviken in Stockholm: 9,000 species, the giant water lilies of the Victoriahuset and very few tourists.
Jun 28, 2026